Later in the novel, Hans’s mind turns to the brutality of occupation: If in the course of a five-day plan, 200,000 Berliners were removed by 50,000, these 50,000 proletarians would be fused into a collective by the shock of having killed.
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Rumaan Alam,
The New Republic,
21 June 2023
As a proudly class-conscious proletarian, Martin is naturally supportive of worker strikes.
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J. Hoberman,
The New York Review of Books,
22 Oct. 2020
Of course, the couture and Paris go hand in hand, so WWD Weekend also looks at a way even commoners can enjoy a feast meant for royalty thanks to Alain Ducasse, or the lucky can stay in the private apartment of one of the City of Light’s premier restaurants, La Tour d’Argent.
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James Fallon,
WWD,
22 Feb. 2025
The study showed that the organization of the city suggested a distinctly communal atmosphere in which commoners and elite political decision-makers worked to expand and improve the city.
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