How JFK secretly ADMIRED Hitler

[Locutus]

A new book out in Germany reveals how President Kennedy was a secret admirer of the Nazis.

The news comes embarrassingly close to a visit being paid to Berlin next month by President Obama - one week before 50th anniversary commemorations of JFK's memorable 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech pledging US solidarity with Europe during the Cold War.

President Kennedy's travelogues and letters chronicling his wanderings through Germany before WWII, when Adolf Hitler was in power, have been unearthed and show him generally in favour of the movement that was to plunge the world into the greatest war in history

'Fascism?' wrote the youthful president-to-be in one. 'The right thing for Germany.'

In another; 'What are the evils of fascism compared to communism?'

And on August 21, 1937 - two years before the war that would claim 50 million lives broke out - he wrote: 'The Germans really are too good - therefore people have ganged up on them to protect themselves.'

And in a line which seems directly plugged into the racial superiority line plugged by the Third Reich he wrote after travelling through the Rhineland: 'The Nordic races certainly seem to be superior to the Romans.'

The future president's praise is now embarrassing in hindsight - a few years later he fought in War War Two against the Nazis and his elder brother Lt. Joseph Patrick 'Joe' Kennedy, Jr was killed.


'Ich bin ein Phony'


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How JFK secretly ADMIRED Hitler: Explosive book reveals former President's praise for the Nazis as he travelled through Germany before Second World War | Mail Online

 

[darkbeaver]

Isn't it odd that much of the west at one time thought Mr Hitler's leadership was exemplary? I guess we have progressed. It's just a guess though. It seems the real past is embarrassing to the Mail Online and maybe western journalism in general.

 

[Dexter Sinister]

Aw fer gawd's sake, JFK was barely out of his teens at the time, how many of us would stand by everything we thought, said, or wrote at that age twenty years later?

 

[karrie]

Aw fer gawd's sake, JFK was barely out of his teens at the time, how many of us would stand by everything we thought, said, or wrote at that age twenty years later?

Not to mention, JFK obviously wasn't a psychic.

 

[Zipperfish]

Explosive book? yeah, not so much. That was like 50 years ago. JustinTrudeau had a brief little flirtation with fascism as I recall too.

That said, having served with German soldiers, there was more than a few times when I thought "it must have sucked fighting you guys." They were big and capable. But no sense of humour. The German soldier--very polite,--came up to teh Canadian Sgt-Maj and asked "Vot is zee zignificance of zis flower that you vear?" (pointing at a poppy). The Sgt-Maj points at it and says "Listen buddy, you don't get these for coming in second." True story.. I was standing right there, laughing my *** off.

 

[Highball]

JFK's father Joseph was recalled as the Ambassador to England over his publicly voicing his very positive opinions about who successful he thought Hitler was with rebuilding a broke and destitute Germany. The recall was demanded by the governments of western Europe who felt that a German invasi9on was on the horizon. Joe Kennedy never spoke publicly about the incident but his family was in residence with him in a nice estate just outside London during that period.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Without the historical context of what happened later, one could commend Hitler of uniting and fixing a broken Germany even if one did not agree with the means.

If he had written these in the 1950s this would have been a story.

 

[darkbeaver]

Old Adolph is held up to us masses as the champion of bad by the new improved champion of bad. How can a long dead mythical figure figure so prominently in todays pop cult?

 

[gopher]

If any of that is true, it will be remembered that Prescott Bush loved Hitler as did the Vatican. Thankfully, everybody changed their minds thereafter.

 

[Cannuck]

Without the historical context of what happened later, one could commend Hitler of uniting and fixing a broken Germany even if one did not agree with the means.

If he had written these in the 1950s this would have been a story.

If Hitler had dropped dead of a heart attack in 1938, he may very well have gone down in history as a great leader. The turnaround in the German economy, during his leadership, was remarkable.

 

[Colpy]

If Hitler had dropped dead of a heart attack in 1938, he may very well have gone down in history as a great leader. The turnaround in the German economy, during his leadership, was remarkable.

Hmmmm...

For that you would have to ignore the burning of the Reichstag, the Nuremberg Laws, the annexation of much of Czechoslovakia, the Anschluss............

JFK was undoubtedly influenced by his father Joseph, ambassador to Great Britain, and American cheerleader for the Nazis.

 

[WLDB]

Winston Churchill aside, most people outside of Germany before the war had a positive view of Hitler. Among his fans were Henry Ford and Charles Lindberg. It doesnt really surprise me that a young JFK also would have had a positive opinion of him. Im not really sure why so many people outside of Germany liked him. Sure the German economy improved a fair bit but anyone who had read his book would know what he was planning on doing next. You really dont need hindsight to see that he wanted to go to war and commit genocide. Stalin in particular was an idiot for agreeing to a non-aggression pact with Hitler then being totally shocked when Hitler broke it.

 

[coldstream]

JFK seemed to be a chip off his old block.. with statements his father, Joseph, made while U.S. Ambassador to Britain.. in favour of appeasement and blaming the Jews for their treatment by the Nazis. In fairness.. both JFK and his brother Joe served honourably and in fact heroically in the fight against fascism in WW2.. Joe dying in an ill conceived bombing raid that was little more than a suicide mission.

