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Historical accuracy and context

The importance of historical accuracy and context when making comparisons to Hitler and the Nazi regime

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Jan 16, 2026

How do historians evaluate comparisons between contemporary leaders and Adolf Hitler?

Historians treat comparisons between contemporary leaders and Adolf Hitler as analytically useful only when grounded in careful context, structural parallels, and limits of analogy, and they warn that...

Jan 13, 2026

What primary Nazi documents most directly demonstrate intent to exterminate European Jews?

A cluster of Nazi-era primary documents — most notably the Wannsee Conference minutes and related RSHA/SS directives, internal speeches by Heinrich Himmler and other senior officials, administrative t...