This 1933 article from the UK’s Birmingham Post captures how quickly Adolf Hitler consolidated power after becoming Chancellor. Newspapers were suppressed, opposition voices silenced, and political opponents dragged from their homes and beaten by storm troopers.
“The iron grip of Hitler over Germany tightened still more firmly yesterday, with the suppression of many newspapers, the arrest and assault of political opponents, and the storming of government buildings by the Nazi brown shirts.”
In 1933, storm troopers dragged opponents from their homes. In America, ICE and FBI raids echo the same tactics. At the same time, Hitler moved swiftly to silence opposition papers, arresting editors raiding newsrooms and banning publications.
Donald Trump calls it strength. History calls it something else.
