Is it Time for the Rehabilitation of National Socialism?
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,…
The Banning of Art and the Real Monuments Men
By David Yorkshire: A few months ago, the usual suspects in Hollywood released yet another of their big-budget World War Two films, where we were treated to another instalment in that great mythology, complete with the post-modern pantheon of demons, the Nazis. I finally managed to see the film a few days ago. It is perhaps interesting, as an aside, that Germans never referred to themselves as Nazis and the term was rather an allied…
D-Day!
By Max Musson: As events to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day take place over the next few days, our news media will be full of personal stories retelling tales of the heroism of those who took part in the Normandy landings, unfortunately without making any connection between the outcome of World War Two and the dire situation we find ourselves in as a nation today. Undoubtedly those who took part in the Normandy…