PT Jan-67 - Herbert W. Armstrong Library and Archives
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<strong>Jan</strong>uary, 19<strong>67</strong><br />
this way: "We doubt," they reason,<br />
"that German bombing victims had a<br />
more humane death than the Jews at<br />
Auschwitz."<br />
This is the new Nazi-like party that<br />
recently captured 8 seats in the Hesse<br />
State Legislatu re! And 15 seats in the<br />
Bavarian State Parliament! Besides this,<br />
al ready 124 NPD delegates are sitting<br />
in city governments across Germany!<br />
The foot is firmly in the door!<br />
Who votes NPD' The poll takers<br />
give the alarming answer: Germans<br />
from every walk of life. Laborers,<br />
self-employed persons, students as well<br />
as soldiers. Former sergeants <strong>and</strong><br />
captains of the Wehrmacht <strong>and</strong> Luftwaffe<br />
support them. Also government<br />
officials, clerks, teachers, <strong>and</strong> many with<br />
higher edu,ations. Especially young<br />
voters from 25-35 years of age arc<br />
susceptible to thei r propag<strong>and</strong>a. About<br />
30 percent of their followers fall in<br />
this age group. Most of these were only<br />
10 years old or younger when the Hitler<br />
regime collapsed. This clearly points out<br />
how much old NeJzi doctrine today' J<br />
German YOllth have been absorbing at<br />
the fam ily dinner table.<br />
Germans are still falling victim to<br />
their own nature! "The problem," said<br />
Rudolf Augstein of Der Spiegel, " is not<br />
the NPD! The problem is the Germalls<br />
This photo of headlines on neo-Nazi<br />
revival from Briti sh newspapers was<br />
reproduced in Germany's leading<br />
news magazine.<br />
The PLAIN TRUTH<br />
who vote for them." He continued :<br />
"The postwar era which democrats<br />
thought to be safe <strong>and</strong> secure [against<br />
a Nazi comeback:] has el1ded. 1I<br />
I could hardly belie,ve my ears as I<br />
heard NPD vice-chai rman Adolf von<br />
Thadden (the "new Adolf" as he is<br />
being called) declare at a raucous rally<br />
in Hitler's favorite city of Niirnberg<br />
recently: "Militarily we totally lost the<br />
war. The question whether we also lost<br />
it politically is still completely open."<br />
Do you grasp the meaning of Herr<br />
von Thadden's spine-chilling words?<br />
For over 20 years The PLAIN TRUTH<br />
magazine has been telling you that the<br />
Nazis went underground before the end<br />
of World War II! And that Nazis<br />
planned a comeback for one final try at<br />
conquering the world !<br />
Inside the West German<br />
Government<br />
Some are taking consolation in the<br />
fact that NPD members are not yet<br />
seated in the Bundestag. How long will<br />
this situat ion remain? Will the NPD<br />
soon sit in Bonn?<br />
Let's take a look at the recent crisis<br />
there.<br />
In October of 1965, The PLAIN<br />
TRUTH reported that the then newly<br />
elected Erhard government was the<br />
weakest of postwar Germany. Now,<br />
after only one year in power, it has been<br />
toppled by the FDP (Free Democrats),<br />
the junior coalition partner, over an<br />
unbalanced budget.<br />
For five long weeks Germany was<br />
ruled by a minority, It was during this<br />
time that the alarming NPD victories<br />
in Hesse <strong>and</strong> Bavaria were scored.<br />
Frantic power plays dominated the<br />
German scene, As the big parties fought<br />
each other <strong>and</strong> dragged the crisis on,<br />
the NPD cashed in on the defectors.<br />
A new election was dreaded. The<br />
parties could not financially afford one<br />
so soon after the 1965 campaign. But<br />
even more important, it was feared that<br />
the NPD wou ld hurdle the 5 percent<br />
limitation clause <strong>and</strong> capture seats in the<br />
Bundestag (Parliament). The leaders in<br />
Bonn cannot afford to let that happen.<br />
It would hamstring the unaccomplished<br />
goals of creati ng a reunited Germany<br />
<strong>and</strong> a United States of Europe. The<br />
apprehension against a Nazi-tainted gov-<br />
Df)" Photo<br />
Kurt-Georg Kiesinger, Germany's<br />
new Chancellor, heads Gr<strong>and</strong> Coalition<br />
of Social Democrats <strong>and</strong><br />
Christian Democrats.<br />
ernment would nul1ify Germany's influence<br />
with the big powers.<br />
How was the embarrassment avoided?<br />
A quick: compromise was worked out.<br />
In an arrangement often deemed impossible<br />
Willy Br<strong>and</strong>t's left-wing Social<br />
Democrats (SPD) joined in a "Gr<strong>and</strong><br />
Coalition" with their former arch enemies,<br />
the Christian Democrats (CDU)<br />
<strong>and</strong> their Bava rian partner, Franz<br />
Josef Strauss' Christian Socialist Union<br />
(CSU).<br />
This is a partnershi p between left <strong>and</strong><br />
right (Red <strong>and</strong> Black, the Germans call<br />
it), with a former Nazi} Kurt-Georg<br />
Kiesinger, as Chancellor, <strong>and</strong> Franz<br />
Josef Strauss back in the cabinet -<br />
this time as Minister of Finance. This<br />
compromise also gave the Social Democrats<br />
a weak h<strong>and</strong> on the power lever,<br />
something they could not resist after<br />
17 long years of effort. Erich Mende's<br />
49 Free Democrats (FDP) now sit alone<br />
in the opposition benches formerly<br />
warmed by the SPD.<br />
Wanted -<br />
One Strong Man<br />
The result is that West Germany now<br />
has the weakest postwar government<br />
ever - weaker even than the recently<br />
toppled Erhard regime. And history<br />
shows us that weak governments in<br />
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