“Hitler believed religion had no place in his 1,000-year Reich, so he replaced the Christian figure of Saint Nicholas with the Norse god Odin and urged Germans to celebrate the season as a holiday of the ‘winter solstice’, rather than Christmas.”
Hmm. Sounds familiar.
Well they don’t look very festive.
These are pictures of the Waffen-SS, the armed wing of the Nazi party and not regular army or Luftwaffe.
Basically the Waffen-SS was the internal security forces in Germany and occupied countries who keep people in line.
These people have committed mass murder and horrific atrocities on scale unknown at the time.
Obama would have a similar force in place by now if this country was not so well armed.
The Nazis were genuine freaks.
I have never met a more dislikeable bunch of idiots. Everytime I think that the Nazis were equivalent to Commies or Islamic terrorists, something new pops up to show that they were levels of evilness higher.
Considering how intelligent they were, how european they were in culture and how christian they were in background, it is astounding to see how evil they became.
One “understands” Islamic terrorism on the basis of an illiterate culture raised in a vicious religion.
One “understands” Russian Communism on the basis of illiterate serfs raised in a vicious 1000 year old economic basket case
One just does not understand the evil that is Naziism. One of the most cultured countries of Europe, with a strong tradition of Christianity, rich, smart, forward thinking. How did they fall so low?
I wonder if most of the DUmmies know that Hitler was a vegetarian as well.
Sorry I can't post the images - they are Getty and restricted here on FR. But, you can view them at the article's link.