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Former Maid says Hitler was "a kindly man"
- Thread starter Hyperborean
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misanthropic_clown
Active Member
Reminds me of the poem Vultures by Chinua Achebe:
"In the greyness
and drizzle of one despondent
dawn unstirred by harbingers
of sunbreak a vulture
perching high on broken
bones of a dead tree
nestled close to his
mate his smooth
bashed-in head, a pebble
on a stem rooted in
a dump of gross
feathers, inclined affectionately
to hers. Yesterday they picked
the eyes of a swollen
corpse in a water-logged
trench and ate the
things in its bowel. Full
gorged they chose their roost
keeping the hollowed remnant
in easy range of cold
telescopic eyes...
Strange
indeed how love in other
ways so particular
will pick a corner
in that charnel-house
tidy it and coil up there, perhaps
even fall asleep - her face
turned to the wall!
...Thus the Commandant at Belsen
Camp going home for
the day with fumes of
human roast clinging
rebelliously to his hairy
nostrils will stop
at the wayside sweet-shop
and pick up a chocolate
for his tender offspring
waiting at home for Daddy's
return...
Praise bounteous
providence if you will
that grants even an ogre
a tiny glow-worm
tenderness encapsulated
in icy caverns of a cruel
heart or else despair
for in the very germ
of that kindred love is
lodged the perpetuity
of evil ."
"In the greyness
and drizzle of one despondent
dawn unstirred by harbingers
of sunbreak a vulture
perching high on broken
bones of a dead tree
nestled close to his
mate his smooth
bashed-in head, a pebble
on a stem rooted in
a dump of gross
feathers, inclined affectionately
to hers. Yesterday they picked
the eyes of a swollen
corpse in a water-logged
trench and ate the
things in its bowel. Full
gorged they chose their roost
keeping the hollowed remnant
in easy range of cold
telescopic eyes...
Strange
indeed how love in other
ways so particular
will pick a corner
in that charnel-house
tidy it and coil up there, perhaps
even fall asleep - her face
turned to the wall!
...Thus the Commandant at Belsen
Camp going home for
the day with fumes of
human roast clinging
rebelliously to his hairy
nostrils will stop
at the wayside sweet-shop
and pick up a chocolate
for his tender offspring
waiting at home for Daddy's
return...
Praise bounteous
providence if you will
that grants even an ogre
a tiny glow-worm
tenderness encapsulated
in icy caverns of a cruel
heart or else despair
for in the very germ
of that kindred love is
lodged the perpetuity
of evil ."
No doubt Hitler was a decent enough chap in person. Kind to women, good with kids, all that. But he inspired fear in other men, which is partly (along with the Nazi atrocities and all) why he ended up the epitome of evil in Western culture. Can't be scaring the weak, lilly-livered fools in suits now, Adolf...
Luminous
non-existential luminary
Yeah, he was a great guy; if you were a full blooded 'Aryan'
Many awful people are capable of being gentle.
ReiðrÅska
Voice deeper than Thor's
Much unlike he was, then. He was a good leader, it's just a shame he was so arrogant (and inappropriately so, I do believe his eyes were BROWN, hypocritical man). Were he more interested in winning WW2 than making himself look good, he'd have beaten the British at Dunkirk and then most likely invaded Britain. Silly man, he must have been good at strategy games though.
And the reverse is true too.
It's been stated that when it comes to being a good judge of character..........be careful, because even axe murderers have been known to have picnics with their families.
Luminous
non-existential luminary
too true, too true.
DallasApple
Depends Upon My Mood..
I agree...
I'm sure he knew how to be a "gentleman" when he wanted to..He had his favorites afterall..He didnt hate and want to enilate all of humanity..Im sure he had a "soft spot" for those in the category that suited him ....
Love
Dallas
I'm sure he knew how to be a "gentleman" when he wanted to..He had his favorites afterall..He didnt hate and want to enilate all of humanity..Im sure he had a "soft spot" for those in the category that suited him ....
Love
Dallas
DallasApple
Depends Upon My Mood..
And besides that??Anyone that could instigate,promote and organize what he did is a full blown monster...Who gives a **** if he was nice to a maid...
Lucky for the maid...
Love
Dallas
Lucky for the maid...
Love
Dallas
JewishLeftist
Member
This is a rather disgusting thread. It is an insult to the Jewish people, as well as the others who suffered through the Holocaust.
Yeah I am sure Hitler was capable of being polite but it doesn't mean jack squat if he killed six million people.
The Daily Mail should be ashamed for letting this intellectually vapid, hurtful, asinine propaganda get out. I hope the Jewish community in England has already sought an apology.
Yeah I am sure Hitler was capable of being polite but it doesn't mean jack squat if he killed six million people.
The Daily Mail should be ashamed for letting this intellectually vapid, hurtful, asinine propaganda get out. I hope the Jewish community in England has already sought an apology.
Benjamin_D
Zionist
Of course he was a kind man! As long as your weren't Jewish, Gay, a Gypsie, Different colored or non-German.
She should claim how nice he was to the holocaust victims.
She should claim how nice he was to the holocaust victims.
In my life the scariest people have always been the friendliest.
If someone comes up to me shaking my hand offering me to be best buddy the very first time I meet them I know I am in trouble.
If I go into someones house and everything is perfect and everyone is polite I will not be back.
Normal people aren't always nice. It says a lot about Hitler that he was that great a guy to an employee who had access to him everyday. If she didn't like him he wasn't in any danger.
If someone comes up to me shaking my hand offering me to be best buddy the very first time I meet them I know I am in trouble.
If I go into someones house and everything is perfect and everyone is polite I will not be back.
Normal people aren't always nice. It says a lot about Hitler that he was that great a guy to an employee who had access to him everyday. If she didn't like him he wasn't in any danger.
With some intensely disgusting comments ...
Trey of Diamonds
Well-Known Member
I don't understand the surprise here. Hitler was first and foremost a politician. I'm sure he was very charming. Also, while we may consider him evil, he certainly did not consider himself to be so. Surely it shouldn't be surprising that he treated those around him with courtesy and even kindness.
I would also note that it is not wrong to acknowledge these facts. To paint Hitler as an inhuman monster with no resemblance to a normal human being is not only wrong but dangerous. Without knowing all aspects of the man, how would we be able to recognize those aspects in future monsters?
I would also note that it is not wrong to acknowledge these facts. To paint Hitler as an inhuman monster with no resemblance to a normal human being is not only wrong but dangerous. Without knowing all aspects of the man, how would we be able to recognize those aspects in future monsters?
Mathematician
Reason, and reason again
I dare say very, very, very few people consider their actions "evil." Good post.
Nonsnse. Hitler was first and foremost a xenophobic sociopath. To suggest that he ]"was a decent enough chap" is sick beyond word.