Catsandscotch t1_it8835t wrote on October 21, 2022 at 5:19 PM

I agree with you wholeheartedly, both in the parallels you draw and your sense of fear. I hate to resort to cliche, but "those who do not remember history are doomed to repeat it." You make an interesting point that you believe groups today are intentionally copying the tactics of the Nazis. I suspect you are correct. Interestingly, the Nazis themselves looked to the southern states and their Jim Crow laws for inspiration in creating their own anti-Jewish legislation.

I am curious if you found the book a worthwhile read? It's a beast of a book and that is just part 1 of 3.

oldhippy1947 t1_it894hg wrote on October 21, 2022 at 5:26 PM

I've read all three. The middle one (The Third Reich in Power) was the slowest and driest, but still worth the read. The last one was a struggle, but only because of page after page of Nazi murders. Not just the Jews, but mentally disabled, Romani, Poles, Ukrainians, Soviet Slavs, Homosexuals, people with disablities, political prisoners, leftists. It just seemed to go on and on. And it continued right to the end.

Rymbeld OP t1_it89rh8 wrote on October 21, 2022 at 5:30 PM

I highly recommend it. I could have written an essay to post, but it's too much. You can understand that "there are parallels" but this book was so detailed that I came away thinking that what's happening today is far more serious and dangerous that we are willing to admit. Once they really take power, it's over. The nazis toned things down until they got control, then things started moving very fast. They opened Dachau in 1933 for political opponents. They orchestrated the destruction of ALL labor unions in ONE DAY just months after using power. Yet they never won the popular vote and their support had been waning, until they illegally rewrote the constitution.

Catsandscotch t1_it8uibd wrote on October 21, 2022 at 7:49 PM

Thanks for the info. I think I'll check it out. Although I have no idea why I want to be even more anxious than I am now.