April 15, 2024: Timothy Snyder

The history of 20th century autocracy seemed to race into the distance with the end of the Cold War. But Dr. Timothy Snyder cautions that in the decades since 1989, the West has seen the rise of new autocratic movements-some in traditional adversaries and some much closer to home.
Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He has written eight books discussing issues in Central and Eastern Europe and co-edited three further texts surrounding similar topics. Snyder’s work has appeared in forty languages and has received a number of prizes, including the Emerson Prize in the Humanities, the Literature Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Václav Havel Foundation prize, the Foundation for Polish Science prize in the social sciences, the Leipzig Award for European Understanding, the Dutch Auschwitz Committee award and the Hannah Arendt Prize in Political Thought. Snyder was a Marshall Scholar at Oxford, has received the Carnegie and Guggenheim fellowships and holds state orders from Estonia, Lithuania and Poland. He is currently researching a family history of nationalism and finishing a philosophical book about freedom.

[@peterwhite7428]

Professor Snyder: I am a retired professor,and I see you as extremely well prepared to talk about Germany, Poland, Russia and of course Ukraine. You are very articulate about the meaning of history and how history warns us about the future. I tremendously admire your clarity and your insights. My cousins live in Ukraine. I understand everything you are saying. And I appreciate it

[@Eurydice870]

Prof. Snyder has touched many people, has great courage. I ran across him on Twitter, around 2017, after the 2014 invasion, before Trump's "perfect phone call". At the time, I only had a vague idea of where Ukraine was on the map. At 76, I often feel I am history, a privilege I guard. But reading history is daunting, my knowledge is broader than most, but not deep. When they first started the MOOCs had some good history offerings, but they largely dropped liberal arts, I haven't checked in years. Certainly there is room on KZbin? (Hint hint) ✌

[@peterwhite7428]

@@Eurydice870 hi I am also 76. I don’t have the historical knowledge that Prof. Snyder has, but I was in Poland for the year of Solidarity and Ukraine in 2014, right after the ouster of Janocovitch. I met some army guys just returning from fighting in the east. They had little real equipment. They gave me some patches from their uniforms. These last two weeks I have been meeting with Ukrainian servicemen who are here in the USA studying English. Thanks for your interest in history and Ukraine. Peter

[@Timmerdetimmerdetim]

I see Snyder, I click 🥳

[@haigangzhou96]

Same here

[@udcal]

same

[@tonyharpur8383]

Count me in on that too! 👏

[@cheikoshiratori]

I, too, never miss an opportunity to hear Professor Snyder speak. But here I want to thank the moderator for asking the right questions, for getting at the many things that make paying attention to what Professor Snyder has to say, so worthwhile.

[@eldragon4076]

How are things in Banderistan?

[@michaelogden5958]

I think Dr. Snyder's series "The Making of Modern Ukraine" is absolutely outstanding.

[@nurseSean]

I agree but it is a class where you were expected to have done certain reading. It wasn’t designed for the KZbin audience. I recommend it also. 💙💛

[@jmdavison62]

@@nurseSean Do you have a copy of the syllabus and/or the reading list?

[@AlexanderTkachuk]

I admire Professor Snyder's efforts to keep educating the West about the history of Eatern Europe, particularly Ukraine.

[@petermelville5524]

Tim Snyder is the best. A while back I took the time to view his Yale course-The Making of Modern Ukraine. All 23 lectures were on KZbin for free. I try to view all of his panels and lectures on KZbin. He is the best antidote to the Profa madness in US political culture, 45 and his enablers.

[@Blindkingofbohemia1]

I agree with you. I think it is important to remember, though, that 45 + enablers isn't the whole story of the pro-fascist US craziness. It was happening before 45, and will keep happening after. 45 is a symptom, not the disease. Snyder (and all the rest of us) have got to keep fighting the good fight.

