There are many forms of nationalism that have evolved to meet a variety of needs throughout history and depending upon one’s perspective and the circumstances prevailing at the time, they have been variously viewed as: heroic liberating movements, at one end of the scale; as movements of oppression and genocide at the other extreme; and every shade in between. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as they say.
In Germany during the 1930s, racial nationalism in the form of German National Socialism, came to be regarded by ethnic Germans as a movement of heroic liberation from the oppressive conditions that had been imposed upon Germany following her defeat during World War One. Furthermore, as the Wehrmacht later advanced across the Soviet Union during the early years of World War Two, the German conquerors were regarded by many Ukrainians and ethnic Germans living under Communist oppression in Russia, as liberators and their arrival seen as a cause for celebration.
Since the end of World War Two however, mainstream liberal and left-wing political reactions to the horrors of that conflict have caused German National Socialism, and by implication all forms of European racial nationalism, to be regarded as oppressive and inherently genocidal in nature.
Since World War Two, German National Socialism has been widely portrayed, throughout the mass media of the West and through our education systems, as the epitome of evil: as an ideology positing the German people as a ‘master race’; as an ideology intent upon world conquest; as an ideology designating all non-White races and all non-Germanic peoples as sub-human; and as an ideology hell bent on physically exterminating those supposedly sub-human peoples, together with every last vestige of their cultures, in the most depraved and barbaric fashion.
As a consequence, we routinely encounter stories that the German people under National Socialism, created concentration camps in which enemies of their regime, together with prisoners of war and people from all minority groups, most especially the Jews, were subjected to imprisonment, slavery, starvation, non-consensual medical experimentation, beatings, torture, summary execution for the most trivial reasons, and of course genocide by gassing in specially converted lorries and buildings and gas chambers, specially constructed for the purpose. Furthermore it has been alleged that the Germans made soap from the bodies of the people they had murdered, shrunken heads, ashtrays from the skulls of their victims and lampshades from their skin.
Despite this demonising of the National Socialist regime, there have ever since the end of World War Two been a minority of German people who have denied the worst of these allegations as wartime propaganda fabrications that have been perpetuated for political reasons, and members of this German minority have been prepared to go to prison under laws enacted to make so-called ‘Holocaust denial’ illegal. Indeed, not only have a minority of Germans been prepared to speak out in this way, but so too have an increasing number of individuals, predominantly from other European countries, and as time has passed, certain of the more grotesque allegations, which were at one time regarded as true, have since been recognised as absurd untruths — as wartime black propaganda fabrications, of the sort that this minority of Germans and others have claimed all along.
No-one now asserts that the Germans made soap, or shrunken heads, or ashtrays, or lampshades from the bodies of people they are alleged to have murdered. In an age when DNA testing is widely available, it is no longer credible to maintain these fictions.
Furthermore, whereas it was once claimed that every German concentration camp was the site of genocidal gassings, such claims have since been scaled down, such that only those camps that were during the post-war period inaccessible to Western academics — those located in Eastern Europe – are now claimed to have been ‘Death Camps’, and the camps that were easily available for inspection by Western academics have been downgraded to the status of mere forced labour camps. The reason for this scaling down being the obvious absence of any large gas chambers capable of being used for anything other than the routine fumigation of clothing to eradicate lice and other disease bearing agents.
Also, whereas it was once claimed that three-million of the alleged six-million Jews murdered by the Germans were killed at Auschwitz in Poland, despite the existence of German camp records showing a total of approximately 70,000 deaths, approximately 29,000 of which were Jews, the Polish authorities have since revised the claimed total number of victims at Auschwitz down to just 1.1 million.
All of these developments have tended to draw the World War Two narrative regarding the oppressive and allegedly genocidal nature of German National Socialism closer to the assertions of the German minority referred to earlier, and it is a great pity therefore that many European countries, including Germany, persist in retaining laws that are obviously now outmoded, discredited and iniquitous, outlawing critical examination of the facts surrounding the so-called Holocaust.
These laws were implemented in order to demonstrate that war crimes allegedly committed by the Germans, were so demonstrably heinous, that no-one should ever be allowed to question the damning allegations made by the victorious Allies and Jewish survivors. Such an assertion however is no longer credible and the retention of these laws is increasingly being seen as a desperate politically motivated attempt to suppress the truth, to deny freedom of enquiry and to deny freedom of speech.
Undoubtedly, large numbers of people did die in ghastly conditions in the German concentration camps which were predominantly forced labour camps, and this should not be overlooked, but so did large numbers of Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians die in ghastly conditions in Allied concentration camps and forced labour camps towards the end of World War Two and after.
