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Mentioned in 7 episodes

The Oppermanns

Book •

Lion Feuchtwanger

The Oppermanns is a powerful novel that portrays the experiences of a Jewish family in Berlin during the early years of Nazi rule, offering a poignant depiction of the erosion of democracy and the rise of authoritarianism.

Mentioned by

Peter Shamshiri

Mentioned in 7 episodes

Mentioned as part of an informal "book club" by

Tim Miller

, referencing previous books discussed on the podcast.

Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

Mentioned by

George Packer

as an amazing novel he read a couple of years ago.

George Packer: Trump Was a Symptom

Recommended by

Tim Miller

to understand the perspective of Jewish families in Germany during the 1930s.

Bill Kristol: People Should Be Mad

Recommended by

David Frum

as a perceptive novel about a German Jewish family destroyed by the rise of the Nazis.

America on the Brink of War With Venezuela

Recommended by

John Podhoretz

as a prescient novel about Jewish life in Germany during the Nazi rise to power.

Wishcasting Failure

Recommended by

Tom Sexton

as a bleak book that does a good job of showing how zionism was normalized and literally created by nazi germany.

Episode 431: Claude Seeding

Mentioned by

Tarence Ray

as a book he is reading, about a Jewish family experiencing the rise of Nazism.

Episode 429: The Price is Blight

Mentioned by

Peter Shamshiri

in the context of Pamela Paul's column about a 1933 novel on the Nazi rise to power.

Episode 65 -- "So Long, Pamela Paul" with Michael Hobbes and Peter Shamshiri

Mentioned by

Peter Shamshiri

and

Adrian Daub

while discussing Pamela Paul's misinterpretation of a 1933 novel about the Nazi rise to power.

Episode 65 -- "So Long, Pamela Paul" with Michael Hobbes and Peter Shamshiri

Recommended by

Daniel Ziblatt

as a gripping novel about a Jewish German family living in Berlin during the rise of Nazism.

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