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This article explores the ways in which theories of political religion can contribute to our understanding of the totalitarian regimes of the 20th century, & not least to the problem of the emotional enthusiasm they undoubtedly mobilized. The article contains comparative materials drawn from Germany, Italy, & the Soviet Union, & discusses such major thinkers as Eric Voeglin, whose 1938 essay on political religions was seminal to this approach. Adapted from the source document.

The article deals with separatism within Moravian fascism and National Socialism. It identifies fundamental links between ethnic nationalism and fascism, and describes the development of the 'Moravian question' within the context of Central European history. The separatist tendencies of Moravian fascism and National Socialism are examined in the context of the interwar history, the period of occupation of the Czech lands, and postwar developments, including contemporary tendencies. It also identifies similarities with and differences from some other ethno-national fascisms in Europe. The author concludes that although marginal, Moravian fascism and National Socialism have enjoyed a long existence.

Hitler fait-il vendre ? On peut se poser la question face à la recrudescence de films sur le nazisme réalisés dans l'Allemagne réunifiée : La Chute, Opération Walkyrie, Rosenstrasse, Sophie Scholl. Ces films ont pour thèmes principaux les dernières heures du régime, la résistance allemande ou la persécution des Juifs.0Partant de l|hypothèse que le cinéma se fait le reflet des interrogations et des aspirations qui travaillent une société à un moment donné de son histoire, les auteurs ont étudié les fictions cinématographiques et télévisuelles allemandes des deux dernières décennies. En croisant les enjeux mémoriels et esthétiques, ils se sont interrogés sur les possibilités et les formes de la représentation et de la transmission : le regard sur les victimes et les coupables a-t-il évolué ? Des tabous sont-ils brisés, par exemple dans la représentation du dictateur ? Peut-on parler d|un changement de paradigme dans l|Allemagne réunifiée ?

Clemens August Graf von Galen (1878-1946) is popularly known as the "Lion of Münster" for his resolute opposition to Nazism, notably to Hitler's policy of euthanasia that was to cleanse Germany of the mentally retarded. Von Galen was the Bishop of Münster in Westphalia until he became a cardinal in 1946, shortly before his death. In the summer of 1941, he delivered three powerful sermons against euthanasia and the closing of monasteries. The sermons were secretly copied and distributed and also, much to the embarrassment of the Nazi regime, dropped as leaflets by the Royal Air Force over Germany. It is thanks to these sermons that Bishop von Galen has been widely recognized and indeed celebrated as a resister against National Socialism.