National Socialism

Volks-Deutsche Jungen in the USA

Published by admin on Thu, 2014-08-07 18:27

This film from 1937 is a joy to watch as we see German-American boys engage in the same type of camping life and sport activities as their ethnic cousins enjoyed in the German homeland. What an extraordinary opportunity this camp experience provided them for discovering and demonstrating their natural gifts of industriousness, teamwork, discipline, comradeship, health and fitness ... and just plain fun. I like it so much I just had to archive it here.  ~CY

From the United States National Archives Blog ...

In Volks-Deutsche Jungen in U.S.A. (German Youth in the U.S.A) you’ll see what first appears to be an unremarkable story of a boys’ summer camp. The film starts with the camp under construction and excited children piling onto chartered buses to make the journey from New York City to Windham, New York in the summer of 1937. The boys pitch tents, unload crates of baked beans, and perform physical fitness drills. If you pay close attention, you might notice that some of the boys are wearing shorts bearing the single lightning bolt insignia that marked the younger contingent of the Hitler Youth, but it’s not until the “Flaggenappell” (flag roll call) at 13:47 that the affiliation becomes clear.

 
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Saturday Afternoon with Carolyn: Hitler on Germans and Race in Platterhof Speech

Published by carolyn on Sat, 2014-08-02 18:49
 
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August 2, 2014

Carolyn confronts the theory put out by Veronica Clark, based partly on Clark's reading of Adolf Hitler's "Platterhof Speech," that Germans are a mixed-race people.

  • August 1st was the 70th Anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, being commemorated by the Federal Republic of Germany as much as in Poland;
  • Clark claims herself to be German even though only 5% biologically German;
  • Clark received her Master's degree in military history from an online university;
  • The talk to military officers at Platterhof in May 1944 was an effort by Hitler to instill the belief that a military victory was still possible if the necessary toughness could be demonstrated; weakness meant defeat;
  • Hitler calls the Nordic the most valuable 'race nuclei' in the German people, along with other racial nuclei, which are sometimes called just 'races';
  • Clark says German people's "bastardization" actually makes them more capable than more pure Northern races;
  • Hitler was adamant that the presence and activity of Jews is the main factor in the ruin of societies;
  • Emphasis on the importance of leadership, the hunt for leaders, and the demands made on leaders - abandonment of leadership being cowardice;
  • The talk about race plays a small part in this speech and is not particularly important to the overall message.

Image: Platterhof Hotel complex on Obersalzberg in the 1940's during the time of the "speech."

"Hitler's Table Talk" Study Hour: Episode 20

Published by carolyn on Thu, 2014-07-24 17:31
 
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July 24, 2014

At the Hochlenzer Gasthaus (restaurant) in Berchtesgaden, Adolf Hitler sits at an outdoor table with Bruno Buchner and his wife, proprietors of the Platterhof Hotel, Obersalzburg. Enlarge

Ray Goodwin and Carolyn Yeager read and comment on the Jan. 13-17, 1942 dinner table monologues by the German Leader, as taken down in shorthand by trusted aide, attorney Heinrich Heim. Included in this episode:

  • Hitler talks about Czechs in general and Emil Hacha in particular;
  • Men of genius like Austrian composer Anton Bruckner, who was unappreciated for so long, must be encouraged;
  • High birthrate at the time in India, in Russia, but also in Germany;
  • A woman of genius: Angelica Kauffmann was a very great painter, says Hitler;
  • The early days in Obersalzberg wth Dietrich Eckart - he was known only as Herr Wolf until he began giving public speeches - how he bought his house "Wachenfeld";
  • Recalls the many friends from those days, which were the best days in his life, and how he enjoyed the ladies and pretty girls; 
  • Hitler mentions "the second volume of my book" being written in the Deutsche Haus in Berchtesgaden;
  • Praises Dietrich Eckart, calls him the "polar star" to the early National Socialists and his death a great loss.

The edition of Hitler's Table Talk being used was translated by Norman Cameron and R.H. Stevens, published by Enigma Books, New York, and can be found as a pdf here.

