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The author announced a lecture by Wolfgang Effenberger in the Berlin speaking hall. Effenberger was to speak about British geopolitics, the American century, the interests of financial capital, and the power of war propaganda. The contribution framed the evening with the idea that one must understand the First World War in order to prevent a Third. #Geopolitik #Weltgeschichte #Krieg #DE #GB #US (translated)

The article by Carsten Knop discusses how distrust and lack of communication between people, exemplified by the failed conversation between Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg during World War II, can influence the present societal ability to communicate and the handling of social media. #Misstrauen #SocialMedia #Demokratie (translated)

The most comprehensive trials against Nazi crimes took place after World War II not in Nuremberg or Frankfurt, but in Poland, where over 700 individuals were charged for their actions in the Auschwitz complex, as Andrea Rudorff illustrates in her new study. #Auschwitz #Nachkriegsprozesse #Holocaust (translated)

Malca Goldstein-Wolf wrote that Henri Kagan received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2026 at the age of 95. As a Jewish boy, he lived with his family under a false name in France during World War II. Kagan shared the award with Japanese professor Kenso Soai. Both were recognized for their work on mirror-image molecules, which Goldstein-Wolf stated have contributed to the safer and more precise production of medications. #Nobelpreis #Chemie #Wissenschaft (translated)

The author wrote that Boris Pistorius is right. The AfD and BSW would enable Vladimir Putin to annex Ukraine through brutal attacks on the civilian population. A massacre and the subsequent civil war would, in his assessment, bring the largest wave of refugees to Germany since World War II. He asked what would happen then. #Ukraine #Flüchtlinge #Putin #DE #UA #RU (translated)

The article highlights the career of civil engineer Max-Erich Feuchtinger, who, as an official of the Todt Organization, pursued a remarkable career in the Federal Republic of Germany after World War II, despite his role in construction projects during the National Socialism era, in which numerous forced laborers died. #NSGeschichte #Zwangsarbeiter #MaxErichFeuchtinger (translated)

U.M. OSINT explained that he is often criticized for speaking of "the Palestinians" instead of just Hamas. Highlighting Hamas conveys the impression in the West, in his view, that the Palestinians are largely innocent and the responsibility lies solely with a ruling class. In the Gaza Strip and, in a different composition, in the West Bank, the Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the PFLP, the DFLP, the Martyrs' Brigades, Fatah, and other groups are also active. According to U.M. OSINT, the motivation of these groups is distorted in the West. Their goal is the destruction of Israel; they internally view Israel's existence as an occupation of their land. This perspective is also adopted by Western left extremists. U.M. OSINT referred to the resistance against Israel's existence as Muqāwama and stated that civilian, peaceful resistance means Ṣumūd. Citing the recent survey by the Palestinian PCPSR (Poll No 97, 12.08.2026), he wrote that 50% of respondents opposed a two-state solution and 32% supported armed resistance. The latter figure is the lowest ever recorded; in December 2023, it was at 68%. According to an INSS survey (National Security Studies INSS, Special Survey: Palestinian Public Opinion in the West Bank, 17.09.2026), 43% support a Palestinian state between the Jordan and the Mediterranean. Of those, 26% wanted to allow no Jewish presence in such a state, which, according to U.M. OSINT, affects nearly 1.5 million Palestinians. To justify his terminology, he referred to historical comparisons: despite armed resistance in Italy, today, people talk about the Allies' fight against Italy and not just against the Partito Nazionale Fascista. The pro-imperial Taisei Yokusankai is hardly known in Europe; people simply talk about Japan. In World War II, more than 17 million Germans fought, and millions also contributed to the armaments industry and in organizations. It would be strange, he wrote, to attribute the war solely to members of the NSDAP. U.M. OSINT argued that a society bears collective responsibility when it is permeated by a system. Whether Palestinians internally struggle for an Islamist or secular society is of no consequence to Israel externally. In his view, the portrayal of the situation as an occupation of the West Bank is directed at uninformed people in the West. The so-called resistance began long before the founding of Israel and took on current structures while Israel had not yet occupied anything; at that time, the Palestinian autonomous areas were occupied and annexed by Jordan and Egypt. Additionally, from at least 1947, about 1,000 former members of the Waffen-SS fought on the Palestinian side in the so-called Arab Liberation Army (ALA). If he refers to a specific association or terrorist organization, he names it explicitly; otherwise, he speaks of the Palestinians. #Palästinenser #Hamas #Nahostkonflikt (translated)

Dr. David Lütke summarized the statements of a contribution as a question of why more and more Germans were voting for the AfD, although Germany was not doing so poorly, and as a claim that AfD voters wanted a world war. He referred to this portrayal as compulsorily financed nonsense and wrote that it knew no bounds. https://t.co/uO1piAZ7dS #AfD #Politik #Deutschland (translated)

The author spoke of an "anti-reunification campaign." He wrote that as a four-year-old he experienced World War II in burning Hanau. When he was able to somewhat comprehend the horrors 20 years later, he vowed that there must never be war and racism again. His third resolution ended in the post with the words "Never again a ..." #Frieden #Rassismus #Geschichte #DE (translated)

The author wrote that abroad there are reports about the awarding of a peace prize to NATO, even though Europe is on the brink of a Third World War. In Münster, crowds drowned out Chancellor Merz with boos as he presented the award to NATO Secretary General Rutte. #Friedenspreis #NATO #Europa #DE #NL (translated)

Alderney, the northernmost of the British Channel Islands, is in shock after a murder occurred there for the first time since World War II, where the body of 34-year-old Hannah Benfield was discovered on a cliff and a 44-year-old man was arrested. #Alderney #Mord #ZweiterWeltkrieg (translated)

100-year-old US veteran Frank Athanason, one of the last living witnesses of the Nuremberg Trials, recalls how, at the age of 19, he sat opposite the defendants Hermann Göring and Rudolf Hess, experiencing the historical significance of the trial as well as the personal tragedy of his brother, who had fallen in World War II. #NürnbergerProzesse #Zeitzeugen #ZweiterWeltkrieg (translated)

Im Ersten Weltkrieg starben einige der damals bedeutendsten deutschen Künstler, darunter Franz Marc, Wilhelm Morgner, Albert Weisgerber. Schon in den ersten Kriegswochen fiel August Macke am 26. September 1914. Er war 27. R.I.P. #NieWiederKrieg https://t.co/ad7OjETuRg #ErsterWeltkrieg #Kunst #Gedenken