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Randy D

Adolf Hitler wasn't even German, he was Austrian! Why did the German people allow a "derned feriner" gain so much power?

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Posted - March 7, 2017
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  • It was a weird dynamic at the time and before.  The idea of being Austrian as a nationality wasn't strong or common.  It was common for Austrians to consider themselves Germans and vice versa.    Austrian identity among the people of both nations is fairly new .
    You can kinda see the mentality of them having kinship in the German language name Österreicher.   Austrians were traditionally just thought of as the Germans that happen to live under a different crown.   The slavic minority groups excluded.
    So for many it wouldn't have seemed that much like a foreigner.
      March 7, 2017 6:27 AM MST
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  • 53509
    Thank you. 

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      March 7, 2017 6:37 AM MST
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  • 5614
    In short Austrians and Germans are basically the same people. Almost like New Yorkers are to people over in Jersey. Hillary was from Arkansas representing NY. This post was edited by O-uknow at March 7, 2017 6:55 AM MST
      March 7, 2017 6:53 AM MST
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  • A good modern comparison would be like the people who live in parts of Eastern Ukraine who identify as Russians.
      March 7, 2017 6:57 AM MST
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  • 5614
    Up to Putin they will be Russians again. Echoes of Adolf? This post was edited by O-uknow at March 7, 2017 1:48 PM MST
      March 7, 2017 7:11 AM MST
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  • Hi RandyD,
    I have done some looking into your Q, not nearly enough, but I DO know that the Treaty of Versailles must be one of the most catastrophic errors of modern times...extremely punitive. The victors KNEW the treaty would lead to massive inflation - so they indexed the reparation payments to inflation.

    Thus the German people were not only humiliated, but suffering...and then someone, anyone, comes along who is promising to restore Germany's greatness, and offers a traditional scapegoat. (see Glis for the Austrian part...)

    This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at March 7, 2017 6:53 AM MST
      March 7, 2017 6:31 AM MST
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  • 53509
    Thank you. 
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      March 7, 2017 6:37 AM MST
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  • 5614
    The unholy power of Satan?
      March 7, 2017 6:49 AM MST
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  • 1326
    Whether you realize it or not, you hit it right on the nose. (1john 5:19)he reigns supreme now for millenniums. His term is about to expire. (Revelation 12:12)
      June 13, 2017 12:54 AM MDT
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  • 22891
    not sure why
      March 7, 2017 9:18 PM MST
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