Don Syme

Now reading how the oaths used by the German military changed from 1914 to 1934.
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/german-military-oaths
"There was no place for conscientious objectors or those refusing to utter the Führer Oath. Refusal now represented a high crime against not only Germany, but also the Führer himself. "

2024-11-09 00:48:27 UTC

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I actually had no idea just how vast Prussia was pre-1934, and how much internal change the Enabling Act brought.

2024-11-09 00:42:01 UTC

Hot take: a whole lot of people in America are about to become a whole lot more interested in asserting state's rights than they ever were before.
California, New York, Oregon, Washington and others - looking at you.
This thought made me go look at how control was imposed on the regions of Germany - the history is here for those interested https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Nazi_Germany

2024-03-25 23:45:19 UTC

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@npub1zhp…60ce So much this