[@margaretsaleeby9531]

IMO Dr. Snyder is a national treasure because of his unrelenting effort to keep us informed about historical issues at play in today’s world!

[@cliffgaither]

@margaretsaleeby :: Every dangerous can of toxic substances has a warning label. Snyder has already been historically detoxified by the article :: _The Lies of T.S._ Read it to get refitted into a haz-mat, razzmatazz suit. Detox your body and your mind will follow. He may be right about some things ; such as, WW1 was followed by WW2 ... everything else must be read with a microscope. When he tries to equate Hitler with following Stalin's example of all kinds of bestial behavior ... such as the German concentration camps coming from the Gulag idea. T.S. leaves the idea that if it wasn't for Stalin, H would have been a philanthropist. _⚠️ WARNING ⚠️_ T.S. has been universally denounced, detoxified, debunked, punctured.

[@cliffgaither]

Read the reply outside of your thread.

[@mariontoffan1943]

Brilliant. Thank-you for your immense effort Professor Snyder.

[@marisabelv4879]

Profesor Snyder has the brilliance to put into words what the world is living right now, I never miss the chance to hear what he has to say, thank you Professor!

[@philpaine3068]

You'll note that Timothy Snyder evokes vocal hatred from those who worship power and hold the ideas of democracy and freedom in contempt. This is unusual. I know many historians, and, as a rule, nobody pays any attention to them. What distinguishes Snyder is that he reaches out to people and can express himself in a way that a broader public can understand, while most historians can only comfortably communicate with other historians. I don't always agree with Snyder's interpretation of events, but he is a scholar whose credentials and accomplishments are undeniable. Most important, he is standing up to defend freedom, democracy, and civilization --- values that rightfully belong to ALL human beings.

[@jasonsmith1155]

He's raising money for weapons systems in a war with no clear military objective; and has therefore been shunned by almost everyone in the academic community. Much of the "Vocal" hatred is for this reason alone.

[@philpaine3068]

@@jasonsmith1155 Resisting imperialist conquest and genocide, and opposing totalitarian slavery seem to me pretty clear objectives. It is certainly my objective, and the objective of all decent human beings. Nothing unclear about it. There is nothing new about some academics and intellectuals sucking up to dictators and supporting their crimes --- we have a long, sad history of that sort of thing. Every genocidal monster in history has found favour among such little weasels. And we have an equally long history of Trumps and Quislings and other politicians eager to "make deals" with evil, or rich people eager to profit from the crimes of dictators. You are spouting the same nonsense that has enabled every tyrant and mass-murderer in history.

[@jasonsmith1155]

@@philpaine3068 tyrants like victoria nuland? She wasn't exactly shy about invasion herself, or overthrowing democratically elected leaders. Tell me, have the good people of Raytheon shown any profit since this war began? or is this an argument based purely on emotional catchphrases like evil tyrant? because the West has NEVER supported any of THOSE guys. btw, ever heard of Haiti? or South America, or the middle east? LMAO

[@karldubhe8619]

@@jasonsmith1155 You're spewing Russian propaganda. Russia launched a war of choice to conquer Ukraine, they have failed. The war aim for the West is to kick the invaders out. Why do you try to post a defence of the Russian Fascists?

[@DaniRaj666]

@@jasonsmith1155 The objectives are clear and he is not shunned. He argues and articulates well. The objectives are to liberate Ukraine from the occupier, and contain and defeat Russia. Simple.

[@josjanssen6733]

What i really like about this man is the complete absence of FALSE modesty. Signalling a stance in life that is something like this: "Before you speak you have to do the work, but after you've done the work you need not be afraid to speak". I like that a lot. Under the surface there is a strong believe that knowledge is true power and misinformation is false power. And true power can and must be wielded.

[@user-qu6mb2uk4q]

Thanks to all of you for this conversation.Essential for this time.

