World News and Trends: Hitler is dead; Hitlerism isn't
Almost six decades after Hitler's death by suicide in a Berlin bunker, the seeds of Hitlerism continue to grow around the world. Why? How?
Omer Bartov, professor of history at Brown University wrote an incisive, soul-searching article on Adolf Hitler entitled "He Meant What He Said" (The New Republic, Feb. 2, p. 25). His analysis is fueled by a major postscript to Hitler's Mein Kampf, written in 1928, Hitler's Second Book: The Unpublished Sequel to Mein Kampf (published by Enigma Books, October 2003).
Dr. Bartov addresses the importance of using hindsight to improve modern foresight: Adolf Hitler said what he meant and meant what he said.
Around the world there exist many groups who teach and preach their hatred of the Jews, as well as those who harbor such groups. Bartov warns in his New Republic article that when fanatics say what they mean, they also mean what they say.
"They belong to the right and the left, to the religious and the secular, to the West and the East, to the rabble and the leaders, to terrorists and intellectuals, students and peasants, pacifists and militants, expansionists and anti-globalization activists. The diplomacy advocated by Hitler is no longer relevant, but his reason for it, his legitimization of his 'worldview,' is alive and kicking, and it may still kick us."
Hitler is dead, but Hitlerism is not. Some liberals, politicians and intellectuals promote the notion that if the state of Israel were removed, that would also remove anti-Semitism. Don't believe it. The language of the fanatics tells us the opposite: They believe that the Jews are everywhere so they must be uprooted everywhere.
Bartov's conclusion is instructive: "Hitler taught humanity an important lesson. It is that when you see a Nazi, a fascist, a bigot, or an anti-Semite, say what you see. If a self-proclaimed liberation organization calls for the extermination of the Jewish state, do not pretend that it is calling for anything else. The absence of clarity is the beginning of complicity."
The Bible has much to say about the Jewish people—that they would be a byword, that they would battle for their lives throughout history and that they would be leaders in the world to come. To learn more, request your free copy of The Middle East in Bible Prophecy. (Source: The New Republic.)
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Jerold Aust
Jerold Aust has served in the ministry for 52 years, as a public speaker for 58 years, a published writer for 38 years, and is employed by UCG’s Media and Communications Services. He is a Senior Writer, interviewer, and editor for Beyond Today Magazine and has taught Speech Communication for UCG’s ministerial online program and the Book of Revelation for ABC.
Jerold holds a BA in theology from Ambassador College, Pasadena (1968), an MA in Communication from California State University, Fullerton (1995), a distance-learning Ph.D (2006), and a Famous Writers School diploma in non-fiction writing (1973). Additionally, he studied post-grad communication at University of Southern California (1995), radio, TV, voice-overs, and Public Relations at Fullerton College (1995-1996), and graduate communication at Wichita State University (1978). Jerold has taught communication at the University of South Alabama (7 years) and ABC (17 years). His published works include, Ronald Reagan’s Rhetoric: Metaphor as Persuasion and EZSpeakers: Public Speaking Made Easy in 7 Steps. Jerold's overarching goal is to share with humankind its incredible destiny!
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