Firstly, let me say that this post isNOT intended to stir animosities or attack Germans / people of German descent, but is a response to some posters who view Nazi Germany as a blameless "white knight" andapparent sole victim of the Second World War.Such posters seem to conveniently dismiss German aggression andatrocities as "Jewish propaganda" and appear to show no acknowledgement of, or respect for, the dead of other White nations, while constantly demanding this for German casualties.In my opinion, this is exactly the type oftendentious sentimentthatcan drive potential members away from the site.
Kaptain Poop -Germany may not have been out to"take over the world", but anyone who believes that German intentions in Eastern Europewere charitable and thatGermany wasn't an aggressor is also a "tool"...
Anak - You appear to have overlooked one thing, viz.
GERMANY invaded Poland on the 1st September 1939 (
without a formal declaration of war).
As for the bombing of civilian targets, I'm sorry to burst Your little bubble, but the Germans were well ahead of the field in that department, commencing with the attack on the Polish city of Wielun on the first day of the war (killing approximately 1200 people), and continuing on their merry way throughout the Polish Campaign, with the salient example being the bombing of Warsaw. Here are a couple of photos:
WIELUN
GERMAN BOMBERS POUNDING WARSAW (Isuppose that they are concentrating on purely military targets, eh?)
AFTERMATH OF THE BOMBING OF WARSAW (nice isn't it? I wonder how You'd react if that was a German child? I guess it would instantly become a war crime...)
You posted a pleasant little photo illustrating the "benign" nature of German occupation in Western Europe. Here are a few which record the chivalric activities of the Germans in Poland, treating the Polish
untermenschen (oops, sorry,
fellow white men) with benevolent dignity.
CIEPIELOW MASSACRE 1939 (300 Polish prisoners of war murdered by the undoubtedly honourableGerman military)
PUBLIC EXECUTION IN LESZNO - 21 October, 1939
How about "punishment executions" of civilians? I'm sure You'll enjoy this. On the16 December 1939 two Polish resistance fighters attacked a German police station ("How dare they!", I hear You bellow,"After all, the Germans were doing those backward Poles a favour by occupying their country!")in the town of Bochnia and in the ensuing fight, two German policemen were killed, including the commandant.The two Poles were wounded, then captured and subsequently executed by hanging. The next day, a battalion of SS (I'm sure that You are familiar with the memorabilia...) arrived on the scene and rounded up 23 civilians who, along with 29 people already under arrest, weremurdered by firing squads.
How about Polish slave labour? How does that fit in with Your rosy views of German kindness to the occupied peoples?Below is a lucky fellow wearing the "P" patch, which designates him as a Polish slave labourer:
Here is a colour version of the patch itself, a touching symbol of the equality between German and Pole, as envisaged by the altruistic National Socialists:
Contrary to what is constantly spouted by "revisionist" historians and Germanophile Nazi-era reenactors, the German occupation of Poland was not a placid affair, with kind, smilingGerman soldiers paternally patting the heads of recalcitrant Poles and gently educating them about the errors of their Polish ways. Nor were they "saving" Poland (and Europe) from Communism (the most common "excuse" on sites like Stormfront) - anyone with even a rudimentary knowledge of early 20th centuryPolish history has surely heard of the Sanacja movement which controlled the Polish government during this period, and ensured that the Communist Party was essentially officially persecuted. Here is aphotoencapsulating the bitter German "animosity"towards the Communists, which was activated only when it suited them:
There's Ribbentrop on the right,displaying the National Socialists' distaste for the evil Communists. But that's
Realpolitik for You - the enemy of my enemy is my friend, and all of that rot.Poignant stuff, indeed.
The irony is that if the Germans had sincerely wished to simply fight communism - and destroy the Jews - Poland would have made the ideal ally, as anti-communist and anti-Jewish sentiment among Poles was (and remains) greater than virtually anywhere else in Europe...
The German occupation involved the persecution and dehumanisation of ethnic Poles, who were oftenexpelled from their homesen masse (long before the much-bemoaned expulsion of German civilians at the end of the war). Polish intellectual elites were "eliminated" and the schooling of children was limited to the mere basics, in order to reduce the Polish nation to a state of permanent subservience. Do a bit of research into
Generalplan Ost, Operation Tannenberg, and
Sonderaktion Krakau - but I'm sure that You will laugh all of that off as "Jewish propaganda". After all, the Germans can do no wrong...
Have You heard of the term
Lapanka?In case You haven't, please permit me to enlighten You. This was the charming German practice of suddenly sealing off a given area, such as a street or square, and taking into custody everyone caught within the said location. These people would be jailed, used as forced labour, or sent to death camps. Any ethnic German or
volksdeutsche would, of course, be allowed to pass. Here's an example:
Below are a few photos of the Polish city of Lodz, just to demonstrate German attitudes towards white Polish culture:
Here is a German soldier posing in front of the statue of Polish hero Tadeusz Kosciuszko, who alsofought for the United Statesduring the War of Independence. The area has been temporarily converted into a fuel depot...
Later, in a truly courteous gesture, the amiable Germans have destroyed the statue, to replace it with...
Ah, yes, the "native population" is being treated with the utmost regard. Finally...
Ceremony marking the changing of Lodz's name to Litzmannstadt - 1940.
Yes, after the Jews were disposed of, a free Poland would exist side by side with Germany, in a partnership of white equals...
Please accept my apologies for any offence that this post may cause. I am not making personal attacks, nor am I attempting to sow discord - I am only providing a non-German (and specifically Polish) view of the Second World War. If people find this distasteful, well, both sides of the story have a right to be told - and I do not feel that I should have to apologise for that...
Edited by: Rebajlo