[@barmalini]

Thank you professor Snyder, glory to the Heroes

[@pcbacklash_3261]

People who support the authoritarian _never_ imagine that the authoritarian could eventually turn on THEM. He hates the same people I do, so he has my vote! Time and time again, I've heard from insiders how Donald Trump absolutely DETESTS the sort of rank-and-file people who support him, but they think he's on their side.

[@BobDingus-bh3pd]

Ah yes the world is a much freer and stabler place under Joe. 😂

[@karldubhe8619]

@@BobDingus-bh3pd Joe's done much to repair the damage Trump did. There's a ways to go until we are done with that work.

[@BobDingus-bh3pd]

@@karldubhe8619 this type of political propaganda is what brings about catastrophe. This administration has dragged us into a state of perpetual crisis. Every American sees it.

[@JuliaFF562]

I am totally in love with this man, he is a hero of science

[@cliffgaither]

@JuliaFF :: pseudo-scientist.

[@lolakauffmann]

@@cliffgaitherHow that? He is a serious historian PLUS he draws the logical conclusions, assumes responsibility & stands up for well founded convictions. Unlike academics that refuse to leave their cloistered & sterile communities & actually talk to mortals.

[@JuliaFF562]

@@cliffgaither YOUR Z WORD IS NOTHING AGAINST HISTORICAL EVIDENCE. YOU LOST

[@aisteniko4982]

Thank you ❤ 🇱🇹

[@laszloesterhazy1784]

Thank you a million times over, for educating Americans that there was more, many more, than one Holocaust; and suffered by more than just "one" ethnic group.

[@SkyeRangerNick]

Great first question. Thank you.

[@sujac664]

Excellent interview, great points highlighted.! No matter how many times I listen to TS, I always walk away with something new.

[@Puleczech]

Gotta give kudos to the hosts. Great deep dive into Tim's work. Well done!

[@larstenfaelt1859]

Thank you for a brilliant interview with a great historian and analyst of today's challenges.

[@susanbalog8355]

Snyder.... always a pleasure to listen to.

[@IVWOR]

Дякую 💪🇺🇦🇺🇸❤️

[@ericdane7769]

24.55 "People think about dictatorship... 'a strongman's gonna come, and he's gonna do what I want him to do'. And that's not true. He's gonna come and do the stuff that HE wants to do."

[@deniselauzon8059]

I eish more people would listen to Timothy Snyder.

[@pierrerienier3214]

the more I hear prof Snyder, the more ignorant i realise I am. and yet I keep coming back for more!

[@joeperkowski]

I love listening to Timothy Snyder - I read all his books - he is a national treasure

[@89volvowithlazers]

Brilliant and a thankyou for the show and highlighting the author u made me go look up Mr Snyder.

[@hereigoagain5050]

Thanks Tim for history at its best. Mao adopted Stalin's policy of trading grain for factories and killing "class enemies" resulting in 50 to 100 million "excess" deaths, according to "Mao: The Unknown Story" by Chang & Halliday. The low number is official CCP estimate.

[@CynthiaBlair]

Every time I listen to Professor Snyder give an interview or lecture, there's always some brilliant unexpected insights he brings that are really "aha!" moments, where the puzzle pieces come together. I have many of his books. One of my favorite articles he wrote recently was "The Strongman Fantasy" ...and I sent this to all my Trump -loving relatives, in the hopes that they really consider the consequences of their vote this November, even though the article isn't about, specifically, Trump. Thank you for hosting this interview !

[@rickemmet1104]

Thank you. I won't read "Bloodlands" it will be too traumatic, but I'm glad to hear that "Black Earth" is Snyder's book review of "Bloodlands," has a bunch of analysis and is more argumentative. I can read that one!

[@Puleczech]

Tim Snyder is one of the most important thinkers of our time. Period.

[@jasonsmith1155]

The C.I.A thanks Mr. Snyder for his service.

[@tanitauk8888]

Thank you, Prf Snyder, for your choice to be on the right side of history.

