Marriage Laws and the Principles of Breeding
Richard Walther Darré, (1895-1953), was head of the department of Rassen und Siedlugsamt [Race and Settlement] in the SS in 1931. He became Minister of Agriculture for the German Reich in 1933, and Reichsbauernführer [Reich’s Peasant Leader] in 1934. This article primarily consists of extensive excerpts from a chapter entitled, ‘Die Grundgedanken der Zuchtaufgaben und die Ehegesetze’ [Marriage Laws and the Principles of Breeding] from a book entitled, ‘Neuadel aus Blut und Boden’ [A New…
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,…
British Nationalism – Which Way Now?
By Max Musson: Since the days of the British Brothers League in the late 1800s, British nationalism seems to have now reached its lowest ebb following the collapse of the British National Party at a time when there is no clear successor organisation to follow and seemingly, no clear ideological path forward either. This is not to say that there is no choice of organisations to join or choice of ideological trajectories to follow however, because there has…
Encountering Antisemitism
By Max Musson: Since the Charlie Hebdo shootings and the siege of the kosher supermarket in Paris, the authorities on both side of the Channel have gone into overdrive in pandering to Jewish sensibilities, as if the issue of security in the face of Islamic terrorism revolves solely around the security needs of Jews and so much so, that the needs of the rest of us don’t really warrant attention. We have seen the Prime Minister, David…
Was Hitler a Nationalist?
By Kasredin: I have hesitated before now to write anything about Nazi Germany, not least because I am sure that many readers of this site will be better informed on that subject than I am. The story effectively begins in 1918 when Germany agreed an armistice with its enemies, thereby bringing the combatant phase of the Great War to an end. On paper however the war continued until the following year when the major players…
Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter
By Max Musson: There has been a mixed reaction to the recent broadcast on German TV of a three-part series entitled ‘Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter’ (‘Our Mothers, our Fathers’), depicting the effect that the Second World War conflict had on the lives of ordinary German citizens, and on the lives of five young Germans in particular. The five young friends are; brothers Wilhelm and Friedhelm; a young nurse Charly; aspiring singer Greta; and her Jewish…