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A biography of Adolf Hitler published two years before his autobiography Mein Kampf may also have been written by Hitler:
In the early fall of 1923, when Adolf Hitler was still mostly known for his frenzied speeches at Munich beer halls, a slim biography was published that lauded him as the savior of the German nation and even compared him to Jesus. The book, "Adolf Hitler: His Life and His Speeches," was credited to Baron Adolf Victor von Koerber, a German aristocrat and war hero. Scholars have said that Hitler sought Mr. von Koerber out for the biography because he needed a conservative figure without links to the Nazi Party to help legitimize him as a leader.
However, new research says Hitler penned the work himself. This suggests that Hitler had designs on taking power earlier than many historians have previously thought and manipulated public opinion to get there.
"Adolf Hitler: His Life and His Speeches" was published two years before "Mein Kampf," the autobiography and manifesto that historians consider the moment Hitler went from political propagandist to leader in waiting. The von Koerber biography was published shortly before Hitler helped lead a bungled coup in Munich known as the Beer Hall Putsch.
"It's 1923, and Hitler suddenly decides he needs to boost his national profile," said Thomas Weber, a professor of history and international affairs at the University of Aberdeen, in Scotland, who uncovered documents in Mr. von Koerber's archival papers that he argues reveals Hitler as the biography's true author. The documents included a sworn statement by the publisher's widow.
Dusty old Godwin meme.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by edIII on Tuesday October 11 2016, @05:43PM
No, you dipshit.
I haven't heard a politician make the statements that Trump has made, that are eerily reminiscent of the nationalist sentiments in World War II Germany. If you really think that there are no parallels right now to Nazi Germany, you have your head stuck in the sand.
Unlike character attacks, which is what Hitler attribution was before, Trump acts and speaks like Hitler did. I couldn't actually call Bush "Hitler II", neither was Reagan, and the older Bush was certainly not like Hitler either. Trump? He makes the same fucking statements, is toxic against due process and civil rights in the same way, etc.
How about you spend a moment and argue about how Trump isn't like Hitler? We're listening.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by khallow on Tuesday October 11 2016, @07:32PM
I haven't heard a politician make the statements that Trump has made, that are eerily reminiscent of the nationalist sentiments in World War II Germany.
It's a free country. You want to say that Trump sounds eerily reminiscent of Bambi the deer, then go for it. But what you are neglecting here is that words aren't relevant. It's normal, vaguely appealing nationalist populism. The need is the same, to get elected. I could similarly note that vegetarians practice a diet eerily reminiscent of Hitler's with equal consequence. Guess we better not elect a vegetarian before they kill six million Jews, eh?
What mattered is action. First, prior to elections Hitler had engaged in considerable, deadly violence with his rivals, particularly the Communists, that was so severe, that the German government had by the time of Hitler's election to Chancellor, already used it as a pretext to shut down the Free State of Prussia, which was by itself, more than half of Germany by population and land area. In addition, Hitler had already attempted to overthrow the state government of Munich. How many states has Trump shut down? How many riots have his supporters caused? How many coups has Trump attempted to engineer?
Second, the end of the Wiemar Republic was at hand, but it was far from solely the fault of Hitler. As I noted above, they destroyed the biggest obstacle to tyranny when they took down Prussia. Aside from being a convenient scapegoat, Hitler didn't have anything to do with the end of Prussia's state government. Someone was going to be head of a tyranny in Germany and Hitler managed to be the one, but it wasn't a sure thing for Hitler until the Night of the Long Knives [wikipedia.org] when most of Hitler's rivals ended up dead or arrested.
To say that Trump sounds like Hitler (without I note ever presenting here the slightest justification for your opinion, aside from commenting on Japanese internment camps, which was an FDR thing not a Hitler thing) and hence, by implication, claim that he'll act like Hitler is fraudulent. Sure, both he and Hitler are rhetorically speaking covering the same populist ground and appealing to similar groups of people. They both are acting cynical and saying what a good portion of the voting public wants to hear. But there's no reason, aside from dishonest propaganda or perhaps mindless hysteria, to claim or imply that sounding similar means they'll act similar in office.
There are good reasons to not vote for Trump. But saying it's because he sounds like Hitler, is not one of them.
I have to say here, I'm not surprised that the sort of people, such as yourself, who attempt to browbeat me at every turn with morality, would turn around and casually commit such skullduggery. The stench of hypocrisy is strong on you and always has been.