Battle of the Architects, Part 3

Published by carolyn on Fri, 2014-07-18 17:36

Hermann Giesler on left; Albert Speer on right,

In this section of his book, Giesler gives his impressions and an architectural critique on Albert Speer's June 1971 interview in Playboy magazine. I have included it in its entirety, even the more technical parts that were, in a few places, difficult for me to decipher from the part of Wilhelm Kriessmann's original translation which never went through the editing process between the two of us before he died in December 2012.  ~Carolyn Yeager

Speer in the "Playboy"

 From Hermann Giesler’s memoir Ein Anderer Hitler
Speer im "Playboy", pages 318-329
1977 edition, Druffel-Verlag

Translated byWilhelm Kriessmann and Carolyn Yeager
copyright Carolyn Yeager 2014

In the Summer 1971 my son brought me from America a peculiar magazine: Playboy, June 1971, the great interview “Albert Speer—Hitler’s closest confidant and second in command.”1 That interview in the sensationally edited magazine is accompanied by ill-reputed and illustrated jokes and by naked, boasting 'girls'. The answers given by the great ethicist and titan of repentance to the smartly questioning reporter, Eric Norden, in the multimillion-read magazine, are unique and way-out, and contain such wicked passages that they become unbelievable even at dimensions preferred by Speer.

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"Hitler's Table Talk" Study Hour: Episode 18

Published by carolyn on Thu, 2014-07-10 22:21
 
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July 10, 2014

Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill face to face for the first time in 1941. Hitler despised them both.

Carolyn Yeager and Ray Goodwin read and comment on the Jan. 5th-7th, 1942 dinner table monologues by the German Leader, as taken down in shorthand by trusted aide, attorney Heinrich Heim. Some highlights of this episode:

  • Japan and the Jews, the stupid Americans, the Spanish soldier;
  • Stalin identifies with the Tsars and Pan-Slavism more than Boshevism - Slavs and Asians can copy but not invent;
  • Corruption in Freemasonry, fictitious wealth of gold, guilt of Jews;
  • Changes at Rome, Hitler removes Brauchitsch as Army chief;
  • Churchill's faults, the decline of England, the decay of America.

The edition of Hitler's Table Talk being used was translated by Norman Cameron and R.H. Stevens, published by Enigma Books, New York, and can be found as a pdf here.

Battle of the Architects, Part 2

Published by carolyn on Wed, 2014-07-09 02:25

Hermann Giesler on left; Albert Speer on right,

The Contradictious Speer

 From Hermann Giesler’s memoir Ein Anderer Hitler
Der zwiespältige Speer, pages 332-339
1977 edition, Druffel-Verlag

Translated  by Wilhelm Kriessmann and Carolyn Yeager
copyright Carolyn Yeager 2014

This section from Giesler's memoir Ein Anderer Hitler deals with his correction of Albert Speer’s insulting statements about the Fuehrer at occasions when Giesler was present or knew differently because of his own experience with Hitler.

To add some perspective to Giesler’s account, we remind you that Speer’s biographer Gitta Sereny titled her book, Albert Speer: His Battle With Truth.

In addition, Nicolaus von Below, Hitler’s Luftwaffe adjutant from 1937-45, wrote in his memoir At Hitler’s Side about an incident of seeing a striking red color appear in the sky while in the company of Hitler on the terrace at Obersaltzberg in Aug. 1939. He told Hitler it augured a “bloody war.” He said he “recounted this conversation to Speer in 1967 but later he (Speer) attributed my remark erroneously to Hitler in his book Erinnerungen.”1

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"Hitler's Table Talk" Study Hour: Episode 17

Published by carolyn on Thu, 2014-07-03 22:19
 
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July 3, 2014

Hitler calls Heinrich Himmler "our Ignatius de Loyola" who "with intelligence and obstinacy forged the instrument of the SS" to become "that extraordinary body of men."

