Only the U.S. Has What Israel Needs In an Ally
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September 25, 2015
A new biography cuts away the myth.
The German architect Albert Speer was a favorite of Adolf Hitler, who put him in charge of the Third Reich’s building projects and later made him minister of armaments. Speer was spared the death penalty at Nuremburg, consistently denied he had any knowledge of the extermination of the Jews, and earned himself a reputation as the ex-Nazi with a conscience. A recent biography by Martin Kitchen sets the record straight, as Daniel Johnson writes:
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While some French Jews move to Israel, others are bringing Israel to France.
“Surely the Jewish community of Shushan would not have sent a telegram of sympathy to the family of Haman.”
A new biography cuts away the myth.
In a newly established city, Jews were not outsiders.