The New German Nazism

Front Page Magazine ^ | October 10, 2006 | William E. Grim

[Kimmers]

This may have been posted before but I did not find it. It is worth the read.

[beezdotcom]

In my private meetings with Germans it often happens that they will loosen up after a while and reveal personal opinions and political leanings that were thought to have ceased to exist in a Berlin bunker on April 30, 1945.

Of course, the naïveté was in thinking that these opinions ever ceased to exist in the first place.

[Calpernia]

It never ceased. Everything just got shuffled to holding companies, trusts and moved to different locations.

Related:

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[Sherman Logan]

First and foremost is the realization that, while not all Germans are anti-Semitic, there is an anti-Semitic tendency within German culture that extends back to the time of Martin Luther.

The author's grasp on history is weak. Anti-semitism had been popular in Germany for at least five centuries before Luther came along.

[SF Republican]

Grims Tales indeed.

[A_perfect_lady]

That was chilling. I know he's right, too. It's not just Germany: Europeans are, by and large, viciously anti-semitic. Always have been, always will be.

Maybe it's because I have blond hair and my last name is of German origin that the Germans feel that I am, or could potentially be, "one of them." It shows how much they understand what it means to be an American.

And that's a great line. Other than Australians, who kind of get it, I don't think anyone outside the US understands what it means to be American.

[wideminded]

I posted a link to another article by William Grim not long ago. Everyone who replied basically accused Grim of making up the facts in his story.

[gondramB]

I’m sure others will make the points about the long history of antisemitism in Europe, particularly Germany and how this is troubling.

So I’ll make a different point. By banning Nazi words and Nazi symbols even on toys and games about WW2 Germany has asked for a certain segment of kids to be interested by making it forbidden.

Our country is imperfect and it’s tough watching neo-Nazis march through a Jewish Neighborhood or watching Fred Phelps shout terrible things at funeral goers....

But by letting even hateful idiots have free speech its easier for kids to see what idiots they are and less kids want to be like them.

[353FMG]

“..reveal personal opinions and political leanings that were thought to have ceased..”

Why should they have ceased? Humanity hasn’t. Do you really think that WWII changed anything in man’s thinking? We have a generation that was not even born at the time of the Nuerenburg trials. How can they have possibly learned anything from WWII. Zum Wohl!

[loreldan]

I grew up in Germany, went to German schools etc until moving back to the US in high school. This guy is exaggerating horribly. Anti-semitism is certainly true of some Germans, and he is right about most of them supporting Palestinians (that is due to the extreme left-wing media that dominates). But one glaring thing he is wrong about is the Turks in Germany. If there is one group of people that Germans dislike far more than Jews, it is the Turks.

[MeanWestTexan]

Ping

[navyguy]

“Other than Australians, who kind of get it, I don’t think anyone outside the US understands what it means to be American.”

Based on my personal experience, Europeans definitely do NOT understand what America is or what it means to be an American. They harbor all sorts of quaint, infantile and dead wrong ideas about the United States and Americans. Heard them a million times.

[MeanWestTexan]

It was worth a read. Thanks for posting.

[Kimmers]

Please see post #7, it sounds like you are not alone in your thinking about the author taking liberties with the truth.

[NHResident]

Having lived in both Switzerland and France while spending extensive amount of time in the UK - casual anti-semitism is rampant in Europe. Many are cautious about revealing it to foreigners (e.g. Americans) but it’s there.

[Alouette]

The New German Nazism

This is the "Old" German Nazism rearing its ugly head.

The "New" Nazism, or rather the old Older Nazism, features Mohammed instead of Hitler.

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[LibKill]

I never could figure out why so many people hate jews. Not logical at all.

No jew ever hurt me or mine as far as I can tell.

On the other hand my family lost some people fighting the Nazis.

[Kimmers]

I do not understand it either.

I am a Christian my best friend is a Jew and we consider ourselves sisters.

[sageb1]

“I don’t think anyone outside the US understands what it means to be American.”

There are too many “Americans” who don’t understand what it means to be an American.

[Mountain Troll]

It’s not about Jews as such, it’s about having someone to blame things on. The Jews are just convenient. For details, consult “The True Believer” by Eric Hoffer.