[@nurseSean]

Mr. Snyder is always clear and calm even when describing politically contentious issues. Always a pleasure. Разом ми переможемо

[@laszloesterhazy1784]

Tim, I'd love to get your thoughts on Britain's historical competition for resources, i.e., like starting the Great War in order to seize the Ottoman Empire's oil fields, basically, the entire middle east. Thanks to the rich Brits and their actions in WWI and II, the world is the way it is today.

[@billdodd6723]

Please have John Mearsheimer on to talk about the Ukraine Russian conflict

[@kayt9627]

Whoever chose this particular frame the thumbnail… Why?

[@stephenwright2211]

Doctor, I've heard you talk about the US being at the end of the value end of the Ukraine support system. We don't donate as much as the other NATO members. Where do we rank in importance in keeping Ukraine going?

[@henasgd1566]

Thank you very much Mr President Duda for your support of Ukraine during your last stay in the USA 🇵🇱❤🇺🇦

[@katonchik]

Outstanding

[@user-ph5ys7ed7i]

very interesting...

[@olgamarsh169]

What a clever man.

[@andreasbyczkowski3435]

Snyder brings up freight trains of excellent deeply-researched points on authoritarianism. His views on Ukraine and other complex int’l and historic issues are spot on as far as I can presently(or probably ever) tell. However, I missed his mentioning that NO centralized “rules and regs” can ALSO lead to a sort’ah “dictatorship”. And, that our BILLIONAIRES are shaping public policy everywhere through the power of their “nickels” RIGHT NOW; which is also many miles from democratic. Maybe Snyder has mentioned these things in his books and other elaborations? PS) Democracy requires en masse educated informedness of responsible voting citizens with good options to choose from. “Whoops/Sorry”.

[@irenec2863]

Thank you for your support for Ukraine, Mr. Synder. It's in the best interest of all free, independent and democratic countries to support Ukraine. A Ukrainian victory will strengthen all present-day free countries and may even lead to more joining our ranks.

[@gintasvilkelis2544]

23:15 It's unclear what kind of "Reichstag Fire event, about which he was 100% correct" Snyder was referring to...

[@valdud9745]

Good

[@subcitizen2012]

Painfully short interview.

[@kristjanpeil]

I like it how you put name cards in every time the frame switches. Unlike newschannels that verbalize names somewhere near the beginning and that's it.

[@jasonsmith1155]

Why do so many War-Pigs resemble turtles from the looney tunes?

[@carlgevers2557]

Fascinating and new overview perspective on the subtle and complex currents and factors that unify Stalinism, Fascism or any us/them idealogy into eras and decades. As my beloved history teacher used to intone orotundly to each new grade; Man's natural state, is one of conflict. That is the beginning and the end of all of history. And my gran taught me.... The Russians are rushin' to finish the Finnish, and the Finnish are rushin' to finish the Russians. Scary world, but it always seems to be the '20s & 30s of each century that produce the cataclysmic upheavals in social order.

[@nenad6787]

The advantages of democracy over autocracy are taken for an axiom, which is wrong. Autocracy has many advantages , a more efficient decision making process being but one of them.

[@stephanieellison7834]