 

[WLDB]

Explosive book? yeah, not so much. That was like 50 years ago. JustinTrudeau had a brief little flirtation with fascism as I recall too.

Justin did? I wasnt aware of that. I know his father was before WW2 but didnt know the younger one was as well.

 

[Colpy]

Explosive book? yeah, not so much. That was like 50 years ago. JustinTrudeau had a brief little flirtation with fascism as I recall too.

That said, having served with German soldiers, there was more than a few times when I thought "it must have sucked fighting you guys." They were big and capable. But no sense of humour. The German soldier--very polite,--came up to teh Canadian Sgt-Maj and asked "Vot is zee zignificance of zis flower that you vear?" (pointing at a poppy). The Sgt-Maj points at it and says "Listen buddy, you don't get these for coming in second." True story.. I was standing right there, laughing my *** off.

Justin had a brief flirtation 10 years before he was born??

Good Lord, he IS the Second Coming....lol

(Sorry, I couldn't resist)

It was, of course, PET......unfortunately he backed it up by orchestrating his own exit from the military, (obviously a occupation for the peasants, one might get their precious self harmed) and then proceeded to prove as PM he really DID appreciate some aspects of fascism. Like martial law, centralization of power in his own hands, and complete scorn for "those nobodies" that the peasants elected to Parliament.

Don't get me going.

Justin did? I wasnt aware of that. I know his father was before WW2 but didnt know the younger one was as well.

Ahh you beat me to it....

 

[Sal]

this is supposed to embarrass Obama...lol...yeah okay

1. Kodak. During World War Two, Kodak's German branch used slave laborers from concentration camps. Several of their other European branches did heavy business with the Nazi government.
   
   And Wilhelm Keppler, one of Hitler's top economic advisers, had deep ties in Kodak. When Nazism began, Keppler advised Kodak and several other U.S. companies that they'd benefit by firing all of their Jewish employees. (Source: The Nation)
2. Hugo Boss. In the 1930s, Hugo Boss started making Nazi uniforms. The reason: Hugo Boss himself had joined the Nazi party, and got a contract to make the Hitler Youth, storm trooper and SS uniforms.
   
   That was a huge boon for Hugo Boss... he got the contract just eight years after founding his company... and that infusion of business helped take the company to another level.
   
   The Nazi uniform manufacturing went so well that Hugo Boss ended up needing to bring in slave laborers in Poland and France to help out at the factory.
   
   In 1997, Hugo's son, Siegfried Boss, told an Austrian news magazine, "Of course my father belonged to the Nazi party. But who didn't belong back then?" (Source: New York Times)
3. Volkswagen. Ferdinand Porsche, the man behind Volkswagen and Porsche, met with Hitler in 1934, to discuss the creation of a "people's car." (That's the English translation of Volkswagen.)
   
   Hitler told Porsche to make the car with a streamlined shape, "like a beetle." And that's the genesis of the Volkswagen Beetle... it wasn't just designed for the Nazis, Hitler NAMED it.
   
   During World War Two, it's believed that as many as four out of every five workers at Volkswagen's plants were slave laborers. Ferdinand Porsche even had a direct connection to Heinrich Himmler, one of the leaders of the SS, to directly request slaves from Auschwitz. (Source: The Straight Dope)

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[Gilgamesh]

A new book out in Germany reveals how President Kennedy was a secret admirer of the Nazis.

The news comes embarrassingly close to a visit being paid to Berlin next month by President Obama - one week before 50th anniversary commemorations of JFK's memorable 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech pledging US solidarity with Europe during the Cold War.

President Kennedy's travelogues and letters chronicling his wanderings through Germany before WWII, when Adolf Hitler was in power, have been unearthed and show him generally in favour of the movement that was to plunge the world into the greatest war in history

'Fascism?' wrote the youthful president-to-be in one. 'The right thing for Germany.'

In another; 'What are the evils of fascism compared to communism?'

And on August 21, 1937 - two years before the war that would claim 50 million lives broke out - he wrote: 'The Germans really are too good - therefore people have ganged up on them to protect themselves.'

And in a line which seems directly plugged into the racial superiority line plugged by the Third Reich he wrote after travelling through the Rhineland: 'The Nordic races certainly seem to be superior to the Romans.'

The future president's praise is now embarrassing in hindsight - a few years later he fought in War War Two against the Nazis and his elder brother Lt. Joseph Patrick 'Joe' Kennedy, Jr was killed.


'Ich bin ein Phony'


enjoy:

How JFK secretly ADMIRED Hitler: Explosive book reveals former President's praise for the Nazis as he travelled through Germany before Second World War | Mail Online

This breaking news!!!

Both JFK & Kennedy are dead.

 

[Curious Cdn]

This breaking news!!!

Both JFK & Kennedy are dead.

Hitler, however, has been kept alive by Dr. Mengele down in Uruguay.

 

[Hoid]

JOe Kennedy was well-known for his pro nazism.