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You'll never see a Hollywood movie about the guy on the right...a rare clip from the "The Century of Wafare" series,
Posted on 01/24/2005 3:13:55 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
When it became apparent that Germany would not win, Hitler ordered the destruction of everything (powerplants, livestock, factories, hospitals, etc) that could sustain the German people after the war ended. He "reasoned" that if the Germans could not attain victory for him, then they had no reason to go on living.
Luckily for the Germans, by that time Hitler was little more than a delusional manic, raving in his Berlin bunker. Albert Speer made sure that these mad directives were never carried out.
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"Hitler, and the guys around him, had some strange bizzare relgious beliefs.
I'm not sure how to describe it accuratly, Nordic? Pagan?"
Here's a short description of a speciall on Himmler's obsession in quest of
The Holy Grail and other historical artifacts.
I've only seen the show once on a PBS affiliate. It was intriguing to see how
many otherwise respectable German archeologists went along with
Himmler's nutty plans for expeditions.
http://www.weta.org/tv/archive/indexfull.php?episode=0&series=8910
Makes sense...but, of course, he was also fanatical about what he put into his body (about his diet...no meat, no alcohol). I would say that he demonstrated all the aspects of bi-polar--but he didn't go so high as to become manic (though he was enduringly psychotic) and didn't drop so low as to need withdrawal or hospitalization.
Of course, there is one other possibility.
The Church's Struggle with the Third Reich - "Furthermore, there cannot be any help in the people's struggles in the long run from a moral doctrine which preaches love of the enemy, orders one to turn the left cheek when the right has been struck, etc." - Adolf Hitler
Hitler was NOT average. He was a genius, but an evil flawed one. The historical tragedy is that he was at the right place at the right time to apply his talents and rise to power. In another era, he would have been consigned to organizing a militia in some rural hinterland. Many great men realize their potential relatively late (W is one example). His early victories proved to be his downfall--convinced he was also a military genius, he tried to run the war himself, and overruled the counsel of his Generals.
Excellent work.
Hitler also had a phenomenal sense of style which also raises a host of questions...his painting didn't expose much flair...but his designs for uniforms and photographs and visual impact (parades and marches) and music on his adoring public was...eerie.
Probably what it came down to that "its all about me". He was no Christian and it could be said not even a patriotic German. I know he was a war hero in WW1 but something happened to him.
The 2nd Fuhrer was much more of a patriotic German. Admiral Karl Donitz in one week of power move thousands of Germans to the western part of Germany to escape the Russians. No one has ever figured out why Hitler appointed Donitz as his replacement.
Albert Spears also did right at the end though he wasn't no saint by any means.
It seems that Dolphy misunderstood Nietzsche. Anyway, he's dead... and so is his ideology.
I thought that he was Jewish.
And one 'other possibility' is discussed in great depth by Erich Fromm, who wrote The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness.
Fromm deals with the hitler phenomenon in the chapter Malignant Aggression.
Excerpt:
'...his malignant incestuousness, narcissism, coldness, lack of interest, self-indulgence, lack of realism, which necessarily resulted in failures and humiliations. From 1918 on, since there is ample material available about Hitler's life, we can recognize the manifestations of his necrophilia with increasing clarity...'
Necrophilia. Worship of death and dead things...sort of reminds me of the early life of mohammad. Both tramps, both beggars. Both 'preached' - one in a beerhall, the other on the steps of a temple.
That one there sounds just like the ACLU, dimrats and the rat bastard leftists that support them.
Well and why not, since Satan wrote the talking points for both.
Btw you must have missed my little anecdote on another thread. The Fuehrer had a nickname. Tepichfresser. Translates to carpet-eater.
Seems when he got really angry, he would throw himself on the floor, and chew the carpet.
I did miss it...but I do know his temper. I have a personal interest in this matter.
Only in the Roman Empire and in Spain under Arab domination has culture been a potent factor. Under the latter, the standard of civilisation achieved was wholly admirable; to Spain flocked the greatest scientists, thinkers, astronomers and mathematicians of the world, and side by side there flourished a spirit of sweet human tolerance and a sense of the purest chivalry. Then with the advent of Christianity, came the barbarians. The chivalry of the Castilians had been inherited by the Arabs. Had Charles Martel not been victorious at Poitiers – already, you see, the world had fallen into the hands of the Jews – so gutless a thing was Christianity! – then we should in all probability have been converted to mohammedanism, that cult which glorifies heroism and which opens the seventh Heaven to the bold warrior alone. Then the Germanic races would have conquered the world. Christianity alone prevented them from doing so." – 28th August 1942
From what I understand, it was more or less a rule with the Nazis that they only selectively leveraged Christianity, for example, they discredited the entire Old Testament because that was the basis for Judaism. I have noticed that most West haters and Jew haters today have similar attitudes.
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