tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post297346169595615298..comments2024-03-28T07:56:38.659+00:00Comments on The View from the Blue House: Review of Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s by Otto Friedrich, published by HarperPerennial (1995, originally 1972)Rob Kitchinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567424969308636082noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-45825187278246360312009-07-25T10:53:18.258+01:002009-07-25T10:53:18.258+01:00Great review and assessment. I like the the phrase...Great review and assessment. I like the the phrase "Ultimately ordinary, innocent people voted criminal minds into office....". <br />People get desperate in an economic depression and follow politicians offering easy solutions and vulnerable scapegoats.Uriah Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02046023583067265187noreply@blogger.com