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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.

Angela Merkel Helped Broker a Peace Agreement in 2015. In December 2022, She Said It Was Never Designed to Bring Peace.
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Angela Merkel Helped Broker a Peace Agreement in 2015. In December 2022, She Said It Was Never Designed to Bring Peace.

The Minsk ceasefire bought eight years. That was the point.

May 9, 2026 12 min read
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