A New Nazi Resurgence: Neo-Nazis, Original Nazism, 'The Great Replacement,' DW Documentary
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DW, (2019). What resemblance do todays ethnonationalistic ideologies bear to those which surged during the rise of the Nazis in the Weimar-era? Quite a lot, this documentary shows. Germanys far-right neo-nazi scene is now bigger than at any time since National Socialism. History may not repeat itself, but one can still learn from it. The years of the Weimar Republic were scarred by post-war trauma, political extremism, street fighting, hyper-inflation and widespread poverty. But they also saw economic boom, the establishment of a liberal democratic order and a parliamentary party system. Nobody could really imagine that the Nazis would brush aside the achievements of this young democracy just a few years later. But there were signs, warnings even that all was not well.
So how does that resonate today? How do todays right-wing populist movements and parties achieve their political aims? Which slogans, images and stereotypes played a role then, and which ones are playing a role now?
The film also looks beyond Germanys borders. How has Europe changed in the last few years and how have far-right movements been able to gain such influence? In the interwar period, democracies across the continent collapsed one after the other like a house of cards. What about today?
Riding on the coat-tails of the political party the Alternative for Germany (AfD) the far-right has become a factor in both national and state parliaments, united by nationalist and often racist ideologies directly linked to those of the 1930s. At that time, global economic crisis and mass unemployment drove people straight into the fascists arms. So what will happen if crisis strikes now? Are our democracies and their achievements today any more stable than they were in the years before the Second World War?
(42 mins). DW documentary (2019).
- White Supremacist, Great Replacement, The Nation
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/white-supremacist-great-replacement/
czarjak
(11,246 posts)appalachiablue
(41,102 posts)czarjak
(11,246 posts)Takes the sting out of seeing lifelong friends, neighbors, and classmates marching in lock-step. My uncle was an MP at Nuremberg and came home with a fraulein. (And thats not the cousin Im even talking about. Have German connections on both sides)
appalachiablue
(41,102 posts)Nice, hard working people located in Pa. Father was in the 7th Army, Rhineland Campaign, Dachau Liberation.
Many years after my wedding I learned the best man (he wasn't) was the son of a Nazi in the German army who came over post war and after White Sands, N.M., settled in N.J. - Schrecklich! Wish I'd known that and some other things, but c'est la vie.
Years ago I went thru Nuremberg briefly; being an MP in those times must have been special.
Behind the Aegis
(53,915 posts)It is shame more people don't see the writing on the wall. My fellow Jews need to pay close attention.