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LXCL:This "ticket" admits ONE person to the event and does NOT include a book. The $5 fee can be used towards purchasing a copy of 53 DAYS at the event, or on any Theodore's Books purchase 60 days after the event.

Tier 1

LXCL:This "ticket" admits ONE person to the event and includes ONE copy of the book.

Tier 2

Gold Coast Forum presents an evening with Historian, Timothy W. Ryback, as he discusses and signs his new book, 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy. Ryback will be in conversation with Rep. Steve Israel! Gold Coast Forum is a not-for-profit organization focused on educating and informing all about the importance of books and literature by hosting vitally important authors and literary figures, providing a nonpartisan forum to discuss art, culture, history, business, and politics. Become a supporter of Gold Coast Forum <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.goldcoastforum.org/donate" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">here!</a> Registration is $5 and is required. The $5 can be used towards a purchase of&nbsp;53 Days at the event, or on another purchase at Theodore&#39;s Books. This is valid for 60 days following the event date. There will be limited copies of 53 Days available for purchase at the event courtesy of Theodore&#39;s Books. Secure your book now by purchasing one here. ABOUT THE BOOK: From internationally acclaimed historian Timothy W. Ryback, the chilling chronicle of how Adolf Hitler overturned a constitutional democracy in less than eight weeks. On September 25, 1930, Adolf Hitler appeared before Germany&rsquo;s Supreme Court and outlined his plans to destroy the Weimar Republic through democratic means. The judge asked, &ldquo;So, only through constitutional means?&rdquo; Hitler replied, &ldquo;Jawohl!&rdquo; Barely two years later, on January 30, 1933, Hitler was appointed the fifteenth chancellor of the Weimar Republic. Within 53 days of that date, he had effected one of the most astonishing transformations in modern democracy, using the provisions of the Constitution to turn a democratic republic into an authoritarian state. Drawing from his 800-page political playbook, Mein Kampf, Hitler banned or neutered the print press and radio; purged the civil service and installed party loyalists; suspended civil liberties; compromised the courts; imposed Reich government control over the country&rsquo;s seventeen federated states; slapped draconian tariffs on trading partners; co-opted, imprisoned, or drove political opponents into exile; assumed control over the central bank; and then compelled the Reichstag, the country&rsquo;s legislative body, to pass an Enabling Act granting Hitler dictatorial power. Charting the key events of those dramatic days in taut and compelling prose, Timothy W. Ryback evokes the raw political power and increasing inevitability of Hitler&rsquo;s state capture, amid heroic efforts by journalists and social democrats to save the republic, underscoring the alarming observation in the introduction to Joseph Goebbels&rsquo; collected essays: &ldquo;The big joke on democracy is that it provides its mortal enemies with the means to its own destruction.&rdquo; TIMOTHY W. RYBACK is director of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation in The Hague. He has written on the legacies of national socialism for The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. His books on Hitler, most recently Takeover: Hitler&rsquo;s Final Rise to Power, have been translated into more than 30 languages. He and his wife live in Europe PLEASE NOTE: All books signed at this event must be purchased from Theodore&#39;s Books. If you purchase your copy in advance, please save your receipt.

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Gold Coast Forum presents an evening with Historian, Timothy W. Ryback, as he discusses and signs his new book, 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy. Ryback will be in conversation with Rep. Steve Israel! Gold Coast Forum is a not-for-profit organization focused on educating and informing all about the importance of books and literature by hosting vitally important authors and literary figures, providing a nonpartisan forum to discuss art, culture, history, business, and politics. Become a supporter of Gold Coast Forum <a href="https://www.goldcoastforum.org/donate" target="_blank">here!</a> Registration is $5 and is required. The $5 can be used towards a purchase of 53 Days at the event, or on another purchase at Theodore's Books. This is valid for 60 days following the event date. There will be limited copies of 53 Days available for purchase at the event courtesy of Theodore's Books. Secure your book now by purchasing one here. ABOUT THE BOOK: From internationally acclaimed historian Timothy W. Ryback, the chilling chronicle of how Adolf Hitler overturned a constitutional democracy in less than eight weeks. On September 25, 1930, Adolf Hitler appeared before Germany’s Supreme Court and outlined his plans to destroy the Weimar Republic through democratic means. The judge asked, “So, only through constitutional means?” Hitler replied, “Jawohl!” Barely two years later, on January 30, 1933, Hitler was appointed the fifteenth chancellor of the Weimar Republic. Within 53 days of that date, he had effected one of the most astonishing transformations in modern democracy, using the provisions of the Constitution to turn a democratic republic into an authoritarian state. Drawing from his 800-page political playbook, Mein Kampf, Hitler banned or neutered the print press and radio; purged the civil service and installed party loyalists; suspended civil liberties; compromised the courts; imposed Reich government control over the country’s seventeen federated states; slapped draconian tariffs on trading partners; co-opted, imprisoned, or drove political opponents into exile; assumed control over the central bank; and then compelled the Reichstag, the country’s legislative body, to pass an Enabling Act granting Hitler dictatorial power. Charting the key events of those dramatic days in taut and compelling prose, Timothy W. Ryback evokes the raw political power and increasing inevitability of Hitler’s state capture, amid heroic efforts by journalists and social democrats to save the republic, underscoring the alarming observation in the introduction to Joseph Goebbels’ collected essays: “The big joke on democracy is that it provides its mortal enemies with the means to its own destruction.” TIMOTHY W. RYBACK is director of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation in The Hague. He has written on the legacies of national socialism for The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. His books on Hitler, most recently Takeover: Hitler’s Final Rise to Power, have been translated into more than 30 languages. He and his wife live in Europe PLEASE NOTE: All books signed at this event must be purchased from Theodore's Books. If you purchase your copy in advance, please save your receipt.

Gold Coast Forum

Historian & Author Timothy W. Ryback Discusses & Signs 53 DAYS: HOW HITLER DISMANTLED A DEMOCRACY

111 South St Ste 16

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$5

Tier 2

$27

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