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Lessons from History

Lester Golden

Dec 1, 2020

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WWII Mythbusting Tour: The Netherlands

The Common Thread in Nations’ Mythologized War Stories

Yellow star, “Jew” in Dutch (http://somewereneighbors.ushmm.org/#/exhibitions/workers/un104/description)

The Common Thread in All Nations’ Mythologized War Stories

The Netherlands is the third stop on our WWII mythology tour, after WWII east vs west and Italy. The common thread that links all the stops on our tour: narcissistic nationalism that…

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Lester Golden

Lester Golden

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From Latvia and Porto I write to share learning from life in 8 languages in 5 countries & seeing fascism die in Portugal & Spain in 1974 and 1976.

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