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“Rosenberg sets to be a case study in the theory of empire rivaled by few. His name goes down in history alongside those like Genghis Kahn, Timur, Shaka Zulu, and Napoleon; ambitious men who set out to create eternal kingdoms, but they would not last, some gone sooner than later. The invasions of the German Army upon their neighbors for a period spanning more than a decade are not only a case study in failed militarism and empire building but also a test on man’s cruelties and a demonstration on various theories on international responses to humanitarian crisis…
“Krakow was the first major city to fall, though at a delated date than expected, the terrible winter atmosphere retarding the advancement. This, however, did not slow the cruelties of the invaders.”
-Excerpt from The Continent of Blood: The History of War, Authoritarianism, and Terrorism in 20th Century Europe
“Barbaric actions by the Germans in Krakow involved the arson of the city’s ghettos to “weed out rats”, raping women, and shooting those who fought back. The burnt remains in this photograph are believed to be a six-year-old Jewish boy named Roman Polanski who could not escape one such fire. The photo has become a rallying cry for genocide prevention around the world.”
-From a Display at The Museum of War’s Europe Room, Washington DC
“They plan to slice through the Poles like butter, recent espionage reports show that Rosenberg sees Germany in St. Petersburg in just a few years. Perhaps it would be funny if it was not so frightening. Nevertheless, despite the war out in the Far East against the Japanese, we shall prepare our Western border against invasion, set to expand in perhaps the biggest military growth program ever, something only possible in a communist powerhouse such as ours. This is not only a defense of communism but of the Russian ethnicity itself. We will not end up alongside the pitiful Jews.”
-Vyacheslav Molotov
“And we have reports that a bomb has gone off in Vatican City. Pope Francis is reported as alright yet it believed that two dozen are dead following an explosion that went off a few hours ago in Vatican City in the Sistine Chapel. A Serbian man has been arrested as a suspect.”
-ABC Radio News Report, January 15, 1940
“The Serbian nationalist who bombed the Vatican in protest of ‘the evils of Catholicism’ was a rallying point for the Ustashe and their ultra-religious and genocidal policies. Hatred of Serbs, already high, now skyrocketed. With a little push from the Nazis, the terrorist organization would soon rule Croatia with a brutal depravity perhaps not seen in Europe since.”
-Excerpt from the BCC documentary Jasenovac
“Za dom spremni!” - Ante Pavelić
“ITALY OFFERS NEW SECURITY TO VATICAN, POPE TURNS IT DOWN: “I DO NOT WANT BLACKSHIRTS AS HOUSEMATES NOR NEIGHBORS”
-New York Times
“Molotov saw the importance of Finland in defense against the Nazi invasion, alongside their courting of the Finnish far-right. Thus, in the game of chess against Rosenberg, he was determined to win before it even started, the taking of Finland under Russian rule was a logical defense step, a buffer zone, and a puppet state to act as a pawn in defense of the King. To the Finns though, as we shall soon see, it would be nightmarish experience…”
-Excerpt from The Continent of Blood: The History of War, Authoritarianism, and Terrorism in 20th Century Europe