Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Ian Kershaw
Born: April 29, 1943 (age 81)
Bio: Sir Ian Kershaw is a British historian and author whose work has chiefly focused on the social history of 20th century Germany.
Known for:
- Hitler, 1889-1936: Hubris (1998)
- The End: Hitler's Germany 1944–45 (2011)
- Hitler, 1936-1945 (2000)
- Fateful Choices (2007)
- Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution (2008)