George L Gregory wrote: ↑23 May 2021 09:48
Does anybody not find it puzzling that what Adolf Hitler told the Germans that he wanted the future Germans to be was in fact the complete oppose of what he was himself?
1. He wasn't German. He was born in Austria-Hungary to Austrian parents.
2. He had dark brown hair, although it's true that he had blue eyes.
3. He was only of average height, certainly nothing like his SS men.
4. He was very lazy and he was not physically fit.
5. His ancestry remains a mystery. He spend so much time preaching about racial purity but ignored the fact that he never really knew who his paternal grandfather was.
I just can't understand why the Germans of the Weimar Republic in the 1920s and early 1930s found him so appealing. What was it exactly?
Look at all of the top Nazis - Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Goering, Joseph Goebbels, etc, and none of them really looked Nordic, apart from Reinhard Heydrich.
1. Well firstly, Hitler is German. To be German, let alone Germanic, is genetic. Austria is German, it has a majority German population (genetically and linguistically). Bringing Austria into the Reich, has Hitler famously stated "I myself, welcome you home (Austria)" So this is not puzzling, and would have little difference.
2. It actually does the opposite. You want like it, but to set a greater image/ideal for others and yourself, and to not be that image, it actually makes you selfless.
3. This plays into my above answer
4. "He was lazy" as in when he slept in late? I believe it's a product of him staying up all night. As for physically fit, born with certain ailments, he had many medical issues due to his inability to afford doctor visits, and his frequent times of hunger both as a child, and his time as an Artist.
5. It really doesn't. All the information we have suggest he is just a German (genetically) and nothing more. Attempts to make Hitler Jewish or saying he had "1 testicle" are attempts made by fiction writers.
I just can't understand why the Germans of the Weimar Republic in the 1920s and early 1930s found him so appealing. What was it exactly?
Well we'd have to understand the political climate at that time.
We will now examine the reasons for how the German people could not only believe, but be excited about the National Socialist.
Firstly, major anti-German rhetoric by the western powers. When the new German empire turned out to be a massive success, it was perceived as an economic threat to the British Empire. Actions were taken to change the positive image of Germany, mainly by the press. Alfred Harmsworth, owner of “the Times” and other newspapers, played a special role in these propaganda attacks. He called for a war against Germany, quoting Cato the Elder, who, in the same way, had propagated a war against the Carthagians in ancient Rome. “Germania delenda est” - “Germany is to be destroyed”. In the 1890s! He got knighted for that. Anti German novels were launched and became a huge success: Invasion novels about Germany invading Britain, or German spies trying to prepare an invasion.
The fictional report of Germans cutting off children’s hands was widely believed
Films were used for propaganda purposes, too. The Huns killing and raping - an early blockbuster. Because of their popularity, these films were still shown until the late 1920s. Many historians agree, that the Versailles Treaty helped the Nazis come to Power. The (so perceived) humiliation was the key element. Maybe historical research one day finds out about the relationship between WWI propaganda and the rise of the Nazis.
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Secondly, The anti-Jewish perspective comes less from propaganda, and more so experience. Historically in Christian Europe, Jewish people have been caught poisonings wells, taking apart of usury (against the Christian faith), and going as far as sacrifices. It was not only the last 10-20 years for the Germans, but the last 1,000-1,500 years of experience. The death of Saint Simon of Trent and Saint Christopher (both Christian boys) were the prime examples in these beliefs.
It's important to remember Germany is a Christian nation, meaning it holds the belief in the bible, and Christianity, mainly the doctrine of
Martin Luther. We will get into Martin Luther later, but for now, lets examine what the Christian Germans would have against Jews in Germany. For one, their art was seen as "degenerate" as in it's representation. As well as many anti-Christian/Pornographic art done by Jewish painters. Jewish art displayed sexual perversions of all sorts. As well as in the theatres, the first adultery and homosexual plays were held (see below).
Some of the first homosexual theatres and plays. They were made in Berlin in the 1920’s.
They also pushed forth the first adultery film and plays in the 1890’s.
Furthermore on why the Germans had these opinions of Jews, would be further the "sexual degeneracy" that they saw within Germany. For example, In 1919, Magnus Hirschfeld and Arthur Kronfeld, founded the “Institut für Sexualwissenschaft” (Institute for ‘Sexual Research’) in Berlin.
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In the Guido Knopp series "Nazis a lesson from history" this man when asked why he hated Jews so terribly answers. "Because of Jewish landlords financially exploiting his farming parents during the post WW1 depression. His hatred was clearly deeper and older than Nazi indoctrination.
An Einsatzgruppen documentary on Amazon prime. Another member of the Einsatzgruppen was asked why he hated Jews so much (women and children). He responded, "I know what the Jews did to my own family."
