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42% of Austrians: Not all bad under Hitler
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Published: 09.03.13, 22:37
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1. of course not
k ,   US   (03.09.13)
considering all the money they stole from the Jews and the slave labor that was used to help the economy, I imagine if you were a piece of crap things were not all that bad
2. Common sense will tell anybody
Jerome ,   Basalt, Colorado   (03.09.13)
that there is a difference between strong and evil sociopath! Some I guess don!t know the difference between heave and hell.
3. Austria
Edouard ,   Canada   (03.09.13)
People deserve what happen to them They never learn If they believe that so maybe they need another hitler to remind them history And believe me their s a long list of candidates
4. The Nazi era was wonderful for alot of Austrians
zionist forever   (03.10.13)
There was a strongman who was now making Austria / Germany strong again after the humiliation of WW1. There were certain groups like Jews who were not welcome and people were allowed to get out their animal instincts and kill people which under a normal law abiding society would have ever been permitted. If I had been a non Jewish Austrian under Hitler I probably would have loved it Today Austriais ruled by what are seen as crooked politicians who who pass unpopular laws especially some of them passed by the EU without their consent. The economy is having problems its easy to look back at the Nazi era as a golden age.
5. Hitler and his Austrians are the scum of the
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (03.10.13)
world...!
6. For sure...
BK ,   USA   (03.10.13)
few of those lovable Austrians saw the need to climb the hills with the sound of music in their ears to get the h*ll out of that cesspool. I guess it still stinks today.
7. Nostalgy,1 third of the ss,the criminal
J.K. ,   Brooklyn USA   (03.10.13)
organization that run Germany"s killing machine,were austrians,which shows the character of the austrians,the austrians lost 50,000 soldiers at stalingrad,so,the austrians have a good reason to long for a mesiah that will lead them again over the cliff.
8. Haider's funeral a few years ago was indicative enough
Expat ,   Adelaide   (03.10.13)
of the strong sentiments Austrians feel toward fascism and Nazism today. And this new data merely confirms the obvious. Unlike its neighbor Germany, it sadly seems this nation hasn't changed much since the war.
9. "Strong" Man?
ASTRONAUT ,   SC, USA   (03.10.13)
Proof that the majority of mankind are so weak, so ineffectual, so shallow, that they'd rather look outside themselves for Guidance, than stand "strong" as individuals, for their own principals. People are like rats: doomed to run blindly, in packs, toward their own demise.
10. Is anyone surprised?
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (03.10.13)
I'm not. You can take the Nazis out of the country, but you cannot take the Nazism out of the countrymen. The worst among the Nazis were Austrian. It's worth remembering that. Forget Mozart. The Austrians have devolved way beneath that. The Allies hanged a bunch of them. Perhaps they should have hanged a few more. But ...it's not exactly as if Austria matters, is it?
11. Well its the truth...
Mark Van Hoff ,   Belgium   (03.10.13)
12. Hitler was a loud-mouth pansy, not at all strong
Yaniv ,   Israel   (03.10.13)
When Hitler's advisers basically told him that the war was lost, Hitler still sent his soldiers to a certain death. It would've taken a strong man to accept defeat and not be reckless with the lives of your people, but Hitler the coward instead blew his brains out. Easy and chicken way out.
13. Misinformation
Paul   (03.10.13)
This totally out of context. They want a strong leader, just like israel, but no one wants a Hitler back. of course not .... switch on your brains people !!! Anyways, hatred against Arabs in Israel is starting to take the same shape as it did in europe 80 years ago. Stop pointing finger and acknowledge what you do yourself. No one saw it coming back then either until it was too late. the same ignorance as it is today here... Thank the lord that there are plenty of smart people in israel who will hopefully recognise the issue and deal with it. As a foreigner living in israel, I can tell you that there is a lot of racism going on. Sort it out because you are on the brink of becoming what is despicable to you.
14. I guess i need to be leaving Austria
Jean-Pierre ,   Austria   (03.10.13)
reading News like this Shows how unsafe the world will be soon. a strong leader to me is someone who stands for righteous peace and anti-corruptions and freedom for humans, and stands against criminals, Gangsters, rapist, religious fanatics, and to deport illegal immigrants... but if austrians are saying hitler was a good guy..who murdered many austrians and whatnot... they are seriously not straight in the head.. i dont know where to go from here..lol
15. Keep playing video games kids!
YR ,   Jackson   (03.10.13)
Kitty Werthmann is an Austrian who actually lived under Hitler's reign of terror. She has written a great article warning America because she sees some of the same signs she saw in pre-war Austria happening in America. Read her article to understand what REALLY happened in Austria during the war.
16. "Not all bad under Hitler"
Tomek ,   Poland   (03.10.13)
If you use your brain on this one, you will realize that this statement is not controversial at all. This is not synonymous with "everything was good under Hitler". For instance, Hitler was anti-smoking. Only a simple mind would argue that anti-smoking is bad simply because Hitler supported it. Most people are sheep, and can be infused with even the most nonsensical mantras. This piece aims to do just that.
17. Hardly surprising
Ivor Evenbiggergun   (03.10.13)
As the generation who fought and lived through WWII die out some people will look back with affection at the good old days. It is easy to ignore the bad bits of history when you are reading it out of a book
18. Hitler was also a corrupt criminal who never paid taxes!!!
Air heads!   (03.10.13)
"Strong" leaders are also bullies, criminals, thieves, rapists, murderers and tax evaders. Hitler was a ranting and raving crazy savage with a mustach. Only savages and brainwashed idiots worship people like Hitler.
19. Strong man
(03.10.13)
Well, that has always been a Jewish idea of a Messiah too.
20. To13. Israel prosecutes those who attack Arabs
Ghilmeini ,   Zion   (03.10.13)
I do no defend attacks on Arabs or Christians Israel prosecutes law breakers minorities have rights in Israel try being a Jew in most countries in this world. Been to mamo recently? Amsterdam? Brussels- Istanbul ?
21. A question for Tomek (#16)
Expat ,   Adelaide   (03.10.13)
If one of those surveyed was an Austrian Jew, would you still expect him to agree that "Not all was bad under Hitler"? "Yeah, well", he would reason, "there was that thing with Hitler starting the Holocaust and decimating over one-third of my people, but hey - he was against smoking, and that counts for something. So not all was bad..." If you cannot grasp the absurdity of your reasoning - putting genocide, fascism, and the misery brought to the world on one side of the scale, and a non-smoking law on the other - then the only simple-mindedness here is your own.
22. To: No. 17
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (03.10.13)
Nazi Germany was responsible for the deaths of some 50 million people. I think that's more than a "bad bit of history," but I can well understand that your very tiny brain does not quite grasp the concept. You're an idiot. We know it; you don't have to keep on proving the point.
23. To: YR at No. 15
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (03.10.13)
Interesting you should say that. I was thinking along similar lines. My father, of blessed memory, was a concentration camp survivor. He always said that you could tell the direction that Europe was going by reading the graffiti on bathroom walls. The Internet is today's version of the bathroom wall. Easy to see where Europe is going ....
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