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The Manifest Archive

The architecture of power, recorded.

By Jerry van der Laan
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Fourth Reich & Postwar Continuity

Postwar continuity, intelligence networks and institutional survival.

Reinhard Gehlen Surrendered in 1945. The CIA Hired Him in 1946.
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Reinhard Gehlen Surrendered in 1945. The CIA Hired Him in 1946.

By 1950 his organisation produced 70% of US intelligence on the Soviet Union. The Federal Republic of Germany still operates it.

May 7, 2026 10 min read
The Return of the Right: How Europe’s Fear Became a Movement
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The Return of the Right: How Europe’s Fear Became a Movement

Across the continent, anger once dismissed as fringe has turned mainstream — protests, elections and silence all speaking the same…

Oct 31, 2025 15 min read
Did Wernher von Braun Predict the Alien Card?
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Did Wernher von Braun Predict the Alien Card?

Carol Rosin, Fear Escalation, and the Architecture of Modern Threats.

Oct 16, 2025 5 min read
The Empire That Never Fell
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The Empire That Never Fell

The illusion of defeat

Sep 21, 2025 1 min read