Germans Still Remember their Historical Greatness
by Ian Mosley
Despite decades of re-education, many Germans just can’t let go of the truth. The British Daily Mail reports that “One in four Germans believe there were positive aspects to Nazi rule, according to a new poll. The poll run by the weekly Stern magazine asked whether National Socialism also had some ‘good sides such as the construction of the highway system, the elimination of unemployment, the low criminality rate and the encouragement of the family.’ Results showed 25 per cent responded ‘yes’. The poll, run by the Forsa agency, also showed that people aged 60 or older had the highest regard for aspects of the era, with 37 per cent answering ‘yes.’” (In other words, people old enough to actually remember some bits and pieces of National Socialist Germany.) “Those who grew up directly after the war, now aged 45 to 59, were the least enthusiastic about the Nazi era, with only 15 per cent responding ‘yes.’” These people grew up during the de-Nazification era, when guilt and fear of the past were pounded into young Germans’ brains with a sledge hammer. Their parents were portrayed as devils incarnate, period, and the slightest doubt or suggestion of doubt was not permitted.
The Daily Mail continues “The finding comes after a popular talk show host was fired for praising Nazi Germany’s attitude toward motherhood. Talking about Nazism in Germany, broadcaster Eva Herman said while there was ‘much that was very bad…,’ there were good things, ‘for example the high regard for the mother’ under the Nazis. Despite being fired from her show, Herman, 48, who has written books urging a return to more traditional gender roles in Germany, has stood by her comments. She said: ‘What I wanted to express was that values which also existed before the Third Reich, such as family, children and motherhood, which were supported in the Third Reich, were subsequently done away with by the 68ers’ - a reference to 1960s leftists.” This is almost an unknown phenomenon: someone bravely standing up and spitting in the eyes of the leftists, liberals and feminists. (more…)