tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post2019090195241146665..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Memoirs of an Anti-SemiteAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-5304279888015139942012-05-14T15:34:37.264-07:002012-05-14T15:34:37.264-07:00You are very welcome. :-)You are very welcome. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-6042828304548541222012-05-14T07:55:37.667-07:002012-05-14T07:55:37.667-07:00Many thanks indeed, Ana for your comprehensive ans...Many thanks indeed, Ana for your comprehensive answer to my question.<br /><br />Yes, your first paragraph explains the traditional view and you have answered my question as to why this view has shifted. It is extraordinarily difficult to fit political regimes into neat labels of left and right, and attempts to do so are simplistic if not meaningless, as you point out.<br /><br />I haven't read extensively on "modern" history at all, but thank you for the recommendation and I will look at your article. <br /><br />Again, my thanks, and it always a pleasure to communicate with you.:)Aramintahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468209244357651571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-51658284648528363942012-05-13T16:27:47.579-07:002012-05-13T16:27:47.579-07:00You too, John. :-)
To take your second point fir...You too, John. :-)<br /><br />To take your second point first, you are absolutely right. What I should have said was that fresh publication was banned. The last British edition before 1969 was that of 1944. I’ve now amended the article.<br /><br />Did Lady Macbeth not equivocate with the king, with the other nobles and her dinner guests? We studied the play in third form, which is more than a few years ago now. I shall have to go back over it. <br /><br />Good point about fishy Salmond.<br /><br />I have a Parker anthology in my library which I’ve not as yet read. You intrigue me, so I shall turn to it soon. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-31652593066789385062012-05-13T16:18:09.442-07:002012-05-13T16:18:09.442-07:00Hello Araminta. It's a pleasure to see you. ...Hello Araminta. It's a pleasure to see you. :-)<br /><br /><br />Well, the first thing to say, as I’m sure you know, is that the Nazis are traditionally considered to be of the extreme right, with their nationalism and their anti-Semitism. The socialism in the name of the NSDAP was never taken that seriously as a political doctrine, certainly not after 1928, when Hitler began to make overtures to big business.<br /><br />Still, thinking about the Nazi state and economy, business was more closely controlled, more subject to the diktats of policy, than it ever was under, say, the British Labour Party. Like Norman Tebbit, I personally prefer to see all statist parties, Nazi, Fascist, Socialist or Communist, of the left, understanding this to be the opposite of the libertarian right, all those who believe in the necessity of freedom.<br /><br />But there is a sense in which labels like left and right became quite meaningless in the face of twentieth century totalitarianism. Hitler was anti-Semitic, but so, too, in the end was Stalin. There is evidence that just before his death he was planning a fresh purge, one with a strong anti-Jewish element.<br /><br />Have you ever read <i>Life and Fate</i>, a brilliant novel by Vasily Grossman? If not I would refer you to an article I published in 2010 which touches on these points. I headed it <i>The Grand Inquisitor</i> (16 February, 2010)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-6877566285611873902012-05-13T16:05:32.976-07:002012-05-13T16:05:32.976-07:00Two Alte Kämpfer! I'm honoured. :-)Two <i>Alte Kämpfer</i>! I'm honoured. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-81406495173157929582012-05-12T12:35:48.185-07:002012-05-12T12:35:48.185-07:00Not been to your site for a while so thought that ...Not been to your site for a while so thought that I would have a quick browse last night.<br /><br />In reference to one of your recent posts, I don't think that Lady Macbeth is portrayed as an equivocator by WS at all. She certainly regrets her actions ex post facto but there was surely no equivocation on her part prior to the event.<br /> <br />Anyhow, different post and not relevant at all. On to the boy Adolf and 'Mein Kampf'.<br /><br />You say:- 'It was banned in this country for more than twenty years after the Second World War.' Are you absolutely sure about that?<br /><br />It's just that I sat Higher History in 1965 and I seem to remember being able to borrow and read a copy of said book from Perth County Library in 1964 as part of my studies.<br /><br />Went online and flicked through it again last night as a result of Araminta posting an enquiry elsewhere as to whether or not the Nazi Party was left wing. <br /><br />After all those years, your analysis that his book is 'the meanderings of a semi-educated high-school drop out'still works for me.<br /><br />The bit that I remember from nearly 50 years ago was his description of his reaction to meeting his first Hassidic Jew and the assertion that all Jews had to be expunged for being non-German. Chilled me then and chills me now. <br /><br />It's a worry that tonight I found what is now, for me, another chilling extract:-<br /><br />'The question of ‘nationalizing’ a people is first and foremost one of establishing healthy social conditions which will furnish the grounds that are necessary for the education of the individual. For only when family upbringing and school education have inculcated in the individual a knowledge of the cultural and economic and, above all, the political greatness of his own country – then, and then only, will it be possible for him to feel proud of being a citizen of such a country.'<br /><br />Salmond could have written that and probably will before 2014.<br /><br />On to up to date with your posts and I have been a total Daria fan since I first happened across her. Pure Dorothy Parker, in my opinion.John Mackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115486510881518192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-45023155358979436412012-05-11T10:08:16.468-07:002012-05-11T10:08:16.468-07:00Hi Ana.
Slightly off-topic, but what is your opin...Hi Ana.<br /><br />Slightly off-topic, but what is your opinion of the description of Hitler as left-wing?Aramintahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468209244357651571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-44576215403457818782012-05-06T16:07:52.694-07:002012-05-06T16:07:52.694-07:00I'm sure. :-)I'm sure. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-70782830179438395262012-05-03T17:06:38.447-07:002012-05-03T17:06:38.447-07:00Yeah, I'd rather watch the DVD.Yeah, I'd rather watch the DVD.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-30984905997314657122012-05-03T17:00:00.429-07:002012-05-03T17:00:00.429-07:00Thanks, Richard. I'll look into him.Thanks, Richard. I'll look into him.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-62022087638717266652012-05-03T16:59:31.384-07:002012-05-03T16:59:31.384-07:00Yes, I do too.Yes, I do too.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-66735085349997859462012-05-03T16:59:15.517-07:002012-05-03T16:59:15.517-07:00I just can't picture you doing either!I just can't picture you doing either!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-64933890711933775832012-05-03T14:54:39.065-07:002012-05-03T14:54:39.065-07:00Ana, you are right on the point of unnecessary and...Ana, you are right on the point of unnecessary and fearful censorship when dealing with educated readers who can make their own minds up. You mention honest political statements, Adolf's fellow countryman, Jorg Haider is a figure you may find of interest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-6287624475402386372012-05-02T17:09:52.081-07:002012-05-02T17:09:52.081-07:00I much prefer memoirs to manifestos.I much prefer memoirs to manifestos.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-88403857618616539902012-05-02T16:03:32.675-07:002012-05-02T16:03:32.675-07:00Hitler was the most direct and honest politician e...Hitler was the most direct and honest politician ever; To get the full benefit read it whilst listening to R.Wagner.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.com