Comments on: 1944: Eight July 20 plotters

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Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:41:57 +0000

[...] post about a possible wrongful execution that’s been front-page news for the past two months. 13. August 8, 1944: Eight July 20 plotters - A second beneficiary of Valkyrie search traffic. 14. July 8, 1999: Allen Lee “Tiny” [...]

By: Fiz (UK)

Fiz (UK) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:55:48 +0000

I think there are more and more books being written/translated about Germans that did help - like the non -Jewish wives whose husbands were due to be sent to Auschwitz, held a street protest for over a week in 1944 and they were not sent there. I do hope people do know better now about Germans. The sad thing is like Stauffenburg and the White Rose leaders, they usually died

By: ravensdottir

ravensdottir — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:06:51 +0000

Thank you, Blk Army Vet! Few recognize or accept that there WERE Germans who fought against Hitler. Most today judge all Germans of that time to be as evil as Hitler. From 1939 (and even before) onward, many tried to stop the Nazis. Because they were too few and too scattered, they had no hope of success. Yet they persisted, and the majority died.

By: Blk Army Vet

Blk Army Vet — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:57:36 +0000

These men were brave. There feared Hitler more than they feared the Allies but they still with against all odds like Davy Crockett to bring him down. It takes a special person to fight and die for something that they believe (excluding muslims who blow themselves up like fanatics) I’m a true American but I have the upmost respect for all of those Germans who risked their lives to fight adn stand against Hitler.

By: Ravensdottir

Ravensdottir — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:34:11 +0000

Built by Hitler, certainly. To the extent they are today, no. And vehicle ownership (thanks to Volkswagen) was on the rise but by no means universal in the greater body of Germany. However, and this is my point: Individual villages, towns, provinces, etc. were still isolated by today’s standards. Rail and horse were the most common modes of transport. The population of East Prussia, for example, was over 90% peasant/farmer (Bauer) in a pre-war census. Cities were a world unto themselves. Information was not quickly disseminated and was often treated with suspicion until verified. Therefore we cannot accurately judge the actions of any of the plotters by today’s standards or in light of evidence we have now that was not publicly available in 1944.

By: Fiz (UK)

Fiz (UK) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:22:18 +0000

Excuse me, but the autobahns certainly were built by Hitler as his “gettiing people back to work” drive.

By: Ravensdottir

Ravensdottir — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:46:41 +0000

MajorLemon: I respectfully wish to correct your comment. There were many attempts to remove Hitler from power for many reasons, from the fact he was Austrian to his final solution to his bungling attempts at military genius. These individuals acted to protect their country, not out of a 21st century, post-war, information-soaked outrage about the Holocaust. Remember: neither the Internet, nor mass media, nor the Autobahn existed in Hitler’s time. Travel & communication were quite limited; not everyone was aware of the extent of the killings. As for the Holocaust itself, the Jews suffered most in the sheer number, 6 to 8 millions slaughtered. However, they seem to ignore the remaining non-Jewish 6 to 8 millions slaughtered and in fact object, sometimes violently, if reminded of the non-Jewish portion of the Holocaust. I believe it was Auschwitz that hosted a Jewish-led altercation started because a number of Jews, praying for their dead, were outraged at a number of Catholics there praying for THEIR dead. And thus the violence. Hitler slaughtered those he did not want cluttering his perfect world: Gypsies, homosexuals, political dissidents, the mentally impaired, non-Germans, jazz lovers.