[lbo-talk] Did Germans fall for the 'Feel-Good' Führer?

Colin Brace cwb at lim.nl
Thu Mar 24 07:47:08 PST 2005


SPIEGEL ONLINE, 03/22/2005

New Holocaust Book, New Theory: How Germans Fell for the 'Feel-Good' Führer

By Jody K. Biehl in Berlin

Hitler not only fattened his adoring "Volk" with jobs and low taxes, he also fed his war machine through robbery and murder, says a German historian in a stunning new book. Far from considering Nazism oppressive, most Germans thought of it as warm-hearted, asserts Goetz Aly. The book is generating significant buzz in Germany and it may mark the beginning of a new level of Holocaust discourse.

You can download the complete article over the Internet at the following URL:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,347726,00.html



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