Re: :Downfall" - the Hitler's final days

Posted by Auricle (A) on August 29, 2005 at 13:15:41

In Reply to: :Downfall" - the Hitler's final days posted by Victor Khomenko on August 28, 2005 at 12:45:56:

One of the reasons Hitler was so popular was that he got Germany out of the Depression, and long before any country (other than Italy) crawled out.

And he expressed "populist" German sentiment, including reclamation of German speaking "ethnic" provinces severed in the treaty of Versailles and hatred of the Jews (Friedrich Nietzsch, Richard Wagner and many more).

It is not that the idiocy of the victors of WWI made Hitler inevitable . . . they did not. It is that the idiocy of the victors made Hitler possible . . . and that France, Britain and the US were so devoid of will that they did not dare confront him . . . until it was too late to quiesce the situation. And until Hitler's success by audacity made him think that his enemies were "worms".

Chamberlain, the isolationists in the US and the corruption of the French political system are the quintescence of the old dictum, "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions."

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Topic - :Downfall" - the Hitler's final days - Victor Khomenko 12:45:56 08/28/05 (16)

Films like that should not be analyzed using standard movies measures - Corndog71 09:35:10 08/30/05 (0)

A very phony portrait of the man: I don't know if - tinear 17:56:05 08/29/05 (1)

Re: A very phony portrait of the man: I don't know if - jamesgarvin 16:11:55 08/30/05 (0)

Re: 2 quick points to make... - Gee LP 13:49:09 08/29/05 (3)

There are always some What If's... - Victor Khomenko 18:12:27 08/29/05 (2)

Re: There will always be What Ifs... - Gee LP 19:14:34 08/29/05 (1)

Re: There will always be What Ifs... - Victor Khomenko 19:56:22 08/29/05 (0)

Re: :Downfall" - the Hitler's final days - Auricle 13:15:41 08/29/05 (0)

Re: :Downfall" - the Hitler's final days - jamesgarvin 12:45:44 08/29/05 (3)

Re: :Downfall" - the Hitler's final days - Victor Khomenko 13:31:58 08/29/05 (2)

Re: :Downfall" - the Hitler's final days - jamesgarvin 15:02:57 08/29/05 (1)

Re: :Downfall" - the Hitler's final days - Victor Khomenko 18:14:33 08/29/05 (0)

Re: :Downfall" - the Hitler's final days - patrickU 07:39:45 08/29/05 (1)

Re: :Downfall" - the Hitler's final days - Victor Khomenko 08:24:38 08/29/05 (0)

When you see people voluntarily dying with the fuhrer it has an impact . . . - mr grits 17:00:54 08/28/05 (1)

I think you've got it right - Victor Khomenko 06:35:45 08/29/05 (0)

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Re: :Downfall" - the Hitler's final days - Auricle 13:15:41 08/29/05 (0)

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