Ray Goodwin and Carolyn Yeager read and comment on the dinner table monologues by the German Leader from Jan. 1st to 5th, 1942, as taken down by trusted aide Heinrich Heim.  Included in this episode:

  • The importance of that which transcends understanding and the inspiration received at Obersalzberg

  • The sacrifice demanded of the SS and other elite forces and the extraordinary qualities of Heinrich Himmler;

  • The personality of Sepp Dietrich and the leadership of Goering and Viktor Lutze;

  • The importance of optimism and comparison of the American, English and Russian soldier;

  • The meaning and importance of the title "Fuehrer";

  • The three great mistakes of the Italian High Command and the future of tank warfare.

The edition of Hitler's Table Talk being used was translated by Norman Cameron and R.H. Stevens, published by Enigma Books, New York, and can be found as a pdf here.

The Heretics' Hour: What is and isn't National-Socialism

Published by carolyn on Mon, 2014-06-30 19:05
 
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June 30, 2014

Of the Winterhilfswerk Hitler said, “This great campaign against hunger and cold is governed by this principle: We have broken the international solidarity of the proletariat. We want to build the living national solidarity of the German people!” 

National-Socialism cannot easily be separated from Adolf Hitler and the German Third Reich even though some try to do it. To put it in biblical language, Many say they are National-Socialist, but few there are who can truly demonstrate it.

  • Four examples in as many days of those claiming to be N-S when Carolyn thinks they don't quite fit the bill;
  • The foundations of National-Socialism lie in the German Volkisch nationalist movement combined with the anti-communist Freicorps paramilitary culture following the World War, plus the humiliation of Versailles;
  • Where and how Fascism and Nat-Soc veer away from each other;
  • Idealism is a characteristic attributed to Germans in particular which is abused by the Jewish spirit of selfishness and materialism;
  • Scientific racism and antisemitism are essential to protect the Folk, otherwise it's only economic theory;
  • Carolyn reads off some of her family genealogy and talks a little bit about her family culture.

Saturday Afternoon with Carolyn: Conversation with Alex Davies

Published by carolyn on Fri, 2014-06-27 13:10
 
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June 27, 2014

Flash demo in Coventry by National Action on Feb. 27, 2014.

Alex Davies is the founder of National Action, an organization of British youths (17 to 22 yrs.) who are committed to taking back their country for the indigenous White British people. In less than a year, the organization has come a long way, bringing more scrutiny of their actions from the "authorities" than they had intended to have at this point. Some highlights of the discussion:

  • The demographic finality of 10-20 years down the road is what motivated Alex, 19, and a few friends to commit themselves to doing something about it now;
  • Alex agrees with the call to "get away from the Internet" and out into the "real world" via street activism;
  • National Action is based on the principles of National Socialism and therefore cannot be a part of any other organization or party;
  • The Jewish element is what causes division among the various White nationalities of Europe, who would otherwise get along pretty well;
  • Playing on the Counter-Culture, i.e. ridiculing the Left, is a way to reach the more creative youth in the population;
  • No to wearing uniforms but yes to creating a unified appearance for demonstrations;
  • Alex's goal is an independent Britain separate and distinct from the rest of Europe and from America.

"Hitler's Table Talk" Study Hour: Episode 16

Published by carolyn on Thu, 2014-06-26 11:11
 
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June 26, 2014

Adolf Hitler in pre-Chancellor days, signs something for Julius Streicher, NSDAP Gauleiter of Nuremberg.


Carolyn Yeager and Ray Goodwin read and comment on the Dec. 17-31, 1941 dinner table monologues by the German Leader, as taken down in shorthand by trusted aide, attorney Heinrich Heim. Some highlights of this episode:

  • Hitler tells stories about Karl Lueger and Georg von Schoenerer of Vienna, plus other mayors of German cities;

  • The difficulty of building an art collection when Jews are dishonest dealers - finding the Bordone Venus;

  • More on how cooked food causes disease, and the achievements of the Party men;

  • Hitler defends Julius Streicher, who has been removed as Gauleiter of Nuremberg - says Dietrich Eckart had also thought men like Streicher were necessary;

  • Hitler treats his political opponents well;

  • Ruhr industrial district - the need for increased production of coal and iron;

  • Some thoughts on the Japanese.

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