{"id":20986,"date":"2025-09-13T08:04:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T08:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=20986"},"modified":"2025-09-13T08:04:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T08:04:18","slug":"six-great-reads-rebels-in-nazi-germany-how-creativity-works-and-europes-biggest-pornography-conference-nazism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=20986","title":{"rendered":"Six great reads: rebels in Nazi Germany, how creativity works and Europe\u2019s biggest pornography conference | Nazism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<li data-spacefinder-role=\"nested\" class=\"dcr-566m6o\">\n<h2 id=\"the-astonishing-story-of-the-aristocrat-who-hid-her-jewish-lover-in-a-sofa-bed-and-other-german-rebels-who-defied-the-nazis\" class=\"dcr-bry4uv\"><span class=\"dcr-1378exm\">1. <\/span>The astonishing story of the aristocrat who hid her Jewish lover in a sofa bed \u2013 and other German rebels who defied the Nazis<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">In the autumn of 1943, the Gestapo responded to a tipoff that Maria von Maltzan, a German aristocrat and member of the resistance, had a Jew living in her home.<\/span> Photograph: Ullstein Bild\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">From a diplomat who embraced the exiled Albert Einstein to a schoolteacher who helped \u201cnon-Aryan\u201d students flee, these remarkable individuals refused to bend the knee to Hitler \u2013 only to be dramatically betrayed. What, asked Jonathan Freedland, in this extract from his new book, The Traitors Circle, made them risk it all?<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read more<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-spacefinder-role=\"nested\" class=\"dcr-566m6o\">\n<h2 id=\"the-unconscious-process-that-leads-to-creativity-how-incubation-works\" class=\"dcr-bry4uv\"><span class=\"dcr-1378exm\">2. <\/span>The unconscious process that leads to creativity: how \u2018incubation\u2019 works<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Brainwaves \u2026 your unconscious mind ploughs on while you are thinking of other things.<\/span> Composite: Rita Liu\/The Guardian\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cOne of the most marvellous properties of the brain,\u201d wrote Dutch psychologist Ap Dijksterhuis in this fascinating piece from Well Actually, is its ability to continue working unconsciously when the conscious mind has moved on to something else.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read more<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-spacefinder-role=\"nested\" class=\"dcr-566m6o\">\n<h2 id=\"disgruntled-nyt-journalist-to-anti-woke-power-grab-how-far-can-bari-weiss-go\" class=\"dcr-bry4uv\"><span class=\"dcr-1378exm\">3. <\/span>Disgruntled NYT journalist to \u2018anti-woke\u2019 power grab: how far can Bari Weiss go?<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">\u2018She doesn\u2019t just speak to the 1%. She speaks to the one-hundredth of 1%. And they\u2019ll listen\u2019 \u2026 Fred Luntz.<\/span> Illustration: Guardian Design\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">After leaving the New York Times, Weiss turned her Substack into an unshakable pro-Israel voice. Now as Paramount eyes acquisition of her company, David Klion profiled a writer who is poised to become Trump\u2019s ally among media elites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read more<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-spacefinder-role=\"nested\" class=\"dcr-566m6o\">\n<h2 id=\"israel-is-forcing-us-to-leave-gaza-city-we-know-they-may-never-let-us-return\" class=\"dcr-bry4uv\"><span class=\"dcr-1378exm\">4. <\/span>Israel is forcing us to leave Gaza City. We know they may never let us return<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Palestinians evacuate Gaza City towards southern areas of the coastal Gaza Strip on 10 September. <\/span> Photograph: Eyad Baba\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In this deeply personal piece, Gaza reporter Malak A Tantesh wrote about her family\u2019s decision to leave northern Gaza, the area they call home, for the tents of the south where they had also endured last year\u2019s winter. The family has stayed in 10 locations since they were first forced out of their prewar home in Beit Lahia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read more<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-spacefinder-role=\"nested\" class=\"dcr-566m6o\">\n<h2 id=\"boom-times-and-total-burnout-three-days-at-europes-biggest-pornography-conference\" class=\"dcr-bry4uv\"><span class=\"dcr-1378exm\">5. <\/span>Boom times and total burnout: three days at Europe\u2019s biggest pornography conference<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Brittany Andrews, centre, at the Xbiz conference.<\/span> Photograph: Judith Jockel\/The Guardian<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In this powerful feature, Amelia Gentleman, alongside photographer Judith Jockel, reported from the biggest pornography conference in Europe, where she spoke to entrepreneurs who were excited about AI and soaring profits, and creators who were battling burnout and chronic illness due to the industry\u2019s gig-economy structure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read more<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-spacefinder-role=\"nested\" class=\"dcr-566m6o\">\n<h2 id=\"i-wasnt-terrified-of-dying-but-i-didnt-want-to-leave-my-kids-davina-mccall-on-addiction-reality-tv-and-the-brain-tumour-that-nearly-killed-her\" class=\"dcr-bry4uv\"><span class=\"dcr-1378exm\">6. <\/span>\u2018I wasn\u2019t terrified of dying, but I didn\u2019t want to leave my kids\u2019: Davina McCall on addiction, reality TV and the brain tumour that nearly killed her<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">\u2018I looked at my life and thought: have I done everything I want to do? And I thought: yeah, I have.\u2019 Styling: Jodie Nellist. Set design: Victoria Twyman. Hair: Michael Douglas. Makeup: Victoria Reynolds using Mac Cosmetics. Styling assistant: Katie Callaghan. Dress: Millia London. Earrings: Dinosaur Designs. Bangle: Davina\u2019s own.<\/span> Photograph: Felicity McCabe\/The Guardian<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">When the TV presenter was offered a free health screening, she thought it was pointless: she was \u201cthe healthiest woman you\u2019ve ever met\u201d. But then came the shocking diagnosis. Now fully recovered, she told Simon Hattenstone, she\u2019s re\u2011evaluating everything.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read more<\/p>\n<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. The astonishing story of the aristocrat who hid her Jewish lover in a sofa bed \u2013 and other German rebels who defied the Nazis In the autumn of 1943, the Gestapo responded to a tipoff that Maria von Maltzan, a German aristocrat and member of the resistance, had a Jew living in her home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[752,6582,12867,1003,2794,118,4071,12868,6867,3700,2191,6321],"class_list":{"0":"post-20986","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-biggest","9":"tag-conference","10":"tag-creativity","11":"tag-europes","12":"tag-germany","13":"tag-great","14":"tag-nazi","15":"tag-nazism","16":"tag-pornography","17":"tag-reads","18":"tag-rebels","19":"tag-works"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}