Apparently, Adolf Hitler was an exemplary soldier

[JGalt]

Regardless of what he became and the misery he caused this world, he was highly-decorated during his service in World War One. All politics aside, this video has an interesting historical perspective...

 

[fncceo]

I understand he was quite kind to his dog as well...

 

[wamose]

So what. War can twist a mind.

 

[westwall]

I understand he was quite kind to his dog as well...

And a vegetarian

 

[Dayton3]

I thought Adolf Hitler's success as a soldier in the Great War was well known.

 

[fncceo]

Regardless of his service in two wars where Germany was the clear aggressor, his affection for animals, and his debatable talents as an artist, it cannot be separated from his actions ...

 

[JGalt]

I understand he was quite kind to his dog as well...

And a vegetarian

...and a vagrant artist. But a fairly accomplished and patriotic soldier. When dealing with history, it's probably not the best idea to just write the antagonists off by saying "So and so was just icky", and just sweep their memory under the rug. Otherwise when characters like Hitler are forgotten or marginalized to the point they never existed, it increases the possibility that history can indeed repeat itself. Much like the removal of Confederate statues. If "It never happened", it can surely happen again.

 

[fncceo]

Otherwise when characters like Hitler are forgotten or marginalized to the point they never existed

I don't see any indications that Herr Hitler is forgotten or marginalized. In fact, he's probably more widely known today as he was in the early '30s.

What is important to remember is, that Hitler didn't do any of the things he did on his own. He was merely a megaphone for the vile ideology of his times.

If he wasn't a reflection his own society, people wouldn't have followed him as devoutly as they did. Even when he was invading the various countries of Europe, you could still find many persons in the invaded countries and around the world who felt Hitler and his henchmen were right and proper in their ideology.

You can even find those people today.

 

[westwall]

I understand he was quite kind to his dog as well...

And a vegetarian

...and a vagrant artist. But a fairly accomplished and patriotic soldier. When dealing with history, it's probably not the best idea to just write the antagonists off by saying "So and so was just icky", and just sweep their memory under the rug. Otherwise when characters like Hitler are forgotten or marginalized to the point they never existed, it increases the possibility that history can indeed repeat itself. Much like the removal of Confederate statues. If "It never happened", it can surely happen again.

History always repeats. Man is man. Just look at the corrupt fascists in DC now.

 

[Dayton3]

I understand he was quite kind to his dog as well...

And a vegetarian

...and a vagrant artist. But a fairly accomplished and patriotic soldier. When dealing with history, it's probably not the best idea to just write the antagonists off by saying "So and so was just icky", and just sweep their memory under the rug. Otherwise when characters like Hitler are forgotten or marginalized to the point they never existed, it increases the possibility that history can indeed repeat itself. Much like the removal of Confederate statues. If "It never happened", it can surely happen again.

History always repeats. Man is man. Just look at the corrupt fascists in DC now.

History never repeats itself. Only historians do.

 

[Hang on Sloopy]

Regardless of what he became and the misery he caused this world, he was highly-decorated during his service in World War One. All politics aside, this video has an interesting historical perspective...

If they only accepted him to art school, how different.

 

[Hang on Sloopy]

I understand he was quite kind to his dog as well...

When I see Hitler I see 1000 Stalins. Hitler was nothing. What is so sad that liberals don't give a God Damned shit..............lolol.....

 

[fncceo]

Regardless of what he became and the misery he caused this world, he was highly-decorated during his service in World War One. All politics aside, this video has an interesting historical perspective...

If they only accepted him to art school, how different.

Perhaps not. None of Hitler's ideas about Jews, or resentment of Versailles, or Germany's destiny to rule Europe originated with Hitler. If Hitler hadn't come to power in the Nazi Party, no doubt another, equally capable, person would.

 

[Hang on Sloopy]

Otherwise when characters like Hitler are forgotten or marginalized to the point they never existed

I don't see any indications that Herr Hitler is forgotten or marginalized. In fact, he's probably more widely known today as he was in the early '30s.

What is important to remember is, that Hitler didn't do any of the things he did on his own. He was merely a megaphone for the vile ideology of his times.

If he wasn't a reflection his own society, people wouldn't have followed him as devoutly as they did. Even when he was invading the various countries of Europe, you could still find many persons in the invaded countries and around the world who felt Hitler and his henchmen were right and proper in their ideology.

You can even find those people today.

I am probably the only one on this board who knows about the Evian Conference of 1938.

What do you make of it?

