Gavriel David Rosenfeld Quotes

#1. What I have learned from studying counterfactual history is that the law of unintended consequences always kicks in no matter how secure you are in your plan. We have to live with the historical record as it is, like it or not.

Gavriel David Rosenfeld

#2. What's interesting is that when you get into the post-war period, many of the narratives in books and movies conclude that if you killed Hitler, you're actually going to make history worse.

Gavriel David Rosenfeld

#3. The Germans tend to like to blame the Nazi experience on one man who can be scapegoated. If you pile all the blame onto him, you exonerate the German masses from any responsibility.

Gavriel David Rosenfeld

#4. The first step to get people interested in history is to wonder how things could have been different.

Gavriel David Rosenfeld

#5. Most people experience history as one damn fact after another in high school. But if you can wonder, "Wow, what if the US hadn't gotten involved in World War II?", you can become enthralled by the imaginary possibilities.

Gavriel David Rosenfeld

#6. If you're a website and you want to get attention, you can Hiterlize anything.

Gavriel David Rosenfeld