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There’s a town in southeast Germany known as Wunseidel that’s pretty fed up with the Nazis as well. Every year, right-wing extremists march through the town to celebrate the birthday of Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s deputy, who is buried in Wunseidel. They march through the streets, glorifying the Third Reich, which is bound to piss some people off, but there’s probably very little the citizens of Wunseidel can do about it.
This year, however, they were fed up, and came up with a prank so genius that they put even the likes of Jimmy Kimmel or Sacha Baron Cohen to shame. This year, instead of observing the march from a safe distance, the citizens of Wunseidel welcomed the Neo-Nazis with confetti, banners and open arms. Why? Because citizens and local businesses decided to sponsor the march, and donated all the proceeds to an anti-Nazi charity.
That’s some Andy Kaufman-level shit right there. For every meter the Nazis marched, local businesses and citizens donated $12.50 USD to a non-government organization known as EXIT Germany, a support group for current and former members of Nazi groups who wish to exit the lifestyle. The Neo-Nazis that showed up either had to give up their march or inadvertently support a group that contributes to their downfall.
They went ahead with the march as planned, even with signs taunting them along their way, including “Final sprint instead of victory”.
Owned..
[via The Washington Post]
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I always wonder why nazi’s are referred to as ‘right-wing’. The NAZI party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei meaning ‘National Socialist German Workers’ Party’) was pretty damn far to the left; they nationalized healthcare, roadways, businesses, universities, and railways. not exactly a right-sided plan
When governments go too far to the left or two far to the right they end up in the same place. Odd, but true. One is fascist, the other is communist.
They both essentially end in state capitalism, where the state has taken full reign of the economy and all that entails. The difference between fascism (far right) and communism (far left) is window dressing.
Also, future lobbyist, as someone whose second degree is in Germanic studies: the Nazi party was essentially taken over by the German far right. It was a liberal workers party prior to the 1930s, but there was a bit of the culling of the herd as Hitler’s populist rhetoric lead many actual leftists to either flee the party or join the nationalist fervor and shift to the right. Hitler himself was a bit of a political odd duck. In terms of social issues, he was extremely right wing, and clearly an imperialist aggressor. His domestic policy was more liberal, but only in that he basically did the same kinds of things FDR did on a nationalization level, though he went further with healthcare and the railway system at the urging of those hold outs from the Nazi left-wing era.
Sorry for the tl;dr, but I think it’s important for people to understand the actual historical context in Germany when this issue gets brought up. Really, both the left and the right ends of the spectrum created Nazi Germany. It was a bi-partisan effort.
what a well written, intelligent, helpful statement. I’m almost in shock, usually by now the internet and its inhabitants would have shit out some mindless bullshit that doesnt help anyone, but you actually responded in a useful manner. Good job sir.
The right-wing aspect comes from the use of social conservatism and nationalism to galvanize citizens. Not sure about Hitler’s economic beliefs, but the nationalization of industry was also necessary for the war effort.