Évian Conference - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Hang on Sloopy]

Regardless of what he became and the misery he caused this world, he was highly-decorated during his service in World War One. All politics aside, this video has an interesting historical perspective...

If they only accepted him to art school, how different.

Perhaps not. None of Hitler's ideas about Jews, or resentment of Versailles, or Germany's destiny to rule Europe originated with Hitler. If Hitler hadn't come to power in the Nazi Party, no doubt another, equally capable, person would.

The insufferable reparations Germany had to pay after WW1 swed the seeds of German resentment and the rise of Hitler.

Hitler was a pussy compared to Lenin.

 

[Hang on Sloopy]

Regardless of what he became and the misery he caused this world, he was highly-decorated during his service in World War One. All politics aside, this video has an interesting historical perspective...

If they only accepted him to art school, how different.

Perhaps not. None of Hitler's ideas about Jews, or resentment of Versailles, or Germany's destiny to rule Europe originated with Hitler. If Hitler hadn't come to power in the Nazi Party, no doubt another, equally capable, person would.

Art school was calling Dolph but they said no.

 

[fncceo]

Otherwise when characters like Hitler are forgotten or marginalized to the point they never existed

I don't see any indications that Herr Hitler is forgotten or marginalized. In fact, he's probably more widely known today as he was in the early '30s.

What is important to remember is, that Hitler didn't do any of the things he did on his own. He was merely a megaphone for the vile ideology of his times.

If he wasn't a reflection his own society, people wouldn't have followed him as devoutly as they did. Even when he was invading the various countries of Europe, you could still find many persons in the invaded countries and around the world who felt Hitler and his henchmen were right and proper in their ideology.

You can even find those people today.

I am probably the only one on this board who knows about the Evian Conference of 1938.

What do you make of it?

Évian Conference - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Initially, Nazis policies towards Jews was one of deportation. But, when it became obvious that no country would take them the Germans had to come up with other means to remove the Jews from their society.

The Evian Conference, and the abysmal apathy the world showed towards the treatment of Jews in Germany emboldened Hitler and led directly the the Wannsee Conference in 1942, where The SS took control of "the Jewish Question" and announced plans of a "Final Solution" to the Jews of Europe (and even America).

 

[Rigby5]

Regardless of what he became and the misery he caused this world, he was highly-decorated during his service in World War One. All politics aside, this video has an interesting historical perspective...

If they only accepted him to art school, how different.

Perhaps not. None of Hitler's ideas about Jews, or resentment of Versailles, or Germany's destiny to rule Europe originated with Hitler. If Hitler hadn't come to power in the Nazi Party, no doubt another, equally capable, person would.

We were lucky it was Hitler, since a reasonably capable person might have been impossible to defeat.
It took an insane person to try to hold France, while invading North Africa, Italy, Russia, etc.

If people understood things like Chaim Weizmann stealing the formula for synthetic acetone for cordite and the Zimmerman Letter, in exchange for the Balfour Declaration, then they would see the Holocaust differently.
It was still wrong and evil, but so were the actions of Zionists in WWI.

 

[Rigby5]

Otherwise when characters like Hitler are forgotten or marginalized to the point they never existed

I don't see any indications that Herr Hitler is forgotten or marginalized. In fact, he's probably more widely known today as he was in the early '30s.

What is important to remember is, that Hitler didn't do any of the things he did on his own. He was merely a megaphone for the vile ideology of his times.

If he wasn't a reflection his own society, people wouldn't have followed him as devoutly as they did. Even when he was invading the various countries of Europe, you could still find many persons in the invaded countries and around the world who felt Hitler and his henchmen were right and proper in their ideology.

You can even find those people today.

I am probably the only one on this board who knows about the Evian Conference of 1938.

What do you make of it?

Évian Conference - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Initially, Nazis policies towards Jews was one of deportation. But, when it became obvious that no country would take them the Germans had to come up with other means to remove the Jews from their society.

The Evian Conference, and the abysmal apathy the world showed towards the treatment of Jews in Germany emboldened Hitler and led directly the the Wannsee Conference in 1942, where The SS took control of "the Jewish Question" and announced plans of a "Final Solution" to the Jews of Europe (and even America).

Actually Madagascar, Spain, Uruguay, and a dozen other countries offered to take all the Jews.
The problem was the Jews themselves, who were insisting on Palestine or the US only.

 

[Dayton3]

Regardless of what he became and the misery he caused this world, he was highly-decorated during his service in World War One. All politics aside, this video has an interesting historical perspective...

If they only accepted him to art school, how different.

He would've had the camps painted in pastels.