Thomas Weber
@Thomas__Weber
Historian & writer. Author of ‘Becoming Hitler’ & Prof of History &Int’l Affairs. Pls register for my Hitler Online course https://on.abdn.ac.uk/courses/hitler/
"Once Putin’s song of seduction to create an empire irresistible to the peoples of the Russian orbit had failed, a brutal & bloody game of thrones,Russian-style, was the only option left to him." Here is my essay for Haaretz on two competing visions for the future, leading to war
Can the Nazis teach us anything? Historian Thomas Weber shows how a trove of interviews with fugitive Reich officers reminds us how dangerous human nature can be, writes Barton Swaim on.wsj.com/457h9hU
‘Can the Nazis Teach Us Anything?’ - WSJ wsj.com/opinion/can-th…
What is the relationship of anti-Bolshevism & anti-Capitalism in Hitler's antisemitism? My interaction with João Eigen:
Your work has been really incredible Mr. Weber. I’m glad you’ve came through with a new and updated look at Hitler’s developing years - you have essentially surpassed Kershaw in many ways. However, one particular point of your analysis regarding Hitler’s early anti-semitism has…
Het is tijd om de religieuze narratieven in het Midden-Oosten veel serieuzer te nemen, betogen Beatrice de Graaf en Stefan Paas. Welkom in het universum van de apocalyptische geopolitiek. buff.ly/BMFgTZv
The Washington Examiner asked me how Donald Trump would be received on my home turf in Scotland: washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-hou…
If you are in Passau or elsewhere in Lower Bavaria, pls join me on 26 Sept if you can: bistum-passau.de/files/download…
Esta é uma passagem muito importante sobre a mentalidade de Hitler: seu hábito de leitura. Essencialmente, Hitler lia com um objetivo já predeterminado em mente: fortalecer sua visão de mundo - Weltanschauung - previamente estabelecida, não completamente, mas em seus princípios…
Dois parágrafos muito esclarecedores acerca de duas habilidades cruciais de Hitler que lhe ajudaram muito a ascender ao poder: a paciência e capacidade de conviver com o incerto, na espera de uma oportunidade. (Thomas Weber - Tronando-se Hitler, p. 276).
“Distrust of the established order and economic uncertainty in a changing world appear to be just as relevant in 2025 as they were in Athens three thousand years ago.”
Dat zijn nou nog eens leuke namen om samen in een kop te zetten: nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/07…
‘Das Vermächtnis Anne Franks: Hoffnung und Mut in Zeiten von Desinformation und Demagogie’ - Very grateful and honoured to have been invited to give the keynote at the 60th anniversary of my old High School, the Anne-Frank-Gymnasium Halver, on 11 Sept.
Consider applying - conference in Freiburg (Max Klose): Rethinking Gender in Inter- and Transimperial Contexts hsozkult.de/event/id/event…
Em 1919, o soldado irlandês Michael Keogh havia sido recrutado pelos alemães para lutar contra os ingleses na Primeira Guerra. Com a derrota alemã, Keogh teve que permanecer na Alemanha e se assentou na Baviera, tornando-se capitão de um dos temidos Freikorps - as milícias…
@PapasCaffe doing research for the podcast. Fascinating read from @Thomas__Weber
Thomas Mann - “Not for children under 3 years”. Time to read The Magic Mountain to my 7-year old?
@Thomas__Weber will be joining me on The Briefing Room podcast exploding onto @YouTube and @spotifyuk on September 3rd. #wwii #wwiihistory #podcasting #HistoryMatters #YouTube #spotifyuk #TheBriefingRoom #nazi #Hitler #evil #history #historians
Sentences that would have had you sectioned if you'd uttered them five years ago: two-thirds of Germans, including 46% of AfD and 41% of Die Linke voters, agree that the defence budget should increase to 5% of GDP