In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Harry Turtledove throws doubt on the notion that Nazi Germany was inherently violent in “In the Presence of Mine Enemies”
We alternate historians, and the broader popular culture more generally, rightfully think of Nazi Germany as being an incredibly violent place. You had Jewish shops being smashed on Kristallnacht after the Reichstag was set ablaze. You had bloody street brawls between Nazis and Nationalists and Social Democrats and Communists. You had political dissidents tortured in Dachau. All of this was…