“It was in Poland that Einsatzgruppen were to fulfill their mission as ‘ideological soldiers’ by eliminating the educated classes of a defeated enemy. (They were in some sense killing their peers: fifteen of the twenty-five Einsatzgruppe and Einsatzkommando commanders had doctorates.) In Operation Tannenberg, Heydrich wanted the Einsatzgruppen to render ‘the upper levels of society’ harmless by murdering sixty-one thousand Polish citizens. As Hitler put it, ‘only a nation whose upper levels are destroyed can be pushed into the ranks of slavery.’ The ultimate goal of this decapitation project was to ‘destroy Poland’ as a functioning society. By killing the most accomplished Poles, the Einsatzgruppen were to make Poland resemble the German racist-fantasy of the country, and leave the society incapable of resisting German rule.”

— Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

“‘Asked whether she believes other professors might be encouraged to leave the United States, Shore wrote that she believes many of her colleagues will consider relocating due to the current political climate, which she deemed an ‘American descent into fascism.’

“‘I don’t feel confident that American universities will manage to mobilize to protect either their students or their faculty,’ Shore said.”

Three prominent Yale professors depart for Canadian university, citing Trump fears, Yale Daily News, 8-28-25.

Why a professor of fascism left the US: ‘The lesson of 1933 is – you get out’, The Guardian, 6-16-25

Op-ed video, New York Times, 5-14-25