Hitler was nominated to Nobel's Peace Prize - Page 2

IamSam · #11 10-25-2009, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by jacknife737

To be fair, it was only a nomination; and it was withdrawn/turned down very shortly after it was announced. Also, i think that Stalin and Mussolini have been nominated at some point as well.

Lets remember that prior to the invasion of Poland, many people were quite sympathetic to Hitler's aims (re-strengthening of Germany, and keeping the Soviet Union in check,ect), this includes his mistreatment of Jews and communists, and leftists in Germany (the mistreatment started long before 1939). Not to mention the praise he received after the Munich agreement in 1938.

And it's also very debatable that the second world war started in 1937 with the start of hostilities between China and Japan.

This. Also remember Poland wasn't invaded until September 1st. The nominations were what...6 months earlier?

IamSam · #12 10-25-2009, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by RageAndLov

Being elected in 1933 and got into office in 1934 is not a long time I'd say.

1933-1939 is 6 years.

President Bush was in office for 8 years. A lot of things can happen in that period of time...

The Talking Pie · #13 10-25-2009, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by RageAndLov

They declared war because Germany invaded Poland.

Exactly. The Allies declared war. Sure, Hitler had it coming, but you can't for one second claim that he started the war.

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Originally Posted by RageAndLov

Being elected in 1933 and got into office in 1934 is not a long time I'd say.

Yes it is. It's longer than most modern politicians are in office. And that's just the period before the war.

Seriously, do your research instead of just assuming that everything Hitler ever done was pure evil because of the Holocaust.

wheelchairman · #14 10-25-2009, 10:49 AM

Well the anti-semitic stuff was fairly obvious from the get-go, giving a virulent racist the nobel peace prize would be weird.

The Talking Pie · #15 10-25-2009, 11:05 AM

Although state-sponsored racism was a tad more socially-acceptable back then.

_Lost_ · #16 10-25-2009, 03:03 PM

RaL, you've also got to remember that when Hitler came to power, Germany was at the verge of collapse because of the first world war. He gave them hope and a lot of people got swept up in that and truly believed he was going to save Germany. It wasn't until too late that they realized the guy was batshit crazy and that they were headed down a very bad road. Its not unreasonable to see why people thought he was the one to bring them peace. Even if you disregard what the Pie was talking about. It doesn't seem so far fetched.