I have always been fascinated by Nazi Germany and Hitler. When I was in school, I ever wrote my term paper in Hitler. This time in history still holds an interest for me.
The other day, I watched the 3rd Reich on TV. It was a very good program. I often take some flack for being so interested in things like this. I hear people saying that it was a terrible time and we should just forget it. We should have nothing to do with these horrible things.
Under my breath, I have to laugh at this Hiding-Your-head-in-The-Sand mentality. As Christians, we need to be on constant watch for any evil that might try to raise its ugly head. The best way to know what evil looks like, and avoid it, is to look at what it did in the past. Satan is not that smart. He does not have any new tricks. To learn what he does and how he works, we only have to look at the past.
"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" Edmund Burke 1797
The other reason I have to laugh at these comments is that if the person that is saying this is a Christian, has he or she not read their Bible?
The Nazi Party, also known as the 3rd Reich, was in power in Germany from 1933 to 1945. Their leader was Adolph Hitler. Hitler and the Nazi party rose to power virtually overnight. Hitler was an extremely charismatic speaker. The entire country swallowed his rhetoric hook line and sinker. He was seen as Germany's saviour. Hitler was even named "Man of the Year" by Time Magazine.
"Hile Hitler" was the mandatory national greeting that every German had to know and use. Young children were taught this greeting on their very 1st day of school. To not use it was to risk being sent to a concentration camp. Thousands of Germans were sterilized to prevent them from having Children because of all sorts of problems that were seen to be potential defects.
In 1936, every child over 10 years of age was required to join the Hitler Youth. This was a training camp where children was trained for warfare. They took a pledge that they would fight and die for hitler. Sadly, many off them did just that. There were some Germans that did not agree with what Hitler was doing. But they dared not say anything. If you did say something against the party or Hitler, you risked being overheard by someone else. And you never knew who might be listening. Your very own family members might turn you in.
Jews were seen as the scourge of Germany. They were blamed for the everything that was seen as wrong with their country and their life.
They were not allowed to mix with "Real" Germans in any way just like Blacks were treated in the old South. Eventually, the hatred of Jews got so bad, that millions of jews were murdered.
If you were a Jew in Nazi Germany, you could not buy or sell expect in specified areas. Jews were forced to wear insignia to identify them as Jews.
Does any of this sound familiar?
So why do I want to learn about Nazi Germany and Hitler. So I can be on the look out for this sort of thing again. So I can try as best I can to make sure that this atrocity never happens again.
I also believe that it is a preview of things to come here in America. This time, it will be the gentiles turn to reap the wrath of satan instead of the Jews. To get a glimpse of what it will be like and what the Anti-Christ will be like, you only have to look at past events like Nazi Germany and Hitler.
But I will give the same warning on this blog that I gave in my last one. We must not focus on the bad things of the world. Lets instead look at all the good things that God has done and continues to do in this world. Lets keep watch and warn the world of what may happen again, but lets always focus on Jesus and the good that he is going in the US
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