How the Nazis planned a Fourth Reich ...in the EU

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Post by selki » Mon, May 11, 2009, 8:47 PM UTC

How the Nazis planned a Fourth Reich ...in the EU
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Re: How the Nazis planned a Fourth Reich ...in the EU

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Post by omouse » Mon, May 11, 2009, 9:40 PM UTC

...I would believe this if it came from a more reputable source. Maybe a newspaper that isn't a tabloid? Check out the sidebar, it's full of celebrity gossip and other trashy articles.

Re: How the Nazis planned a Fourth Reich ...in the EU

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Post by kurtosis » Mon, May 11, 2009, 9:52 PM UTC

This part I found particularly interesting: (if true)

"War had been extraordinarily profitable for the German economy. By 1948 - despite six years of conflict, Allied bombing and post-war reparations payments - the capital stock of assets such as equipment and buildings was larger than in 1936, thanks mainly to the armaments boom."

I had always thought it obvious that war was a disaster for the german economy. Many german cities were burnt to the ground. I wonder what the source is on this.

Re: How the Nazis planned a Fourth Reich ...in the EU

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Post by cedsav » Mon, May 11, 2009, 10:02 PM UTC

kurtosis wrote: post #3

This part I found particularly interesting: (if true) "War had been extraordinarily profitable for the German economy. By 1948 - despite six years of conflict, Allied bombing and post-war reparations payments - the capital stock of assets such as equipment and buildings was larger than in 1936, thanks mainly to the armaments boom." I had always thought it obvious that war was a disaster for the german economy. Many g…

yeah, I really doubt it's true. Reparations were paid mainly in machinery and plants and there was a serious attempt at deindustrializing Germany.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_reparations#Europe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgenthau_Plan

Re: How the Nazis planned a Fourth Reich ...in the EU

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Post by toki » Mon, May 11, 2009, 10:36 PM UTC

omouse wrote: post #2

...I would believe this if it came from a more reputable source. Maybe a newspaper that isn't a tabloid? Check out the sidebar, it's full of celebrity gossip and other trashy articles.

The article is something like "Illuminatus" or "Da Vinci" Code for Nazi-Fans. Many interesting and known facts without connection get woven together to support a rather weak story. Even the author doesn't really believe it. The whole truth here is somehow like a sentence which i have read repeatedly in the last weeks on this board:

Correlation is not causation.

(I tried to write some arguments to support my conclusions. But i deleted them. It would have become too long. Go out, read some books on this topic. The facts are much more complicated and fascinating than this dumb conspiracy theory.)