AI and its Impact on Society Oct 31, 2023, updated on April 11, 2024 We must ask ourselves, "What will happen when AI has taken 85% of jobs present in 2020? What will we do? How will we eat and survive without incomes from jobs or other means?" What is disturbing is that while AI is taking these jobs, the gov't and the corporations have not done ANYTHING to prepare us for an AI'ed civilization. They have not said anything about major retraining of an entire economy to something else, and they have not followed up on a discussion of universal basic income. This is supposedly supported by a lack of information in the latest government budgets submitted and approved as reported by some KZbin videos. It appears that the US gov't and the corporations intend to kill off the majority of Americans passively, through starvation from lack of income to buy food. (check and see if farming production is declining or will start to decline ahead of the "starvation phase") (also check to see if the "makeup" of robot equipment allocation would change to reflect a trend away from retail and services for the masses, possibly indicating an extinction of the American public - this means taking a robot from Chipotle and repurposing it for some other job not related to the public, or scrapping affected robots to be remade for some other purpose that has nothing to do with the public) It appears that the decline of farming has already started with the state of Maine buying farm land under the pretext that there are "forever chemicals" present at around 20 parts per TRILLION (safe level is said to be only 4 parts per TRILLION), which does not make sense, BUT this would rope in a LOT of land across the US. Other states may follow suit in addition to the ten states that have similar laws in place. This way, there are only enough people alive to get some things done, and the rest is done by AI, and the survivors who planned this can claim the whole country for themselves. Imagine having an estate mansion half the size of a mall on several dozen thousand acres of land, and robots would be used to maintain and clean the estates and do the farming FOR THE ESTATE OWNERS. The White Man's wet dream of civilization. What will the Native Americans south of the US border do when they see this coming, especially when they can buy firearms legally now? Hopi prophecy...

[@user-fb3cp5xt8j]

Thank you for oportunity to understand history

[@randomdude7384]

WWII was started by Stalin and Hitler; never forget that the Russians bear as much responsibility for WWII as the Nazis do.

[@Eyy7072]

What about killings in Gaza?

[@davidgleinbach7316]

A.H . DID SAY AFTER 1936 APPEASEMENT GAVE HIM CARTE BLANCHE SIGNIFYING THE END OF INTERNATIONAL MORALITY. TODAY WE CALL IT "INTERNATIOAL RULE OF LAW" I LIKE THE OLD PHRASE INTERNATIONAL MORALITY.🔱⭐

[@julianholman7379]

doesnt the politics of bread goes back centuries in the region. I have a papaer to read about jewish middlemen and grain prices in the 17th c Commonwealth . . .

[@user-mh7vx6wh5u]

I’m amazed that eugenics and its history wasn’t mentioned here! Eugenics was born in Long Island US and ended In Germany! Refer to a book called “The war against the weak”. Eugenics a contributing factor to the examination of Jews among other people! As for Russia elimination of elites in Poland the main factor was to remove cultural and identity of Polish people! Part of the reason why I’m in Australia while most of my family was killed in Siberia! most of our estates was taken never to be returned! Thanks to the western powers for selling us to the Russians communists!!!

[@julianholman7379]

Is there not some corrective surgery for this host's nasal passages ?

[@gking407]

If you think a Trump dictatorship is no big deal, think again

[@dawnoceanside7300]

Looks a lil like Kevin Mc Carthy. Sorry Dr 🤭

[@erincaitlin1655]

Time for eye glasses ....

[@georgeholmer8563]

Spot on. If we place the holocaust outside of history, then we risk repeating it.

[@123axel123]

Would like to see a debate between Mearsheimer and Snyder

[@robbie_]

Good god. Snyder has lost the plot. At 8:25 he speaks about global warming, seemingly having never, ever looked at a graph of deaths due to climate-related disasters (down 96% over the last century), or graphs of food productivity (which increases with increased Co2). It's profoundly depressing. He should stay in his lane rather than parroting drivel.

[@superclaymaster]

World’s busiest historian.

[@yeshechangchub6914]

@dw please interview

[@richardlozier5824]

I'm a retired bioscientist, not a historian, a US citizen who has lived in Eastern Europe for more than 30 years. I'm familiar with all of Synder's talking points, and I'm in communication with people from all nthe countries he mentions. Did I miss it, or did he forget to mention or not know about the Victoria Nuland-orchestrated coup in Ukraine in 2014? Synder's analysis sounded a bit too "black and white" to me based on my personal knowledge of players on various sides.

[@babs420th9]

More lies from Timothy Snyder.

