Grand entretien avec Johann Chapoutot – Fête de l'Humanité 2026

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With "The Tipping Point: Germany, 1933," published by Gallimard, Johann Chapoutot continues his exploration of the mechanisms that brought the Nazis to power. In this interview conducted at the Agora during the Fête de l’Humanité (Humanity Festival), the historian discusses the role of the elites, the resistance of the working class, “anticipatory submission,” and the absence of inevitability in history. This plunge into 1933 resonates strongly with the compromises, calculations, and complicity at play today in the face of the far right.

Hosted by Diego Chauvet, journalist at L’Humanité.

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00:00 Presentation of the book "The Tipping Point"
06:06 How the German elites installed Hitler in power
11:58 The resistance of the working class against the Nazis
18:04 Can a democracy tip without Wanting it?

25:00 How can I resist?