@RusA #9858046 Oh... I don't understand...why i must to reminds u about your family history
I feel a little strange that what you wrote makes a whole lot of sense. It's a good thing my family made the Atlantic crossing before all that stuff with that Hitler guy started.
Speaking of that, our public TV network has been running a series called The Rise of the Nazis. It's quite complicated and hard to understand, but one reason Hitler was so successful is that he cultivated an image of a harmless, conventional middle-class Austrian who was nice to children and petted dogs. A lot of those in power didn't particularly like some of the other Nazis, but they thought that Hitler was someone they could control, and the public liked how he could give a speech. Plus nobody particularly liked the Jews anyway.
Although Nazism is considered right-wing by modern standards (nationalistic, pro-military, and promoting collective thinking rather than the rights of individuals), it was at the time a third choice between the right wing (the aristocracy and the military) and the left wing (the socialists and communists). Hitler cozied up to the aristocracy and got himself appointed Chancellor, and fought with them against the socialists. Then when President Hindenburg (the only official with the power to fire the Chancellor) died, Hitler got the Reichstag to combine the offices of President and Chancellor into a new one called "Führer" ("Leader" or "Guide"). Soon after that, the aristocracy realized that their heads were on the chopping block along with the socialists if they didn't say Sieg Heil!
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@RusA #9858046
Oh... I don't understand...why i must to reminds u about your family history
I feel a little strange that what you wrote makes a whole lot of sense.
Speaking of that, our public TV network has been running a series called The Rise of the Nazis. It's quite complicated and hard to understand, but one reason Hitler was so successful is that he cultivated an image of a harmless, conventional middle-class Austrian who was nice to children and petted dogs. A lot of those in power didn't particularly like some of the other Nazis, but they thought that Hitler was someone they could control, and the public liked how he could give a speech. Plus nobody particularly liked the Jews anyway.
Although Nazism is considered right-wing by modern standards (nationalistic, pro-military, and promoting collective thinking rather than the rights of individuals), it was at the time a third choice between the right wing (the aristocracy and the military) and the left wing (the socialists and communists). Hitler cozied up to the aristocracy and got himself appointed Chancellor, and fought with them against the socialists. Then when President Hindenburg (the only official with the power to fire the Chancellor) died, Hitler got the Reichstag to combine the offices of President and Chancellor into a new one called "Führer" ("Leader" or "Guide"). Soon after that, the aristocracy realized that their heads were on the chopping block along with the socialists if they didn't say Sieg Heil!