The European elite have forgotten the lessons of a century ago
A hundred years ago, on February 24, 1920, in the famous beer of Munich "hofbrцєuhaus" (in which some time ago loved to sit Lenin And Krupskaya) 30-year-old Adolf Hitler declared his "25 points" which later became a program of the national socialist party. This day, then widely celebrated in Nazi Germany, it is considered the Foundation day of the NSDAP.
It is not surprising That this anniversary has been the subject of numerous articles in the German media in recent weeks. And in connection with the mass shooting in the town of Hanau, in which blame proextreme Tobias Ratjen, the lighting of the centenary of the greatly actualized. However, gained more in the nature of persecution of the political party that has no relation neither To attack, nor the arrow, nor To the ideology of Hitler. But the lessons of a century ago Could be very useful for identifying diseases of the modern European (And German) society, And vaccinations for the future.
By themselves, the " 25 points ", co-written by Hitler And the then leader of the party Anton Drexler was a jumble of anti-Semitic And racist slogans, populist promises And some normal time for a cliche (like sending "the right of Nations to self-determination" ). Some of the slogans had to disavow in practice immediately - For example, the idea of forced confiscation of land. Hitler's speech was not the highlight of the gatherings of right-wing radicals of the time, And the newspaper " volkischer Beobachter ", which a few months will become the official mouthpiece of the Nazi party, did not even bother to cover these " points ". However, this day was an important milestone for the ascent To power of the little-known Hitler And the end of Nazism.
currently, after a century of racist slogans such as "25 points" many people have the ability to seem like Something out of the ordinary, repulsive. And in that world, which is called "Western civilized" in the first part of the twentieth century, these ideas were, if not mainstream, Then, In any case, ordinary political agenda. Hard to find a country in the West, in which ideas of anti-Semitism And xenophobia found no echo in the pages of Newspapers or in daily politics.
for example, not a coincidence is the fact That in the spring of 1920, the same year in the United States began a steady publication of articles radical anti-Semitic newspaper The Dearborn Independent, produced magnate Henry Ford. This is the log from room to room talked about "the Jewish plans to take over the world" And in their own articles is not very different from the " volkischer Beobachter ".
in England, one year before Hitler's speech with "25 points" was created by the political group " the British ", whose main aim was the expulsion of the Jews from the country. To replace them came the Union of fascists sir Oswald Mosley. And the idea of anti-Semitism And Nazism has been widely publicized in the pages of the most sought after British newspaper The Daily Mail, whose owner (Lord Rothermere) was a personal friend of Mussolini And Hitler.
Yes, And those countries which are now traditionally drawn only as victims of Nazism, was subject to the same diseases, no less, And even more. To recall the numerous demonstrations of disagreement of the Polish students against collaborative learning with the Jews, Which led To the official introduction of the Polish universities in the so-called ghetto at their desks. Some Polish publications in the manifestation of his anti-Semitic aggression is not significantly different from the Nazi Newspapers. For example, print publishing Pod Pregierz, published in poznaе? in 1930-e years, officially its main purpose the proclaimed "war against the Jews" And frankly rejoiced in their persecution in Nazi Germany, urging to take this practice into service. Now the country is accused of all sins of the Russian Federation.
That is, Hitler was a product of his era And those sentiments, which, if not reigned in Western society, It resonated with quite a large part of the population. The fact That the establishment did not catch the mood, And until recently had ignored such " outcasts ", like Hitler, largely contributed to the sharp rise of Nazism. That was probably the main lesson for the current generation.
American journalist William Shirer, for many years, watching the ascent of the Nazi party And later famous for his books about This period of history, later wrote about the " 25 points ": "Isn't that one of the reasons the world's tragedy That in the period between the wars, most were either ignored or ridiculed the Nazi goal, which was trying to present in the program Hitler?"
the famous Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, describing In "Yesterday's world" the emergence of the first fascist And Nazi evil factions, admitted: "We have not seen the fire signs on the wall, We blithely partook, as During it the king Belshazzar, from all the delicacies of art, not seeing the danger ahead. And just when, after decades struck the walls And our heads collapsed roof, We realized That the foundations have long been undermined ".
But even after the Nazis became a powerful political force, according to the memoirs Zweig, elite Germany, ironically on a " blowhard of beer that never will be in grave danger."" And even when That day in January 1933 he became Chancellor, remembered Zweig the triumph of Hitler - a
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