Scheier is the rabbi of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Montreal, helped found Orthodox yeshiva post-World War II Germany, and has been friend and mentor to Portnoy for over 20 years... ..…
Postwar [World War II] observers like Senator Harley M. Kilgore of West Virginia argued that the German economic structure, which was dominated by monopolies and cartels, was essential to Hitler’s consolidation of power. ..…
In the years leading up to World War II, anti-Semitism was rampant in Germany. ... Under the National Origins Act, 26,000 German Jews could immigrate annually during the years leading to World War II. ..…
The landings to Liberation of Paris, The Belknap Press of Harvard UP, 2008-, Divided Memory French Recollection of World War II from Liberation to Present, Stanford UP, 2012, The French Resistance, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2016.. . ..…
In order to avoid “it” you must have an “it” you are avoiding, and in this case the “it” was the second world war, so the EU was formed directly through the second world war as a de facto peace treaty that sought to do the opposite of what the..…
“The General”, as de Gaulle is affectionately known for his role as head of the Free French during the Second World War, told his British counterpart that the UK would have to ditch its “special relationship” with the US if it was serious about joining Europe. . ... De..…