Since the Shoah

The New European World Order

To understand what has happened in individual countries since the end of the Shoah, one must first understand the landscape and zeitgeist3 of Europe. When one reads general histories of World War II and the Holocaust; one usually focuses on either the military/political aspects of the war; or upon the nature of suffering and genocide which occurred and how persons adapted or did not adapt. An average person when asked about WWII and why it occured, will generally either not know, or refer to Germany's efforts at world domination or the killing of millions.

A central theme however, ran through Hitler's politics; and that theme is still extant. Hitler saw the domination and unification of Europe as a centrally desired goal: with Germany and the Third Reich at the forefront of leadership and control. Many are aware of the Reich's desire to cleanse Europe of what they considered to be "inferior blood": the lame, the mentally- impaired, the Jews, Gypsies (Roma & Sinti(sp) 'bolsheviks'/political prisoners and others in a process focused primarily on the European Jewish population called, "Judenrein". His concept of a "Master Race" (see Eugenics would then essentially replace every other 'root race' in a nordic utopia. The Third Reich had the followig goals for Europe and the Aryan peoples:

Judenrein:

the 'purifying' of the bloodlines by 'cleansing' or completely ridding all Jewish blood from Europe

Propagation of the Aryan Race:

The redefinition by careful eugenics of replacing the bloodlines with Aryan blood.

Lebensraum:

the re-population of Europe in occupied countries with the German/nordic peoples; allowing them greater 'living room or space' as the title implies. This also would give Germany a military and politcal stronghold over occupied territories

Confiscation of Resources:

The food and mineral/oil and other natural resources of newly- inhabited territories were to be harnessed firstly in the German war effort, and then for the benefit of the German people. (e.g. Food Resources of Belarus and the Ukraine were ransacked to feed the German army and peoples while other nations fought starvation.)

Re-definition of Religion:

While many did not realize during the War how anti-Christian the Reich was, notes by Goebbels5state clearly that during the war there would be conciliatory measures to keep peace with the church, but after the war, the Church would literally be erased and substituted with the nordic-occultic mysticism of the Chief members of the Reich, notably the worship of Wotan.

The Unification of Europe

is one of the most critical points to understand in the face of europe then and now. Hitler believed that Europe needed to come together in the form of a "New European World Order"; in this century, the notion of a new world order is spoken of frequently, but it was central to the Reich's view of the culmination of its efforts. Germany would sit reigning in control over a 10+ nation confederacy across the continent: the above-mentioned goals would be enacted. It never came to pass. Hitler was after great effort soundly defeated by the allies, and the camps were liberated. Broken wounded countries went back to re-building what little was left at the end of the war. In many major cities over 80% of the buildings and structures were in utter, unrecoverable rubble. The restoration of Europe was not immediate. Today, we are again facing the erosion of individual countries' nationalism, in favor of the Unification of Europe

The unification of Europe is being met with strong feelings on both sides: those in favor see major benefits: the Eurodollar allows ease of business transactions and opportunites and the facility of foreign markets; opening of borders means less difficulty in traveling; a unified legal system is seen a producing greater justice and consistency; and the confederation of European nations is seen as producing a greater defense for every nation.

Not everyone sees the unification process as a good thing. Opponents see the erosion of national borders, defense, and identity. Those looking into the future question the leadership of a multi-nation entity.

Footnotes:

1Banks, Day, Muller, Phelan & Tallman(Eds.) Political Handbook of the World:1995-1996 NY; CSA Publications:SUNY-Binghamton
2"Wilson, Harold, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 97 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1996 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
3 Definition: "the Spirit of the times, rendered from zeit (times) and geist (ghost, or spirit); indicates the 'oversoul' of philosophical, religious, socio-political, economic, and psychological 'spirit' which characterizes a time or era in history.
4Map Credits: Europe: "Wilson, Harold, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 97 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1996 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
5Boelke, (ed.)The Secret Conferences of Joseph Goebbels: 1939-1943
6Gale CorpThe Encyclopaedia of the Holocaust: v. 'x'
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