Two wrongs don’t make a right, but as the victors in World War Two, the Allies have applied a double standard in their dealings with the issue of war crimes. War crimes allegedly committed by the Germans have been accepted almost without question as the gospel truth, no matter how far-fetched or exaggerated they appear. The Germans have been defamed as a result, and National Socialism as an ideology has been made taboo, whereas war crimes allegedly committed by the Allies, which are in many cases directly comparable to those alleged against the Germans, have in the majority of cases never been officially recognised, let alone properly investigated.
War is a ghastly process in which two opposing sides inflict violence upon each other with the intention or terrorising their opponent into submission or else destroying them utterly.
No side emerges with clean hands from a war, particularly a war on the scale of the two World Wars of the last century. The desperate and ghastly nature of warfare means that inevitably so-called war crimes are committed, as we humans are not able to remain dispassionate in situations in which we see our comrades injured and dying all around us, and human nature being what it is, some degree of hot-headed retribution, unjustifiable in the cold light of day, is always summarily visited upon the vanquished.
War temporarily makes monsters of us all, but justice and reconciliation demand that we allow truth to prevail once the fighting stops. My belief is that seventy years after the end of World War Two, at a time in which few who lived through that war are still alive, there is a case for the Third Reich, the period of National Socialism in Germany, to be re-examined from an unbiased perspective and for the taboo associated with National Socialism to be recognised for what it is – unnecessary and unjust.
Conditions within Europe are changing rapidly. In recent years we have seen immigrants from the Third World pouring into Europe in unprecedented numbers, and this year we have seen illegal immigrants and supposed refugees swarming across Europe’s borders and marching in huge columns demanding to be given food, water and shelter at each way-station, and demanding passage to those destinations renowned for the most generous welfare systems. We have been warned that Islamic State fighters are amongst these hordes of migrants and we have witnessed increasingly frequent acts of violence perpetrated against our people on the streets of our capital cities. We are faced with new dire existential threats which require Europeans to have the freedom to respond in any effective way we can.
We need the freedom to organise in our own self-defence, in the defence of our nations, and that freedom is dangerously constrained if we continue to allow all manifestations of European nationalism to be defamed through smear by association with the increasingly discredited atrocity allegations made against German National Socialism.
Let us remove the scales of political correctness from our eyes, let us sweep away the last vestiges of the wartime black propaganda that have obscured our eyes and with clear vision, think again!
By Max Musson © 2015
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Wayne
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What’s the general consensus on this account?
https://www.rense.com/general34/amaz.htm
Max Musson
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I’m not personally familiar with the writings of Benjamin Freedman, nor do I have knowledge of his involvement in US politics at such a high level, however factually speaking that article is broadly correct in its interpretation of history, with the exception that while Zionists use their influence to cause wars to destabilise and destroy their enemies, I am not aware of a Jewish plan to cause WW3.
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Personally, I don’t feel comfortable with the terminology and wording allegedly used by Freedman. It somehow doesn’t quite seem authentic for someone who had been in the kind of position he supposedly had been in. My gut feeling is that Freedman’s book is like an updated version of the Protocols, a text which broadly describes what we can seen going on in the world, but which may or may not be authentic in terms of who wrote it or why.
frederickdixon
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I think that we should separate out three stages in the story of German National Socialism:-
1/ the great revival of German health, wealth, power and pride in the 1933/1939 period. There is much in the creation of “the racial state” which would be of wide appeal to White populations everywhere, BUT
2/ all the good done was destroyed by the catastrophic failure of 1945 and the atrocity propaganda which accompanied it. No attempt now to disprove this atrocity propaganda (however false much of it may have been) can possibly have any effect other than push anyone who tries beyond the pale of realistic politics.
3/ reciting the horrors inflicted on the Germans in the late stages of the War and the early post-war years is – and I say this with great sadness – an historical irrelevance. Yes, the “holocaust” remains very historically relevant but that is because powerful forces have an interest in keeping it so, the reverse applies to the German victims.
So far as there may be a future for Nationalism Socialism, a “rehabilitation”, it cannot lie in any attempt to revive Hitlerism, but it can – and will – come in diffuse forms wherever there are political parties (even expressly democratic parties) which are socially conservative but economically statist.
