Mussolini’s Grandchildren, by David Broder
Giorgia Meloni’s election win in September 2022 was a watershed moment in history. Coming from Italy’s postfascist right, Meloni’s Fratelli d’Italia (FdI) was the first party to overcome the antifascist nostrums that had been integral to European politics since 1945.(...)
Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO
The donkey is lying on the ground, like a corpse. We see a close-up of the blood-spattered hairs on its nose. But then it takes a breath, then another.(...)
R. T. Howard’s Spying on the Reich
From the vantage point of the early 21st century, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that the interwar period was a preamble to catastrophe.(...)
Edward Berger’s All Quiet on the Western Front
The When Walls Talk Exhibit
Not long after it opened in 2017, I paid my first visit to the House of European History. (...)