by Seth Ferris, New Eastern Outlook:
I think Nazi symbols will be America’s official and unofficial excuse to walk away from Ukraine. It will be even deadlier, more political blowback; it will be like in Afghanistan but worse. The first stage, with the West growing sick and tired of the never-ending demands, and with little real results, is to cut back on funding—and then to let the Neo Nazis and their NATO partners stew in their own juices.
But for the sake of discussion, I just want to know what happened to the films about WW2, fascism, and denazification, and how can we get more films to the general public that are being stashed away. And I want to know more about “Why Nazi Parody” and revisiting the past is such a forbidden topic these days, or to even talking about “Hitler’s Willing Executers” or about those who organized the T-4 program before WW2; I guess in part, especially in Europe, euthanasia is considered appropriate and is in demand.
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This topic discussion takes me back to my childhood, watching Hogan’s Heroes. I guess Hogan’s Heroes is illegal in Germany nowadays—at least it is not recognized as being in good taste, as it is not politically expedient, and it made Germans during WW2 look like idiots—and that was just the intention.
So, too describes how the military conflict is going in Ukraine, and not only for those in Germany—and others who are starting to reconsider and back down from their own rhetoric. Some of my play friends, including myself, a Jewish child would walk around doing “Sieg Heil” with our right arms raised and “Heil Hitler” – as we were only repeating what he saw on TV.
The comedian Sacha Baron Cohen – a Jew – had a scene in a film where he dressed as a parody of an anti-semitic character mocking Jews. He talked with an actual concentration camp survivor who explained why mocking Jews was a terrible idea… the character acted embarrassed. The next year, the woman who was the concentration camp survivor died, and then the film was released. The daughter initially objected to it, at first thought it was anti-semitic, and tried to prevent its release. Fortunately, it came out and we can talk about it.
The scene contains an excellent history lesson about what happened to the Jews during WW2. Another Jewish comedian – Mel Brooks – produced a popular film “The Producers” – which also became a stage musical. The song, “Springtime for Hitler” contains an obvious parody of Hitler. Mel Brooks is Jewish, but lampooned Hitler as a buffoon. It also portends a get rich scheme of producing a war that is going to be a dismal failure!
Is “The Producers” illegal in Germany now too? Here’s another film that makes Germans aware of the atrocities they committed in WW2. Is it illegal? https://youtu.be/EotWl6LZZkg
Kremlin Truth or Propaganda
I just spout things off the top of my head and what is the real truth of what happened in Ukraine and the REAL or alleged Nazi undercurrents of the Kyiv regime. Present-day Germany does not have the critical thinking skills to distinguish the lampooning of Nazism vs. the promotion of Nazism—and this is not true only with Germans.
I am tempted to ask artificial intelligence to help write his article, as then I can blame the fallout on it. But first to try a bit of review, starting with the NYTs, which calls anything that that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia describes as the “denazification” mission, as “false claims, a “lie that the government and culture of Ukraine are filled with dangerous “Nazis” has become a central theme of Kremlin propaganda about the war.””
The fallback argument about any claims of Nazis in Ukraine, especially on higher echelons, is quickly dismissed by the repeated counter argument, and quoting Jeffrey Veidlinger, a professor of history and Judaic studies at the University of Michigan in the NYTs piece:
The common Russian understanding of Nazism hinges on the notion of Nazi Germany as the antithesis of the Soviet Union, rather than on the persecution of Jews specifically said. “That’s why they can call a state that has a Jewish president a Nazi state, and it doesn’t seem all that discordant to them,” he said. “That’s why they can call a state that has a Jewish president a Nazi state, and it doesn’t seem all that discordant to them,” he said.
Consequently, a Jewish president, at least in name, depending on how Jewish he is, [apparently] exonerates Ukraine of any Nazi history, tendencies, collaboration, atrocities, or current crimes or practices thereof, so it seems!
Nazi symbols are burned into the hearts of Jews and non-Jews alike. However, it does now appear that making any rigmarole over them is deemed as living in the past, failure to come to terms with the realization that times have changed, and so have people, as is best communicated in simple language with the Holocaust remembrance Slogan, “Never Again”.
But for Ukrainians, and others, even in NATO countries, Estonia, one comes to mind, Nazi collaborator monuments in Estonia, and its close neighbors, as reported by the BBC and the Simon Wiesenthal Centre.
Such stone-cold heroes and their related symbols are alive and well, especially in their hearts, and even on Ukrainian uniforms, as reported in the MSM. Even the title of one recent article seems to be a bit of subterfuge, as if only wanting to describe it as something difficult, hard to grasp with the bare hand, or open mind: Nazi Symbols on Ukraine’s Front-Line Highlights Thorny Issues of History.
What does it REALLY mean?
The Slogan Never Again is an appropriate reminder of the past and a guiding principle for shaping a more inclusive, compassionate, and just future for Jews and non-Jews alike, and should address Nazi symbols as well. “Never Again is Now” and the expression should emphasize the importance of remembrance, education, and the continuous pursuit of justice to prevent the recurrence of such horrific events in human history, as is happening in the world today.
Nazi propaganda, like modern day Western and Ukrainian media [was and is most effective] in demonizing Jews and Minorities, especially Russian-speaking citizens of Ukraine, turning them into a collective enemy, as well other targeted groups due to its strategic and manipulative techniques.
The Nazi regime employed a comprehensive propaganda apparatus led by Joseph Goebbels. He fully understood the power of propaganda as being an effective tool to manipulate public opinion and further ideological goals. A direct comparison can be made with the Rendon Group and War propaganda for Ukraine and internationally, especially for the US government, notwithstanding the efforts of the MSM. The lessons and PR spin being applied in discussing Ukraine and how the military conflict started which dates back to 2014.
Nazi symbols “R” worn by a proxy army
And anyone who takes exception to Nazi symbols worn by a proxy army that has been trained and equipped by the US and NATO, of which Germany is a member, is written off as calling attention to the iconography risks playing into the hands of Russian propaganda.
It should come as no surprise when Ukraine’s Defense Ministry posted a photograph on its Twitter account of a soldier wearing a patch featuring the emblem of skulls and crossbones known as the Totenkopf, or Death’s Head, according to the ADL, a common Nazi hate symbol.
The specific symbol in the NYTs picture was made notorious by a Nazi unit that committed war crimes and guarded concentration and death camps during World War, and many of the Concentration Camp guards, and Camp Enforcers were often Ukrainians, coincidence or not?
