Posted on 05/17/2009 3:31:47 PM PDT by NewJerseyJoe
7-8pm -- Night of the Long Knives -
One of Adolf Hitler's most brutal and dramatic exterminations came half a decade before the sins of the Holocaust. The SA was Hitler's army of thugs, but the head of the SA, Ernst Roehm, was threatening Hitler's rule. On June 29th 1934, Hitler ordered the SA leadership to appear for a meeting at the Hotel Hanselbauer. Without warning, the SS burst in, beginning 48 hours of bloodshed in which 1000 of the leading SA, including Roehm, were rounded up and slaughtered. This murderous deed became an ominous warning of what was to come. It is the single most significant episode in Hitler's rise to absolute power, and the set the stage for World War and the Holocaust.
That occurred to me, too. Some historical coincidences are far too close for comfort.
I wrote a term paper on this in college.
Fascinating subject with some interesting characters.
I think the reason Hitler gave up the SA was because the Army was very unhappy with those guys... and Hitler needed the army to become the absolute ruler that he became...
To damn close!
Is Nancy Pelosi the Liberal Messiah’s Ernst Roehm?
That, and some of their more disgusting passtimes.
Please. Hitler never cared that Rohm was a fag before the Night of the Long Knives. That’s because Hitler was a fag too. Hitler used to get sexual pleasure from having his girlfriend take a dump on him.
The SA was extremely left wing, compared to Hitler, many SA members were former members of the Communist Party, and Rohm advocated socialism.
The business leaders, whom Hitler needed, would not support him as long as his party was full of socialists, who wanted their blood.
So Hitler made the deal, and the businessmen gave their support to the Nazis, once the SA were wiped out.
Hitler had sex with his cousin and he is a sex pervert.
The SA was also loaded up with thuggish homosexuals — not the sort of friends that a head of state can afford.
Movie Recommendation-
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
Sophie Scholl was executed by guillotine by the Third Reich after she was arrested and found guilty of distributing anti-Nazi leaflets at her college campus and for this she was beheaded along with several of the other brave young God-fearing people of the “White Rose”, an underground Nazi resistance movement. This is a dramatization of that event, it is a movie that will not leave you and will have you thinking about it for days after viewing. I highly recommend this film. I found myself drawn into this movie like few other movies will do. This is brilliant stuff. The tension becomes almost unbearable. The depiction of Freisler (The judge), which might seem over the top, but is quite consistent with accounts and actual film clips of the trial, maybe even understated. He was diabolical, tyrannical and very hot tempered.
Watch the Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjE020YHPkE
The White Rose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkoJgPkFoDs&feature=related
There are many similarities between Obama and Hitler and the Democrats and the Nazis. Both were the Party of change. Both promised a new spirit of unity. Both were totally corrupt but condemned their opponents of corruption. Both claimed to care for the little people and attacked the rich. Both believed that the ends justified the means, if that meant lying, so be it. Both attacked traditional values and Christianity. Both claimed messianic status. I could go on and on, but if anyone compares Obama and Hitler, the similarities are frightening. Even the acceptance speech setting is reminiscent of Munich.
This might interest you
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Thanks potlatch
History Channel & Military Channel have been broadcasting much of this as many FReepers on this thread have noted
Looking at the huge majorities of certain hyphenated groups who cling to their old world and 3rd world Socialist/Commie and even primitive ways - it is no wonder Obama came to power and is running roughshod over the US Constitution
SCOTUS finally chopped down FDR for much of the same thing during WWII - but SCOTUS appears to be more interested in homo-rights and stealing private property these days
Congress and the Judiciary are willing partners of Obama
Witness the wild and crazy Limo-Lib millionairess Pelosi - of the Baltimore Mafia families
No union workers allowed on her vineyards or in her restaurants
But huge corrupt union backing
I thought this might interest you, you’ll have to remember to watch it Friday night. Friday nights are always slow here anyway.
Looks like the thread slowed down!
The SA wanted to become the national army. Hitler was no dummy. He stuck with the professionals, made the Army Officers swear a loyalty oath personally to him and removed the risk of a coup.
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