Book People Archive

Re: about mein Kamp

Pedro et al:

This past week I rented a lengthy video documentary titled "Mein Kampf" that
consists of several hours of original film from the 1910 to 1945 period.

Last night I also read the first chapters of an online version of "Mein Kampf".

My reaction after watching the video and reading the first chapters of "Mein
Kampf" is one of shock that Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess (to whom Hitler
dictated "Mein Kampf" while they were in prison after the failed putsch),
Hermann Goering, Heirich Himmler all very opening indicated in the early
1920's that they wanted Germany to annex Austria and the Sudatenland and
that they wanted to exterminate the European Jews using poison gas.

Perhaps if more people read "Mein Kampf" in the mid 1920's there would have
been a more concerted effort to prevent Hitler and the rest of the thugs in
the National Socialist Party from taking control of the government.

My general feeling is that the more open the political discourse by all
members of society the less chance of extreme factions becoming disruptive
terrorists.  Of course that is easier said than done since control of the
media and other power institutions factors into the process.  New
technologies like the Internet should empower more people to give them a
political voice.

Cheers,

John Russell Batchelder



At 09:52 PM 9/8/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I always liked to get my copy of Mein Kampf but I have some remarks to
>make. I don't think that in the United States the book is prohibited or
>banned, since on these days FASCISM is very popular there. Globalization
>and Neoliberalism are the coming back of that hellish philosophy, in a
>disguised form. Anyway, have you seen the helmets used by the US armed
>forces? Aren't they telling us that inside there are some Hitler fans?
>What really Hitler did on Germany was giving power to the big companies
>and monopolies. Fascism is the losing of liberties of the mayority on
>behalf of CORPORATE insterests (Doesn't it sounds familiar to you:
>Corporate America?).
>
>By the way, go to the web site of the history of the US armed forces and
>you will see there that they are posting NAZI officials tales of their
>invasion to the USRR. Remember that the USRR were allies of the US on
>WWII.
>
>Thank, you.

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