Word: hitler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Erlich said that in protesting the institute's invitation, he cited a passage from Rhode's book on Polish history published in 1941, which praised Adolph Hitler for his 1939 decison to invade Poland...
Daek defended Rhode, however, saying that "Rhode was never accused of any crime" because of his activities during the Nazi period. He added he believes the fact that "Rhode was only 24 years of age" when he wrote his defense of Hitler made his actions "more understandable...
Rhode said earlier this week that he had to praise Hitler in the 1941 book or it wouldn't have been published, Deak said...
...also witnessed the rise of fascism in Italy and Germany at close range; in 1938 Robeson went to Spain and sang for anti-Franco International Brigade, and was named one of only three honorary members of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. His political consciousness aroused and troubled by Franco, Hitler and African colonialism, Robeson began to look back across the Atlantic to America, to the continuing plight of black Americans, and the battle that still needed waging for his people. "I was born with the rise of fascism," he was to say later...
...redeem these flaws with his evocative film making style. He infuses his apartment-house setting with a threatening feeling that recalls De Chirico's art as well as the character of Fascist architecture; he floods the sound track with a blaring radio broadcast of the off-screen Hitler rally. Ultimately, A Special Day's apocalyptic atmosphere provides the perfect backdrop for its star's performance. When Antonietta seizes her moment of passion in this frigid world, Loren's warmth can-and does-burn up the screen.-Frank Rich