A Historian Who Fled the Nazis and Still Wants Us to Read Hitler
&gt; In his introduction to the “Second Book,” which was finally published officially in 2003, Weinberg wrote, “Germany and the rest of the world have not yet come close to coming to terms with Hitler as a person, as leader of a great nation, and as a symbol.”<p>After each of the recent mass shootings, I&#x27;ve been wondering more and more about whether we aren&#x27;t doing anything about it because it&#x27;s so easy to just label the shooters as evil, as if they aren&#x27;t people. It&#x27;s tough to accept that real people, with identities and feelings just like you and me, can do terrible things. Understanding tragedy and history is key to not repeating it.