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To: xone

National Socialist ideology had almost nothing to do with Christian doctrine or either of the major churches in Germany. Hitler learned racism while he was a tramp living in Vienna. He so much as said he had never seen or known Jews prior to moving to Vienna. When he saw them, he said he noticed they were different. He then made the next logical step, wondering if they were Germans.

In fact, Hitler’s obsession with being German dates to his childhood. It was popular among Austrians living in border communities (Hitler’s father was an Austrian customs agent) to identify with their German heritage over anything else. It makes a bit of sense in light of what was happening in Austria at the time. The Hapsburgs allowed the Hungarians to share power with Austrian-Germans in what was known as the duel monarchy. Austrian-Germans lost a good deal of their power in the mid to late 19th century. In reaction, many of them gravitated toward extreme expressions of their Germaness.

The National Socialists as a whole followed Hitler. They were influenced by American eugenics as well. Their view of race and soil is intertwined with German occult religions, were also quite popular in Germany during the 20’s and 30’s.

Hitler didn’t get his anti-semitism from Luther. He wasn’t even a Lutheran. Instead, he and his party used Luther’s arguments to tie their own arguments with Germans of the past. It had nothing to do with Luther whatsoever but rather it had everything to do with the National Socialists obtaining and keeping power.


110 posted on 10/16/2014 9:05:42 AM PDT by LeoMcNeil
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To: LeoMcNeil

Nazis considered Christianity to be a weak doctrine. In fact, Himmler greatly admired Islam, and actually wished the Turks had won at The Battle of Vienna, because to him Islam was the perfect religion for soldiers.


111 posted on 10/16/2014 9:09:24 AM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: LeoMcNeil

I agree with you.


119 posted on 10/22/2014 9:16:43 AM PDT by xone
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