Now as I stated earlier, we'd pick up on Martin Luther. Martin Luther is a hero of the Protestant Reformation, and Germany was, and still is a majority, the largest majority, of Lutherans in the world. Let's see what Martin Luther wrote in his 1543. His essay on the Jews is scholarly, even a admirable analysis on Hebrew life and history. But later, he'd write his final opinions after efforts of trying to convert Jewish people.
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"What shall we Christians do with this rejected and condemned people, the Jews"
"First, to set fire to their synagogues or schools … This is to be done in honor of our Lord and of Christendom, so that God might see that we are Christians …"
"Second, I advise that their houses also be razed and destroyed."
"Third, I advise that all their prayer books and Talmudic writings, in which such idolatry, lies, cursing, and blasphemy are taught, be taken from them."
"Fourth, I advise that their rabbis be forbidden to teach henceforth on pain of loss of life and limb …"
"Fifth, I advise that safe-conduct on the highways be abolished completely for the Jews. For they have no business in the countryside …"
"Sixth, I advise that usury be prohibited to them, and that all cash and treasure of silver and gold be taken from them …"
"Seventh, I recommend putting a flail, an ax, a hoe, a spade, a distaff, or a spindle into the hands of young, strong Jews and Jewesses and letting them earn their bread in the sweat of their brow … But if we are afraid that they might harm us or our wives, children, servants, cattle, etc., … then let us emulate the common sense of other nations such as France, Spain, Bohemia, etc., … then eject them forever from the country
Now when you read that, which ones actually happened during the Third Reich? Number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 all happened. Not only is Martin Luther a religious authority to Protestants even today, but also is seen as a man of God. Why does he have these opinions? The same reason the Germans could so easily turn against a group of people, and that was their own experience.
Thirdly and finally and probably the most influential, was the disproportionate rate Jews played in important/influential societal positions. Where in 1931, a census was taken out of 234 theatrical managers. The results concluded that 118 or 50.4% were Jewish and 92 or 39.3% were not Jewish and he other 24% is unknown to determine what race they belonged to. Let me remind you Jews are little less than 2% of the population. In Berlin, 29 theatre managers, 23 or 80% of them were Jewish. 48% were medical men, 43% were school doctors, 68% welfare doctors, 45% hospital directors, 38% dentist, 54% Lawyers, 80% Theatres, and 50% teachers in medical faculty. Again, 2% of the population. In Prussia (38,000,000 people, 400,000 Jewish, 70,000 Foreign Jewish) on the 16th June 1925, Commerce and business, including hotel and restaurant businesses Jews account for 58.8%. The composition of the Anwaltkammer, the supreme representative body of lawyers in Berlin, out of 33 members, 22 or 66% of them were of Jewish origin. And all 4 General Directorate were Jewish. How many Jews were in the Directorate of the Reichs Rechtsanwaltskammer, the supreme representative body of the lawyers? Of the three members, chairman, business manager and sectary, all 3 were Jewish.
And how about papers/media?
The “Vossische Zeitung” (Circulation 75,000–90,000) was ran by Jewish men including Georg Bernhard (Chief editor), Elbau (alias Mandelbaum), Misch, Guttmann, Bernauer, Caspary, Goldstein, Solomon, Osborn, Schulvater Wiesenthal and Eloesser.
The staff of “B.Z am Mittag” (circulation 160,000) included such Jews as Hollering, Falk, Jacobson, Kiaulehn, Muhsam, Hackenberger, and others.
For the “Tempo” (circulation 125,000) they had Gutmann, Jacobi, Lachmann, Lustig and Zuckerkland, all of Jewish Origin.
The country population was worked upon through the “Grune Post” (circulation 920,000) founded by Richard Jatz, who is Jewish.
The “Berliner Illustrite Zeitung” had a circuatlion of 1,750,000. The chief editor was a Jew named Korff. H As well.
There was an overrepresentation of Jews that were at the senior members or leaders of the communist movement in Muich. Karl Radek (Sobelsohm) the then delegate of Soviet Propaganda in Germany. Levine-Nissen, Ernst Toller, Kurt Muhsam, Minister President Kurt Eisner, Levien, and Gustav Ladauer were all Jewish
"Germany Must Perish" by Theodore Newman Kaufman did not help the opinion on Jewish people either. You can read it, or skim through it's ideas here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_Must_Perish!
A wealthy Jew by the name of Willi Muzenberg published two major papers for the Communist Party. “The World In the Evening”, “Illustrated Workers” and the “Magazine for All” In 1923, the term "Jew Republic" was used to describe the Weimar government on the grounds that “it can denote the new legal and social order in Germany which was brought about in significant measure by German and foreign Jews.”
Given all of this information, we not only have logical reasonings, but experiences of peoples from countless generations that created such a belief.
Further reading...
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