Yes, that is always the problem in reading anything about history. You and I were not there. We cannot know with 100% certainty who is telling the truth, or if the truth is somewhere in the middle.

That said, I was raised on propaganda, but of course did not recognize it as such as a child. The same is true of you and everyone else.

As adults, we can look at other sources of information, and use our critical thinking skills to decern what is more likely true or not true.

It seems clear to me, now that I have seen the story from more than one angle, that the communists had already taken over Russia and were infiltrating other countries, including Germany.

Hitler's rise to power was a reaction to that, by those who saw the dangers of the communists' bloody ideology and their degrading of society. (Just like we see today.)

It also seems obvious by now that most of the communist leaders were Jews. It should not be surprising, then, that Hitler rounded up those who were responsible for trying to destroy the German culture and the German people.

It makes sense, in this context, why Hitler praised the greatness of the ethnic Germans (because they really WERE good people with a proud history), while he also denounced the degradation of the Jews who were behind the bloody ideas of communism.

The people who were rounded up in the early days were both Jews and others who likley deserved to be rounded up. As things progressed towards world war, due to Churchill's lust for war mostly, the Germans imprisoned many Jews for the same reasons that the Americans imprisoned many Japanese. They were suspected of secretly working for the other side during wartime.

Many Jews, however were never sent to prison camps. More than 100,000 served in the German military, and Hitler's personal bodyguard was half-Jew.

The Holocaust, of course, we now know never happened. That was a lie. We know this because we know that there were no gas chambers, so the story as told could not have happened.

Most of what we were taught in school about this era was not true.

Once people start reading through original documents, rather than being spoon-fed by textbooks (written by people with an agenda themselves), then the picture starts to become a little more clear about where the truth really falls, but none of us were there, so we can only arrive at conclusions based on thinking it through in a critical manner. Blindly believing anyone is not the smart way to go.

Yes, that is always the problem in reading anything about history. You and I were not there. We cannot know with 100% certainty who is telling the truth, or if the truth is somewhere in the middle.

That said, I was raised on propaganda, but of course did not recognize it as such as a child. The same is true of you and everyone else.

As adults, we can look at other sources of information, and use our critical thinking skills to decern what is more likely true or not true.

It seems clear to me, now that I have seen the story from more than one angle, that the communists had already taken over Russia and were infiltrating other countries, including Germany.

Hitler's rise to power was a reaction to that, by those who saw the dangers of the communists' bloody ideology and their degrading of society. (Just like we see today.)

It also seems obvious by now that most of the communist leaders were Jews. It should not be surprising, then, that Hitler rounded up those who were culpable in trying to destroy the German culture and the German people.

It makes sense, in this context, why Hitler praised the greatness of the ethnic Germans (because they really WERE good people with a proud history), while he also denounced the degradation of the Jews who were behind the bloody ideas of communism.

The people who were rounded up in the early days were both Jews and others who likley deserved to be rounded up. As things progressed towards world war, due to Churchill's lust for war mostly, the Germans imprisoned many Jews for the same reasons that the Americans imprisoned many Japanese. They were suspected of secretly working for the other side during wartime.

Many Jews, however were never sent to prison camps. More than 100,000 served in the German military, and Hitler's personal bodyguard was half-Jew.

The Holocaust, of course, we now know never happened. That was a lie. We know this because we know that there were no gas chambers, so the story as told could not have happened.

Most of what we were taught in school about this era was not true.

Once people start reading through original documents, rather than being spoon-fed by textbooks (written by people with an agenda themselves), then the picture starts to become a little more clear about where the truth really falls, but none of us were there, so we can only arrive at conclusions based on thinking it through in a critical manner. Blindly believing anyone is not the smart way to go.

Yes, that is always the problem in reading anything about history. You and I were not there. We cannot know with 100% certainty who is telling the truth, or if the truth is somewhere in the middle.

That said, I was raised on propaganda, but of course did not recognize it as such as a child. The same is true of you and everyone else.

As adults, we can look at other sources of information, and use our critical thinking skills to decern what is more likely true or not true.

It seems clear to me, now that I have seen the story from more than one angle, that the communists had already taken over Russia and were infiltrating other countries, including Germany.

Hitler's rise to power was a reaction to that, for those who saw the dangers of the communists' bloody ideology.

It also seems obvious by now that most of the communist leaders were Jews. It should not be surprising, then, that Hitler rounded up those who were culpable in trying to destroy the German culture and the German people.

It makes sense, in this context, why Hitler praised the greatness of the ethnic Germans (because they really WERE good people with a proud history), while he also denounced the degradation of the Jews who were behind the bloody ideas of communism.

The people who were rounded up in the early days were both Jews and others who likley deserved to be rounded up. As things progressed towards world war, due to Churchill's lust for war mostly, the Germans imprisoned many Jews for the same reasons that the Americans imprisoned many Japanese. They were suspected of secretly working for the other side during wartime.

Many Jews, however were never sent to prison camps. More than 100,000 served in the German military, and Hitler's personal bodyguard was half-Jew.

The Holocaust, of course, we now know never happened. That was a lie. We know this because we know that there were no gas chambers, so the story as told could not have happened.

Most of what we were taught in school about this era was not true.

Once people start reading through original documents, rather than being spoon-fed by textbooks (written by people with an agenda themselves), then the picture starts to become a little more clear about where the truth really falls, but none of us were there, so we can only arrive at conclusions based on thinking it through in a critical manner. Blindly believing anyone is not the smart way to go.

Yes, that is always the problem in reading anything about history. You and I were not there. We cannot know with 100% certainty who is telling the truth, or if the truth is somewhere in the middle.

That said, I was raised on propaganda, but of course did not recognize it as such as a child. The same is true of you and everyone else.

As adults, we can look at other sources of information, and use our critical thinking skills to decern what is more likely true or not true.

It seems clear to me, now that I have seen the story from more than one angle, that the communists had already taken over Russia and were infiltrating other countries, including Germany.

Hitler's rise to power was a reaction to that, for those who saw the dangers of the communists' bloody ideology.

It also seems obvious by now that most of the communist leaders were Jews. It should not be surprising, then, that Hitler rounded up those who were culpable in trying to destroy the German culture and the German people.

It makes sense, in this context, why Hitler praised the greatness of the ethnic Germans (because they really WERE good people with a proud history), while he also denounced the degradation of the Jews who were behind the bloody ideas of communism.

The people who were rounded up in the early days were both Jews and others who likley deserved to be rounded up. As things progressed towards world war, due to Churchill's lust for war mostly, the Germans imprisoned many Jews for the same reasons that the Americans imprisoned many Japanese. They were suspected of secretly working for the other side during wartime.

Many Jews, however were never sent to prison camps. More than 100,000 served in the German military, and Hitler's personal bodyguard was half-Jew.

The Holocaust, of course, we now know never happened. That was a lie. We know this because we know that there were no gas chambers, so the story as told could not have happened.

Most of what we were taught in school about this era was not true.

Once people start reading through original documents, rather than being spoon-fed by textbooks (written by people with an agenda themselves), then the picture starts to become more true about where the truth really falls.