[@chowd.a.d.8309]

Great stuff, thanks Timothy. Are dangerous people like Putin and Trump "loners" or do they have a team or some few individuals close to work out their hypotesis and/or synthesis?. All the best.

[@4OHz]

I would like to hear his disquisition on Palestine

[@Shalom.Merkava-kr3jg]

Spyder's attempts at keeping his academic reputation afloat are remarkable considering ample evidence of his total bias and inadequacy.

[@peterkiedron8949]

Plenty of Putin trolls here with their lies.

[@stevenconnolly7907]

An argument for interventionist tactics. However, it was Russia that advanced the Nord Steam 2 pipeline. 🦒

[@memetkara2117]

Grover Furr has unmasked this guy as a scammer.

[@antonbajor1028]

One of the most influencial intelectuell gangsters of this century.

[@dmitryshusterman9494]

It's really bizarre that such well known and obvious truths need to be spelled out for these people who are not getting it anyway. And then, it's also so boring, trivial and repetitive, perhaps cos I lived long enough to experience these truths so many times.i lived thru experience of my parents and greate parents, thru so many wars and injustices. It all blends in the color of disgust and sadness. And all these sufferings are useless for more is coming, I can clearly see the signs

[@BobDingus-bh3pd]

It’s fascinating how Snyder takes such a complex and nuanced moral approach to history, but then completely throws that out the window when pushing modern political dogmas. How disappointing. I hope that’s not a reflection of his efforts in Bloodlands

[@charlesbeaudry3263]

The "Warning"? It is Gaza today.

[@fronabulax63]

he's a dangerous ideolge

[@bramposthumus9300]

Nope. Putin's a garden variety fascist.

[@NicholBrummer]

challenge to Timothy: this same view on history, in which the 'hallowedness' of the holocaust must be relativised so that we can learn for our present times: this is also relevant to Israel/Palestine, but possibly more controversial.

[@ryanwschneeberger]

It seems to me that Timothy is sensitive to only extremism from the right and not from the left.

[@Donofthedon]

He, having studied and written about Stalin and Hitler, has shown understanding of both. When the left gives its strongman a pass for trying to send stormtroopers to the Capitol or purging his opponents, I imagine Snyder would be quick to raise the alarm. But this is today, and it's the right that is giving its charlatan that cover. Today, we can criticize the leftish leader. Tomorrow, we won't be able to, if we keep thinking, "There are good people on both sides."

[@foxfreeman1672]

It’s not 1969.

[@ryanwschneeberger]

@@foxfreeman1672 No, it's worse than 1969

[@erincaitlin1655]

For example, today ??????

[@ryanwschneeberger]

@@erincaitlin1655 Totalitarian censorship, cancel culture, greenwashing, antisemitism, DEI racism, white supremacist witch hunt, defund the police, antifa, open border, BLM riots, woke mind virus...

[@julianholman7379]

I dont think Tim Snyder shares the understanding of Nato expansion through eastern Europe as driven by the US arms industry. That was the perspective of the NYTimes at the time of the first wave of admissions to NATO in the Clinton 90s. It's still quite a compelling analysis of the causes of Russia's invasion

[@FiveLiver]

NATO doesn't 'expand', it admits countries that want to join. This 'everything is caused by the US' mentality denies countries who feel menaced by Russia any agency.

[@bramposthumus9300]

Nope. NATO's expansion is driven by newly independent nations' desire NOT to be under the Russian jackboot.

[@workingproleinc.676]

This guy is nothing more then Popcorn Historian. Usual Westerner Spiel Udssr Bad,West Good. (Also i Love how you have to refresh the comment section or Thread's at new Comments to have Proper Conversation,with other,is West capable anymore to crate Something useful beside Failure?! Failure in all Matters,Failure in History,Education,Politea,Society,Economy,Technologie,Everything😂)

[@HabAnagarek]

The chowderhead has arrived

[@workingproleinc.676]

I Beg Pardon..?​@@HabAnagarek

[@cliffgaither]

@workingproleinc :: You must be familiar with the article :: _The F (L) lies of Timothy Snyder_ ?

