Hitler's anti-terrorism laws - more uncanny parallels
bh | 14.11.2001 02:12
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17.11.2001 01:26
"The national government will preserve and defend the foundations on which the strength of our nation rests...It will therefore decalre merciless war on spiritual, political, and cultural nihilism. Germany must not and will not sink into Communist anarchy..." Adolph Hitler Feb 1st, 1933
"Hitler concentrated his attacks on the 'Marxists lumping them together with the trade unions and the Social Democrats... "The activities of subversive organizations are to be combatted with the most drastic methods. Communist terrorist acts are to be proceeded against with all severity and weapons must be used ruthlessly when neccesary..." Hitler, Feb 4th, 1933.
On Feb 22 Goring issued another order which had far reaching consequences. The Prussian police force was to be reeinforced by enlisting auxiliaries to "combat the growing excesses of the radical left"...Recruitment was limited to the SA and SS...who were virtually given freedom of the streets...Old scores to be settled from the street battles of the previous two or three years were largely directed agaainst the left...The Reichstag mysteriously burst into flames......Goring wasted no time in ordering the arrest of all leftists...Hitler signed a decree "For the protection of the people and State...article 1 suspended the sections of the constitution defending the fundamental rights of citizens...including "violations of the privacy of postal, telegraphic, and telephonic communications and warrants for house searches...are permissable beyond the legal limits otherwise prescribed." They also provided the legal warrant for the device of 'protective custody" and the Gestapo to imprison without trail.....Seeing it as a temporary measure directed against the left and blind to the long term implications no objections were offered and Hitler insisted that when the danger from the left was eliminated things would get back to normal. The threat from the left was taken seriously by average Germans and the reports by police and other agencies confirmed that the drastic measures taken by the government had encountered little criticism, were in fact widely welcomed, and increased Hitler's popularity greatly...Seizing upon the 'evidence' the Nazi propaganda machine achieved new levels of mass suggestion...Hitler said to a giant demonstration in Prussia, "Now hold your heads high again.You are no longer enslaved or in bondage. Now you are free again by God's gracious act." His messianic note was answered by ahymn sung by thousands while the bells rung out from Konisberg Catherdral. Free fires were lighted on the mountains while the brownshirts marched in every city...
From "Hitler and Stalin - parallel lives" by Alan Bullock
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