SerpentSlayer
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The rehabilitation of National Socialism is long overdue, in the 70s and 80s I feel it began to an extent, with many punk and pop bands using references to the third Reich for shock value (towards the older people who were still marked by the war and its propaganda) but the holocaust industry was ramped up not long after and when I was at school a decade ago, the lampshade and soap bar myths were still being presented as fact. Hollywood is even now pumping out war propaganda to justify a barbaric brothers war fought 70 years ago.
Truth may be on the side of the National Socialist and the National Socialist sympathiser, but our means of presenting that truth are limited and inevitably drowned out by Hollywood productions. Some factors work for us I suppose, the internet, a larger public consciousness about how information is manipulated and such. But without some sweeping world events that force people to re examine their direction and therefore their past. I cannot see National Socialism being rehabilitated any time soon.
To use a reference I often make, while the ring of power still exists, we cannot be free of the darkness. In this case the darkness obscures the truth and ensures it does not become penetrated well enough to break the darkness once and for all.
Stefan
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Franco was the only one from that era to survive but once he died, his state died with him, which is why our government needs to have more than one leader & be broad based in support.
MsBridgit
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Using their interpretation to suit their own narrative the victor writes the history books, and always has.
Eddie Stampton
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You can be a national socialist without being a fetishist of 1930s ns imagery. Swastikas and propaganda reminiscent of that of 1930s Germany will get us nowhere. A look at the BM and how well they have done testifies to that. Golden Dawn must be the template. Drop all the 14 words cultist BS that means nothing to the man in the street and campaign on issues people identify with – not race. The racial element goes without saying.
janet
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Aside from all the ultimately useless rhetoric, it is either us or them, and they are sworn to kill us. amongst the multiple latest polls, over 80% of them across the board approve of ISIS and don’t want it stopped. they believe it is their destiny. it is clear that the financiers of this mess do not have control over what they thought they did–and indeed the puppetmasters could find themselves hoist on their own petard. it’ll do everyone a lot more good to get busy and get armed to the teeth–even if it is much easier to sit and debate old history that is NOT going to save any lives. These people cannot be reasoned with or bargained with. they do not even love their own children and abuse them. so what does that tell you about debating the finer points of nationalism whilst these insane monsters are free to roam about sizing up the rest of us? we may as well sit here and debate rabies being put into vaccines while the zombies are in our streets. and don’t just purchase weapons–it is going to be necessary to have plenty of ammo because that will be hard to obtain thanx to our governments. get prepped in case the power is knocked out for days. the Mormons in the USA have long advocated, at least all my life, that every family needs to be provisioned for at least two years’ worth of hardship. so quit debating because it is a foregone conclusion that our very lives are threatened RIGHT NOW and we need to act accordingly. better to discuss what can be done RIGHT NOW, not the fine points of mistakes made before we were born. antibiotics and comprehensive first aid kits? a generator? emergency food rations? water? a bug-out bag and a safe place to go if it becomes necessary to leave? do you know your neighbors? you do not have to wait for the approval of those who imagine they are safe. your instincts are telling you to get ready for trouble. if/when things go to hell, there will also be the threat of your fellow citizens wanting to take what you have by hook or by crook. witness how the rioters and looters in the USA act when they don’t get what they want, and if they want what you have, they will take it from you. so make ready for yourself and your own. beware of forming alliances with crazies who are just criminals looking for an excuse to behave like criminals. a lot of them will be druggies looking to take advantage of you, wanting to share what you have or wanting you to loan them money. you don’t need anyone’s approval or blessing to get ready and i am sure you don’t want the responsibility of taking care of every moron who is looking to use you.
Tony L
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The whole point of the laws pertaining to the Holohoax is that the establishment is rather concerned that NS should not be redeemed. That is the whole purpose of it.
Stefan
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Yes the whole thing is a central supporting plank of our political structure since the war & they don’t want us weakening any part of it but it will collapse eventually anyway. They are delivering our society into chaos.
Steve100
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Is it Time for the Rehabilitation of National Socialism?
Yes!
But IMHO, the above article misses the point.
I expected a key point to be mentioned, but such key point wasn’t mentioned, so here it is:
The original National Socialist D.A.P. ideology died on “The Night Of The Long Knives” along with the genuine National Socialists;
The Party criminally kept the name NASDAP, implying continuation of National Socialism;
But what was delivered in power, was Hitlerism / Nazism which was just a Germanic form of Mussolini’s Fascism — because Hitler had reached an agreement with Germany’s Industrial Capitalists — some of whom were Jewish — so consequently, true to a Fascist Government, they catered for their Corporatist Partners.
The world hasn’t experienced a true National Socialist Government.
There is no guilt by association.
