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1. von Hindenburg assured the Conservatives

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Sat Jan 30, 2021, 10:55 PM

Jan 2021

that they could control Hitler. He said something to the effect that they would put him in a corner, and then discard him when he and his minority party were of no further use.
Spoiler alert: it didn't quite work out.

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Then he turned on them like a hyena in heat... [View all] pbmus Jan 2021 OP

von Hindenburg assured the Conservatives SCantiGOP Jan 2021 #1

Perfect analogy! Person of Interest Jan 2021 #4

And, above all, that this was the best way to defeat the social democrats. sandensea Jan 2021 #9

History is a good teacher -- BarbD Jan 2021 #2

Indeed it is. nt iluvtennis Jan 2021 #3

history doesn't repeat itself... GopherGal Jan 2021 #12

Michael Beschloss is the best. halfulglas Jan 2021 #5

How it started/How it's going JHB Jan 2021 #6

trump & HITLER monkeyman1 Jan 2021 #7

The Radical Republican Reich, formerly the Republican Party, loves their orange terrorist. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2021 #8

I recall an article in 2016 by columnist wnylib Jan 2021 #10

Well stated. "How" indeed. nt live love laugh Jan 2021 #11

They're doing the same thing with white supremacists and Qanon flibbitygiblets Jan 2021 #13

K&R for visibility Blue Owl Jan 2021 #14

WORSE !!! The "elites" in Germany grouped together to fight the left moderate and extreme and the uponit7771 Jan 2021 #15