How Democracy Died in Germany — and the Eerie Parallels to Today
A disgraced traitor weaponized fear, broke norms, and turned democracy against itself. Hitler's rise is a stark warning of how freedom collapses when institutions fail to stand their ground.

By Brian Daitzman
They said his criminal record would destroy him — but it made him a martyr. Every indictment, every charge of treason, only deepened his bond with the angry and the forgotten. He didn’t promise unity. He promised revenge. And as the crowds cheered louder, as the …