war is not far away
In this era, it is advisable to read books and read more books. I read "The Story of a German" a while ago, and then read the book "My Neighbor Hitler". The author of the former is an Aryan recognized by the Nazis, and the author of the latter is a Jew; one is not affected, and the other is Hitler. The group that needs to be eliminated and then quickly. The two were teenagers at the time, and they depicted their lives from two perspectives, which happened to be two halves of a circle. Together, they could see the more complete German atmosphere at that time.
Edgar Feuchtwanger comes from an intellectual family. His father is an editor and publisher. His uncle, Lion Feuchtwanger, is a famous anti-Nazi playwright. Feuchtwanger's family was from an upper-class background and lived in the suburbs of Munich. His father, who was very dress-conscious and liked to wear a full suit, often met friends in cafes and read newspapers. When he was five years old, Hitler moved to the building opposite his residence. The little boy saw Hitler's activities every day, and even met him in person - think about it, Hitler was already emerging at that time. He also made no secret of his hatred of the Jews. Anyone who reads this book will sweat for the Feuchtwanger family.
Fortunately, Edgar's childhood was largely unaffected, until his beloved niece resigned due to regulations that prevented him from working for Jews, and he felt the Nazi intimidation firsthand. The relationship between relatives and father left one by one. Although my father did not believe that Hitler could take power, he also began to discuss immigration with his mother, and carefully studied Palestine, the United States, Britain, France and other places, but none of them were satisfactory: in some places, They hate Jews, or their economy and education are not ideal; in the UK, they do not understand English; they want to go to France to seek refuge with relatives and friends who have immigrated there, but they are worried about economic problems; Switzerland cannot issue three visas to their family of three at one time.
Life in Germany is getting harder and harder, but Edgar's father sighs, after all, he has a house, furniture, books, friends, and he has a good reputation in the community, can give lectures, and write newspapers - the Jewish struggle ninety years ago , Hong Kong people today can definitely appreciate it!
It wasn't that Edgar's father couldn't see Hitler's ambitions clearly. After Hitler invaded Austria, aiming at Czechoslovakia, " Konrad Hanlein, a Nazi party member of the Sudetenland, will declare independence for his region in the name of national self-determination, and our dear Adi (Adolf Shih) Terra) immediately assembled his troops to the Czechoslovakian border. If he was not allowed to cross the border and let him embrace the German brothers and sisters who saw him as saviours and greeted them with bouquets of flowers, he would threaten the whole world with a full-scale war. ” I was shocked. What's the difference between the words and scenes of Putin's invasion of Ukraine?
His father Yin Yin told him: " Remember this day, just like January 30, 1933, the day our neighbor became prime minister, we must remember September 30, 1938. Buerschi, you must remember it for the rest of your life. On this day, France and Britain handed over Czechoslovakia to the Nazis. ” (Press: After the disintegration of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, after getting rid of Big Brother’s control, Czechoslovakia and Slovakia became two independent countries.)
Edgar's aunt Bella had fled to live in Prague earlier, and when she returned to Berlin to meet Edgar, she happily said that she was free in Prague, that her passport could travel the world, and urged Edgar's family to leave Germany as soon as possible - she certainly did not expect the Czech Republic One day, if she falls into the grasp of the Soviet Communist Party, if she does not emigrate again, but moves to a western country, she will not be able to escape the nightmare after all.
Edgar's parents were undecided about whether to immigrate or not, until in 1938, when his father was taken to Dachau concentration camp, and he was lucky enough to be released, the family finally decided to immigrate and moved to the UK the following year. Edgar recalls his father returning home from the camp, haggard, emaciated, sick, and at first not recognizing him at all.
Edgar became a historian in England, and after publishing his childhood memories, the BBC interviewed him. Hope he is still alive.
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20210025
Hitler's biggest call to the Germans is to make them feel that they can get out of the humiliation of defeat in the First World War, regain their brilliance, and become a great nation. How is this thinking different from Putin? Putin won the Russian election and became president. It is because the Russians do not resent the humiliation of the disintegration of the Soviet Union and Russia under Yeltsin's declining national strength; Putin's annexation of Crimea and occupation of Ukraine also stemmed from the humiliation of the disintegration of the Soviet Union. To regain its prestige and become a great power. Gao Yusheng, the former Chinese ambassador to Ukraine, gave a speech at the China International Finance Thirty Forum and the Internal Vision Seminar of the Research Department of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences not long ago. He pointed out that the speech was removed shortly after it was posted on the Phoenix website. Fortunately, someone has saved it. , now visible.
"The core and primary direction of the Putin regime's foreign policy is to regard the former Soviet Union as its exclusive sphere of influence, and rely on the integration mechanism in various fields dominated by Russia to restore the empire. For this reason, Russia is duplicitous, reneges on its promises, and has never truly recognized the status of other former Soviet countries. Independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, frequent violations of their territory and sovereignty. This is the greatest threat to peace, security and stability in Eurasia.”
People who have experienced the socialist years are more vigilant and see more clearly. The internationally renowned Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek pointed out on March 5 that Putin wants to revive the Russian Empire.
https://www.total-slovenia-news.com/politics/9686-zizek-putin-aiming-to-restore-russian-empire
Slovenia is one of the members of Yugoslavia and the smallest by area. Yugoslavia disintegrated and Slovenia became independent in 1991.
In the first century after the end of World War I and World War II, twenty years after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, I thought it was a long time ago, and it had nothing to do with us, but, humiliation, led Hitler and Putin to invade other countries. In other countries in the world, there may also be people who want to use humiliation as an excuse to do evil and be lazy.
In the past, history was one of the most despised subjects. It was considered "useless" and not a subject for money. The history teacher asked about the role of reading history. I answered that I could learn not to repeat the same mistakes. He smiled and continued to ask other students, But did not give an answer. I choose to read history because I love to read stories, but it is always painful to memorize data. However, in recent years, I have been very happy to read Chinese history and world history. Even if I forgot the details, I always knew the general situation and had an impression, and quickly grasped the context of various news topics; After retiring to take a master's course in history, life makes them want to know more about the past.
After 2000 years of education reform in Hong Kong, history is no longer a compulsory course. Students who are interested in learning must consciously look for different materials. I, now more aware of the importance of history, must read more. Understand why evil regimes always want to delete history.
The greatest weapon against the regime is to record carefully and not to forget. Edgar Feuchtwanger became a historian in England and wrote several books. Don't be surprised if you read chapters that seem far and near.
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