> > Erm, not to overstate things, but are you seriously
> > comparing the Republican Party to the Nazi Party?
>
> No. I am comparing them to the (no longer extant) nationalist parties
> (like the one the Prussian squires favoured) which were suckered into
> supporting Hitler in the 1933 election when Hindenburg was presented
> as a figurehead.
Hey, hey ! I used the Hitler-word first, eh !!!
> Well, one of my grandfathers happened to be a right wing nationalist
> (Deutschnational) who was opposed to Hitler but, as a member of one of
> these parties, all of a sudden experienced "Gleichschaltung"
> (assimilation by the NSDAP, and in his case even assimilation by the
> SS). (I won't go into details other that my other grandfather
> immigrated 1934 from Austria...)
Hmmmmmmm : that sounds fascinating.
Please !! Details !!! Details !!!!!
(maybe we can share our own WW2 histories ?)
De Immod
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