Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum

Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum

On vermin

Some closing thoughts

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Anne Applebaum
Nov 01, 2024
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A couple of weeks ago, I downloaded a collection of Hitler’s speeches and started going through them. I also searched my own files, especially the notes I took when working years ago in Russian archives. I was looking for the word “vermin.” Also “parasite.” And, in the Hitler speeches, references to “blood.”

The result was an article that mostly just qu…

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