The Guild Review

Tomorrow is the birthday of Friedrich von Steuben, a German aristocrat and soldier who came to the infant United States to assist in the War...

On 28 July 1944 the German Jesuit Alfred Delp was arrested by the Nazis for his links to the German Resistance movement, some members of wh...

Is this the face of a conservative Muslim politician? Turns out, it is. Cemile Giousouf was elected to German's Bundestag (federal...

In December 1914, Pope Benedict XV called for a truce amid the bloodshed of the Great War, to offer some respite and "cease the clan...

In his previous post , Aaron touches on one of the most fundamental points in our discussion: modern German history is a compression of all ...

A few weeks ago I was struck by the simple fact that this blog seems to have a German obsession. Much of the blame falls on my fellow blogg...

In The Worker Jünger makes three key points about technology. Before going any further, however, I should add that while I disagree with J...

It is impossible to discuss the life and thought of Ernst Jünger briefly. Nearly 103 years old when he died in 1998, Jünger led an eventful ...

Today is the feast of St. Boniface (c. 680-754 or 755), born Wynfryth in the kingdom of Wessex.  Legend has it this Benedictine monk invent...

Why the sudden interest in Grimm's Fairy Tales ? There are two recent films featuring variations of the Snow White story: Tarsem Sing...

The other evening my wife and I watched Triumph of the Will , a film some of my history students will be watching.  This piece of Nazi prop...

In histories of German literature, there is an idea one hears quite a bit, which attempts to explain the sudden flourishing of German litera...

Rebecca Haynes has recently produced a volume I am keen to read: In the Shadow of Hitler: Personalities of the Right in Central and Eastern ...

Twenty four years ago today Ronald Reagan leveled this bold challenge to the Premier of the Soviet Union. But rather than trying to editori...

Today is the feast day of Blessed Clemens August Graf von Galen , who died on this day 65 years ago. Cardinal von Galen, who earned the epit...

The other evening it was in the upper 30’s: cold, but not cold enough to snow. Instead, it drizzled as I walked home from the train—without ...

I am currently in the midst of the Dark Night of the Comps. My exams will be at the end of May, so my life between now and then feels like ...

Two years ago I wrote a post about the July 20 plot. This year, commemorating those who attempted to overthrow Hitler in 1944 is even more...