Only fools would throw out the Wheat [true National Socialism] with the Chaff [Germanic Fascism viz Hitlerism / Nazism].
Sadly, fools aren’t uncommon.
Troy
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The most ridiculous comment I’ve read on this site.
Steve100
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In response to your comment, I once again did some research …
What was delivered in power, was Hitlerism, not National Socialism;
Hitler did a deal with Germany’s Industrial Capitalists — some of whom were Jewish, living in America and Britain.
The “Charter of Labour” indicates the true lot of the workers — there wasn’t even widespread Profit Sharing let alone widespread co-ownership of the means of production.
There was insufficient Socialism — and what was delivered in power, was Hitlerism, not genuine National Socialism.
Max Musson
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Socialism is a form of association in which human beings organise themselves into social groups, i.e. ‘societies’, for mutual benefit. Socialism requires each individual to recognise mutual responsibility for the welfare of other members of such a society, and the need to accept the authority of those individuals chosen to direct its administration and development. In this context socialism is the antithesis of anarchy or libertarianism, in which people reject authority and mutual responsibility. National socialism is the application of socialism on a national scale such that the nation becomes an organism which operates in the interests of the members of that nation as a social group.
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There can be and have been a variety of interpretations of national socialism. The ideology and policy of Adolf Hitler once in power was one such interpretation of national socialism. It did not necessarily conform to everyone’s interpretation of national socialism, but it was clearly a form of national socialism.
Steve100
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Much is down to Interpretation and-or Perception.
IMHO …
Economy is a main theme of Political Ideology;
For any Ideology to have valid claim to being Truly Socialist [as in National Socialism], there Must be Facilitation [by, for example, the granting of Interest Free Loans] for The Widespread Ownership Of The Means Of Production;
National Socialism Facilitated no such thing — sure, there was cheap holidays to off-set the 12 hours per day 6 days per week grind, all done at piecework speed to maximize production whilst the hourly rate actually decreased — and there was state provided leasure facilities, which were militarised and state managed — but these crumbs of Socialism were mere scraps and could never make up for what was lacking for Hitlerism to be any shade of True Socialism;
I don’t claim that National Socialist Germany was Cloaked Communism;
The Right to own Private Property — even in the form of The Means Of Production — was upheld — and there certainly was Private Enterprise Capitalism;
But as for the Facilitation of The Widespread Ownership Of The Means Of Production into the hands of Ordinary Worker’s who wished to go down that route — Absolutely Not — infact the Ordinary Workers couldn’t even freely change jobs.
I look at who owned and profited before the NSDAP came to power — and then look at who owned and profited whilst the NSDAP were in power — and I conclude that the workers didn’t own and profit by a bean more — and in this context, True Socialism Wasn’t Delivered.
Max Musson
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You are right Steve, that much is down to interpretation and or perception, and as far as the Third Reich is concerned there is no other period in any nation’s history that has been so systematically misrepresented and distorted.
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You have made a number of unsubstantiated statements and obviously feel strongly about this issue, so why don’t you pen a full length article together with details of your sources, and I will consider it for publication. Please email the article to [email protected]. I look forward to receiving it.
Ryan
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The antithesis of Liberal Multiracialism is German National Socialism. As a result when we reject Liberalism we seek to frame National Socialism as the best option.
While in the later years NSDAP Germany could be seen to resemble a Pan-European Nationalist movement, or be framed as such, it’s origins are German Imperialism and would of continued so if the military situation did not go bad. Even for Eastern Euopeans it would of been more preferable than Communism or the manifestation of Western Multiracialism but such an arrangement would not of been optimun for the different peoples of Europe.
If there is a Nation’s Nationalism that is more relevant to our situation today it is Poland.
They saved Europe from the Mongols, Ottomans and Bolsheviks (1919-1921 Polish Soviet War), are extremly jew wise, have been betrayed multiple times by Western powers (just like are establishment have done to us) but still exist as a proud, homogenous nation which desires to keeps it’s demographic integrity.
Michael Woodbridge
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If we wish to rehabilitate National Socialism as an ideology we could do worse than promote our own essentially British National Socialism. William Morris and Robert Blatchford are just two of the writers living towards the turn of the Twentieth Century from whom we can derive much inspiration. George Bernard Shaw, as a Fabian Socialist, is also interesting in this respect. When asked by the BBC to broadcast against Germany during the Second World War he refused, saying that in his view the only thing Hitler ever did wrong was to persecute the Jews whilst in the public’s view it’s the only thing Hitler ever did right.