Nazi Christmas tree ornaments rest on swastika-decorated wrapping paper
Posted on 11/17/2009 6:48:35 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
How the Nazis tried to take Christ out of Christmas
Nazi Christmas tree ornaments rest on swastika-decorated wrapping paper
Roger Boyes in Berlin
For the perfect Nazi Christmas you had to hang glittering swastikas and toy grenades from the pine tree in the living room and, in your freshly pressed uniform, belt out carols urging German women to make babies for the Führer rather than worship the Jewish Baby Jesus. Then came the moment to light the pagan candle-holders — hand-made by labourers at Dachau.
Hitler’s dream of a 1,000-year Reich came to an end long before the world was subjected to 1,000 of his Christmases but an exhibition in Cologne is highlighting how the Nazis, in particular Heinrich Himmler, tried to take Christ out of Christmas.
What is alarming German visitors is the realisation that, in many cases, they have been brought up with a variation of the Third Reich Christmas. Not the swastika baking trays or baubles shaped like Iron Crosses, but the revised lyrics of carols and the traditions that had been altered subtly.
“I always thought that Unto Us a Time Has Come was a song about wandering through winter snow,” said Heidi Bertelson, 42, a lawyer, after studying the exhibits at the National Socialism Documentation Centre in Cologne. “I didn’t realise that Christ had been excised.”
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Maybe you can help me with something. Many years ago I saw a documentary on Hitler. It was about a painting that Hitler bought that was entitled, “Chaos” (if memory serves me correctly) and the reason Hitler wanted the painting was it had a lot of occult stuff in it and a sketch of a man’s face that looked exactly like Hitler himself. Do you know who the painter was or anything about it?
No. It's a weak analogy at best, since while the Nazis are certainly directly responsible for blitzkrieging Europe and killing millions in concentration camps, those responsible for changing lyrics in modern-day Christmas carols are not directly responsible for 49,000,000 abortions.
how many fellow(sarc) Catholics did dear ol Adolf either order murdered or let his minions butcher?
and political adversaries died bad...i believe the garrote was a welcome relief after some pretty serious torture
couple a million Polish Catholics at least to boot..
what sort of nut thinks any Christian faith would have been handmaiden to National Socialism?
My Pastor visited one of the camps in Poland when he met John Paul II. He noted that 8,000 Priests “passed through” there.
I disagree. They are the same people for the most part. They are the same type of people who would have been going to the Thingplatz or Thingstätte in Nazi Germany to practice the state religion and replace the “outmoded” Christianity that most common people there beleieved in.
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