October 19, 2003

A Brief History Lesson

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So sayeth Life Magazine in January 1945.

We have swept away Hitlerism, but a great many Europeans feel that the cure has been worse than the disease.
Blah blah blah.

Read more at Jessica's Well.

(Via Oxblog.)


UPDATE: Oops. Make that January 1946, not 1945.

Posted by Michael J. Totten at October 19, 2003 11:01 PM
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