[@workingproleinc.676]

​@@cliffgaither I em Not from West,but i em very Familiar with Westerner"Historians"Like i em familiar why Most so called "Historians"from West who are been Always silent when the names Like: Walter Hallstein -Head of EU Commission Adolf Heusinger Nato's Chief of Staff Kurt Waldheim - Secretary General of the EU Commission (Austria had the biggest Scandal becose of this after the founding of the second Republic) Pop Up. (Google them nice Chaps,True Democrats,yes this was sarcasm😊) But Clowns Like Snyder,Like to Point,Out how UdSSR was Mordor,and Lament,the fictional numbers of Bazillions Dead. I as non Westerner don't need to take Clowns Like Timothy Sneed seriously,but i have Pitty on You Westerner,who try at last to be obyective,on historical,isuse.

[@cliffgaither]

@@workingproleinc.676 :: it blows my mind that they still put out that bs about the "Bazillions" dead ( murdered ). i got the sarcasm 🥸. what i don't get is how Sneed has gotten global attention as a legit. history teller. i never thought i would concern myself with european plight but the u.s.' propaganda and responsibility for europe's present state ... is largely the responsibility of european leaders who don't have enough balls to at least know the the R. Federation is a part of europe and must have peaceful co-existence with that old and very ancient neighborhood. the u.s. is an ocean away, protected by two oceans and making lives hell all over the world. C&R have finally joined forces. they will be the new victors to write a new history --- minus Sneed❕️

[@JohnJohnson-mt9yt]

‘The war began because Stalin was willing to agree with hitler etc etc’ - this is standard western spin. In reality the Soviets were driven to a non-aggression pact with Hitler in 1939 because the west had signed one with Hitler in 1938.

[@florinadrian5174]

Driven to a non-aggression pact involving aggression against the rest of Eastern Europe? Wow, poor Soviets, driven by Hitler like genocidal lambs to the slaughter of others. No wonder Putin exists.

[@Timmerdetimmerdetim]

I'm pretty sure at the same time you're passionately craving a rerun of that infamous treaty of Munich in the current situation. That's a whole lot of contradiction.

[@JakCei]

There was no non-aggression pact in the Munich Agreement. Hitler's goal was always to expand eastwards, and he attempted to align with Poland and offer them Soviet territory, but they backed out due to the deal making them dependent on Germany. Hitler then pivoted to the USSR and invaded Poland. The USSR meanwhile happily signed the pact because it meant an escalation of trade to export metals and oil, in addition to territorial gains in Poland in the aftermath of the humiliating events of the treaty with Imperial Germany in 1918 and the Polish-Soviet war of 1920. Stalin chose this willingly out of imperial aspirations.

[@ernstraedecker6174]

​@@JakCeiAnd the USA happily remained friends & partners with nazi-Germany until Dec 11th, 1941. When the Holocaust was already 6 months underway, and Jews had been murdered since Sept 1939, locked up in ghettos since 1940, and were massmurdered since June 1941. Still friends with the USA, huh? Why don't you talk about the USA for a minute, huh?

[@ronsmythe7764]

People also ask What nation did Germany sign a non-aggression treaty with? German-Soviet Pact | Holocaust Encyclopedia the Soviet Union It is also known as the Nazi-Soviet Pact or the Hitler-Stalin Pact. The arrangement included a 10-year non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union.

[@Raikenbolai]

This Snyder muppet is entirely overrated

[@Timmerdetimmerdetim]

How derogatory!😝

[@ivoferin8176]

lol the russian trolls had to show up to childishly try to smear Snyder... Go back to your cope hole mate.

[@Raikenbolai]

@@Timmerdetimmerdetim indeed... I kept it civil

[@orion3253]

Whose book did you read instead?

[@toonlyrics]

Insults are not arguments.