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4th April 2014 09:04
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Re: The "Hitler" Speech They (Don't) Want You To Hear..!
Again, Andrew, I'm struggling to understand your point by posting this video snippet, as you don't explain your thinking.
*EDIT: you have since added another video which I have yet to see - this reply relates to the first in your post.
Posting random youtube videos without any description of the contents, or clarification about why you think it's valuable to the debate gets us nowhere: perhaps, sometime, you could come back and respond to the comments made by others about the film you posted, rather than just posting another one.
There is little information available about the film maker - said to be a Brit called Dennis Wise - but read an interview with him, in which he made the statement "I have no doubt some Jews may have been killed illegally" so that gives us a pretty unequivocal idea of his agenda.
This snippet of the film paints such a biased and perverted picture of Berlin in the 1920s that it's almost unrecognisable! The film maker seems to have an unhealthy obsession with what he sees as the sexual depravity of the time, and deliberately chooses to ignore the balanced picture.
And why does he present such a slanted, prejudiced image of a city supposedly descending into chaos? To pave the way for a portrait of the Saviour Who Was To Come…Adolf Hitler rescued Germany from the clutches of the lecherous, licentious, immoral Jews and socialists and homosexuals. Simple!
Berlin at that time was, by all reliable reports, the most amazing city. Yes, there was post war poverty and hyperinflation. Yes, there was prostitution, which has its roots in poverty and is often the path to survival rather than the lifestyle of choice. but the economy was growing rapidly, and there a sophisticated, intellectual centre of freedom, tolerance and openness free from the starchy claustrophobic restraints of the old social and political framework.
Universities allowed Jewish scholars to study for the first time
Bauhaus was born
Philosophers and sociologists formed the Frankfurt School
Vital scientific research and contributions were made in this time (Einstein being one of these)
There was an openness and acceptance of sexuality in all its forms
A flourishing "talkies" film industry
The German Expressionism movement was born
Painters, sculptors, playwrights, architects, film makers, composers thrived as part of the November Group
great interest in mysticism and astrology, and Eastern philosophies
There was fertile community of writers from many countries
Organic agriculture had a big following, led by Steiner
A rich selection of over 500 cabaret halls offering a wide range of erotic entertainment
Far from being merely a den of iniquity, there was a huge movement to introduce the idea of healthy living and self improvement (Lebensreform)
Noble prizes were awarded to nine German citizens during the Weimar Republic
The legacy of these pioneering, inquisitive people is still around today.
Or it was, as the Nazis referred to it, A Haven of Vice. 


For the people of the Weimar Republic, censorship had been abolished. They were no longer suffocating under the oppression of the previous regime. Life was like nothing they had ever experienced before, and they intended to grab it by the throat and experience it as fully and as decadently and as wildly as they could.
Goebbels hated Berlin as the people never offered genuine support for the Nazi party. He could not understand the love of life running through the veins of the people of that city - he called it "a melting pot of everything that is evil". Berlin was a threat that had to be crushed and subdued through Nazi propaganda - exactly like this video - and violence.
Andrew, how much of history do you actually understand??
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4th April 2014 11:20
Link to Post #602