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Oh well. I'll admit my sample group of Germans is probably not terribly representative, as it consists mainly of art students and design professionals.

coldtea 9y ago
Yeah, those kind of circles would have been against the Nazi's even during the 1930's anyway.
- mc32 9y ago
  I'm not sure of that. More than a few intellectuals supported the regime.
- fvdessen 9y ago
  Hitler was an art student, Mussolini a journalist.
- maxxxxx 9y ago
  No way. The Nazis had supporters from all professions including many scientists, artists and philosophers.
  - ekianjo 9y ago
    Yes, that is indeed quite true. And, we tend not to talk about it too much these days, but they even had supporters in other countries too (including the US), who admired the changes brought by Hitler as he ascended to power. Of course, hindsight changes everything.
    - TeMPOraL 9y ago
      Similarly, communism in Russia / USSR had plenty of support in western intellectual circles in the early XX century and well past WWII - despite evidence being available that horrible things happen there to regular people.
      - philtar 9y ago
        I think you're confusing the words communism and fascism.
    - outsideoflife 9y ago
      And in the UK. Indeed it seems that the UK government were very close indeed to forming a pact with Hitler. There was a UK facist movement, and the Daily Mail newspaper(still going) ran the headline 'Hurrah for the Blackshirts', the blackshirts were the UK facists. It is a liberal joke to call them the 'Daily Heil' in return for this. It just goes to demonstrate the absurdity of the idea of a country being good or bad. People are good or bad, not the rocks they stand on.
      - ekianjo 9y ago
        > And in the UK. Indeed it seems that the UK government were very close indeed to forming a pact with Hitler. I don't know how close they were, but Hitler was clearly an admirer of the British Empire, and highly respected them (before the war broke out). He was led to believe that invasion of Poland would not cause France nor England to declare war on Germany (despite the existence of the alliances). Even after the war broke out, there were multiple cases where he tried to negotiate peace with the British Empire, but then Churchill was in power and was dead against the idea.

coldtea 9y ago

Yeah, those kind of circles would have been against the Nazi's even during the 1930's anyway.

mc32 9y ago
I'm not sure of that. More than a few intellectuals supported the regime.
fvdessen 9y ago
Hitler was an art student, Mussolini a journalist.
maxxxxx 9y ago
No way. The Nazis had supporters from all professions including many scientists, artists and philosophers.
- ekianjo 9y ago
  Yes, that is indeed quite true. And, we tend not to talk about it too much these days, but they even had supporters in other countries too (including the US), who admired the changes brought by Hitler as he ascended to power. Of course, hindsight changes everything.
  - TeMPOraL 9y ago
    Similarly, communism in Russia / USSR had plenty of support in western intellectual circles in the early XX century and well past WWII - despite evidence being available that horrible things happen there to regular people.
    - philtar 9y ago
      I think you're confusing the words communism and fascism.
  - outsideoflife 9y ago
    And in the UK. Indeed it seems that the UK government were very close indeed to forming a pact with Hitler. There was a UK facist movement, and the Daily Mail newspaper(still going) ran the headline 'Hurrah for the Blackshirts', the blackshirts were the UK facists. It is a liberal joke to call them the 'Daily Heil' in return for this. It just goes to demonstrate the absurdity of the idea of a country being good or bad. People are good or bad, not the rocks they stand on.
    - ekianjo 9y ago
      > And in the UK. Indeed it seems that the UK government were very close indeed to forming a pact with Hitler. I don't know how close they were, but Hitler was clearly an admirer of the British Empire, and highly respected them (before the war broke out). He was led to believe that invasion of Poland would not cause France nor England to declare war on Germany (despite the existence of the alliances). Even after the war broke out, there were multiple cases where he tried to negotiate peace with the British Empire, but then Churchill was in power and was dead against the idea.