here's the Krupp buildings surrounded by rubble. almost as if they were avoiding destroying it, huh?
Essen's old synagogue, turned into a show room for Krupp products
do you think public tours of Villa Hügel show off the LUFTSCHUTZBUNKER
Out of his 32,000 worker houses, 29,000 were either totally destroyed or severely damaged, for instance, yet Villa Hugel was unharmed
Sir Arthur Harris, aka Bomber Harris aka Butcher Harris
Bomber Command said they had concentrated on “the complete destruction of four Ruhr cities”. Heavy industry was not particularly targeted; homes and stores were
5/16/1943 they bombed the Möhne and Eder dams. This bombing caused 334 million tons of water to wipe out the Ruhr valley railroads and drowning thousands and thousands of civilians. The RAF called it “one of the most illustrious episodes in the history of the Air Force.”
Hitler had told Albert Speer, the Minister of Armaments and War Production, ““Give me six hundred tanks a month, and we will abolish every enemy in the world.” That was the magic figure - 600 tanks a month.
By the end of 1943 Germany was producing 1,000 tanks a month...Production kept increasing, yet they lost because their supply chains broke down. that especially included Krupp's factories in Essen
nacht und nebel decrees
same tactic, taught by expat Nazis in Latin America
Father Alphonso Come vs Cardinal Hengsbach
Hitler as snuff film enthusiast, also discussed
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parenthetically I've got 934 pages of various WerBell Word docs - the text of the 17 episodes is 225 pages and then everything else is stuff not in the episodes that would have formed the bulk of the book (lol)
how about one last thread for the road? maybe the second to last?
I’m a fan of Cuba and the Cuban people. Politically, I support ending the embargo and the repeal of the Helms-Burton act. I think Fidel Castro and Che Guevara were some of the most interesting figures of the 20th century. There is much to admire in the Cuban project.
I’m always a fan of subterranean histories, especially when they intersect with insurrectionary and/or revolutionary history. What’s the parapolitics take on Cuba? What still remains to be studied with the Cuban Revolution?
a thread: a couple days ago, Daniela Klette, age 65, of the Red Army Faction’s third generation was arrested.
a lot of people are saying Bellingcat and/or podcasters found her. it's not entirely clear which, but it looks like some German podcasters for like a Most Wanted type podcast found her using AI tools, and then either they or a Bellingcat guy sent it to the cops
via the NYT article, the Bellingcat guy said “Somebody like me, who does not speak German, who does not know much beyond the basic background of Daniela Klette — Why was I able to find such a lead in like literally 30 minutes?”
for various reasons I’m obsessed with the baleada. it’s become one of my all-time favorite dishes.
the baleada is in some ways THE national dish of Honduras. what’s known for sure is that the baleada was invented in La Ceiba on the beautiful northern coast of Honduras. some claim that it was originally a Mayan dish (which I'll discuss later)