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Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf - one of the world's most notorious books - was first published 100 years ago.
For @BBCRadio4's Archive on 4, @johnkampfner and I explored the bookās history, its legacy, and the unnerving endurance of its ideas.
š» Listen now: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002fjā¦
Jack Butcher retweeted
Today unhappily marks the centenary of the publication of the first volume of Mein Kampf. Following my BBC Radio 4 one-hour documentary, and pieces for the Sunday Times and other UK outlets, here is my piece for Der Spiegel (in German)
spiegel.de/geschichte/hunderā¦
Jack Butcher retweeted
"His ideas have always been there, and theyāve never gone away."
āļø @johnkampfner
thenewworld.co.uk/john-kampfā¦
Pleased that our @BBCRadio4 Archive on 4 episode ā 100 Years of Mein Kampf ā was selected for this weekās Pick of the Week, presented by @jaegawise.
The clip they featured (from 18:25) highlights how Hitlerās ideas and language are proliferating online
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002fvā¦
You can listen to the full Archive on 4 episode, presented by @johnkampfner, here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002fjā¦
Jack Butcher retweeted
Just caught up with this important & fascinating programme. @johnkampfner has read the worldās most notorious book so you donāt have to. It is 100 years since the publication of Adolf Hitlerās Mein Kampf. This isnāt just history. Its ideas live on ā¦ bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b00hgā¦
Jack Butcher retweeted
Outstanding Archive On Four by the ever thoughtful
@johnkampfner about Mein Kampf. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002fj5ā¦
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Mein Kampf turns 100. This was the manifesto for genocide, an opening chapter to mass murder. As revisionism resurfaces across Europe, even in some šŖšŗ states, ā¦ā¦ā¦@johnkampfnerā© doc. is a reminder of the evil of the Nazis & their collaborators. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002fjā¦
š Huge thanks to Robert Nicholson at @WhistledownProd for steering us through such dark and difficult material and everyone who contributed their time and expertise.
More of my work at: jackpbutcher.com/
Serbia & Albania drawn together (with England) in #FIFAWorldCup qualifying group K. For a reminder what happened last time they shared a qualifying group, I recently made this (where @lorikcana & @NickAmes82 relive the whole drama)... bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5wfā¦
In Greece, hundreds are arrested each year for people smuggling. Greece says it's protecting borders. But human rights groups say itās asylum seekers, not real smugglers, who are ending up behind bars ā often for years. bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0jy4mcā¦
With @katymfallon and @WhistledownProd ā our latest doc for @bbcworldservice.
You can also listen to the radio broadcast at 09:32 BST (10:32 CEST) this morning: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bā¦
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Listen to our piece for @bbcworldservice about the significant number of migrants caught up in smuggler prosecutions in Greece - following lawyers advocating for change & those at the sharp end of the law w/@jackpbutcher @WhistledownProd bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct79ā¦
Today marks 10 years since the world's first major sports/drone controversy - at a football match in Belgrade between Serbia and Albania.
My latest for @bbcworldservice bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5wfā¦
Thanks to @lorikcana & @NickAmes82 for sharing their experiences of that infamous night, and @WhistledownProd for the exec production.
Loved working with the highly talented @martatlon on this one! šA feel-good listen to help those post-Olympics blues...
In its short history, Croatia's won 59 Olympic medals. But one is not listed in that countāthe rarest, and my favorite: Pierre de Coubertin medal for fair play. Listen to the story of the 2008 Beijing sailing race where the Croatian team earned this honor. bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5wdā¦
With #Paris2024 in full swing, my latest Sporting Witness for @bbcworldservice rewinds 20 years to the dramatic opening of Athens 2004 as Greece welcomed the Olympics home. shorturl.at/1TkVP
Thanks to Nikos Kaklamanakis & @karolosgrohmann for sharing their unique experiences of events and @WhistledownProd for the exec support
Chair of the UK's Foreign Affairs Committee @aliciakearns has again urged an urgent change in intl approach to Serbia, Kosovo and the region. Kearns has been vocal on this topic for months (and previously warned that organised 'armed militias' were operating in Kosovo's north)
We must find our backbone in the Balkans.
We have more responsibility than most to stand by #Kosovo and ensure thereās no return to the brutality of the 1990s.
Itās time for diplomatic muscle and balance from intāl efforts.
Failure is not an option.
politics.co.uk/mp-comment/20ā¦
āWe are monitoring a large Serbian military deployment along the border with Kosovo that includes an unprecedented staging of advanced Serbian artillery, tanks and mechanized infantry units.ā
- Spokesperson for the US national security council, John Kirby. theguardian.com/world/2023/sā¦
