Six great reads: rebels in Nazi Germany, how creativity works and Europe's biggest pornography conference

"In the autumn of 1943, the Gestapo responded to a tipoff that Maria von Maltzan, a German aristocrat and member of the resistance, had a Jew living in her home. Photograph: Ullstein Bild/Getty Images From a diplomat who embraced the exiled Albert Einstein to a schoolteacher who helped non-Aryan students flee, these remarkable individuals refused to bend the knee to Hitler only to be dramatically betrayed. What, asked Jonathan Freedland, in this extract from his new book, The Traitors Circle, made them risk it all?"

"She doesn't just speak to the 1%. She speaks to the one-hundredth of 1%. And they'll listen' Fred Luntz. Illustration: Guardian Design/Getty Images After leaving the New York Times, Weiss turned her Substack into an unshakable pro-Israel voice. Now as Paramount eyes acquisition of her company, David Klion profiled a writer who is poised to become Trump's ally among media elites."

"Palestinians evacuate Gaza City towards southern areas of the coastal Gaza Strip on 10 September. Photograph: Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images In this deeply personal piece, Gaza reporter Malak A Tantesh wrote about her family's decision to leave northern Gaza, the area they call home, for the tents of the south where they had also endured last year's winter. The family has stayed in 10 locations since they were first forced out of their prewar home in Beit Lahia."

In autumn 1943 the Gestapo acted on a tip that Maria von Maltzan, a German aristocrat and resistance member, harboured a Jewish person in her home. Other individuals, including a diplomat who embraced an exiled scientist and a teacher who helped non-Aryan students flee, risked their lives and were dramatically betrayed. The brain retains the ability to continue processing unconsciously when conscious attention moves elsewhere. A former New York Times writer established a pro-Israel Substack and gained growing influence among media elites and potential political allies. A Gaza family has been repeatedly displaced, staying in ten locations since leaving Beit Lahia. Reporting also covers the largest pornography-industry conference.

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