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Thread #162625   Message #3871464
Posted By: Donuel
13-Aug-17 - 04:41 PM
Thread Name: BS: blood & soil Nazification of America
Subject: RE: BS: blood & soil Nazification of America
OK here is a Jim Carroll style post. Here is where we are in comparison to the Hitler transformation of Germany. The travel ban is a first step compared to Hitler's Nuremberg Laws. Only the names and religions need be changed like; Trump, Muslims, Mexicans and Illegal Aliens.
In comparison we have moved much faster than Hitler:
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The Nuremberg laws were crucial to the process of dehumanization that the Nazis institutionalized once they took power, and the laws helped set the stage for the organized violence and mass murder that would come later in the regime. While the Nuremberg laws explicitly mentioned Jews, the interpretation of these laws also accused Gypsies and blacks as having "alien blood." And dozens of laws passed by the Nazis targeted other groups deemed undesirable, including communists, homosexuals, and Jehovah's Witnesses. Accordingly, the policies established by Hitler, supported by the Nazis and followed by most Germans, reveal how rampant discrimination—the use of laws, policies, and practices to treat individuals differently based on their membership in a specific group—became a cornerstone of Hitler's governing strategy.

The majority of Germans reacted to these laws with enthusiasm, or at least passivity. Within Germany explicit resistance to the Nuremberg Laws, and other discriminatory policies instituted by the Nazis, was virtually unheard of. Why was this the case when surely many Germans had Jewish neighbors? In many German towns and cities, Jews and Germans had lived together in relative peace. Germans had Jewish teachers and Jewish doctors. They attended schools with Jews and had served in the military with them. Because of intermarriage, some German families had members who identified as Jews or were now being identified as Jewish by the Nazis. There is no simple answer to the question of why Germans did not resist these unjust laws, including laws aimed at vulnerable groups other than Jews. As described in the previous lesson, obedience is one factor that influenced the behavior of Germans at this time. In Nazi Germany, children, men, and women were rewarded for obeying Nazi policies and faced consequences for refusals to obey. Opportunism is another factor that influenced Germans to follow these laws. While minority groups were being denied basic civil and human rights, many Germans benefited from these discriminatory practices. For example, Germans were given the jobs that were held by Jews and others who were forcibly fired in accordance with the "Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service." Later, Germans claimed property, including homes, paintings, jewelry, and other valuables, that were confiscated from Jews, communists, and other political prisoners. Moreover, the desire to belong (conformity) and the fear of ostracism may have motivated some people to follow laws, even laws that they knew were unjust. In the film The Nazis: A Warning from History—Chaos and Conspiracy, Erna Kranz explains, "When the masses were shouting 'Heil,' what could the individual person do? You went with it. We were the ones who went along." The willingness of many Germans to support Nazi policies, the lack of resistance to discriminatory laws, and the cooperation of institutions, including churches, raise the question of how much the Jews had really been accepted in German society prior to Hitler coming to power.

Did you change the names and words appropriately?