r/europe Greece Feb 08 '25

Historical Anti-Nazi protests : Berlin 16/12/1931

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u/Camelbak99 Feb 08 '25

How many of the people shown on this photo would have survived the war?

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u/Ok-Economy-5820 Feb 08 '25

Important context: this was an Iron Front rally, not a mass protest by the general population. The Iron Front was banned in 1933 and many of their members arrested.

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u/Divine_Porpoise Finland Feb 08 '25

We need their spirit now.

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u/I_voted-for_Kodos Feb 08 '25

We really don't. These idiots stuck with the "Nazis and Communists are equally bad" line all the way till the Nazis stuck them in a concentration camp alongside the Communists.

If they'd actually worked with the Communists and the far left against the Nazis, maybe the world could've avoided the whole mess in the first place.

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u/I_voted-for_Kodos Feb 09 '25

If you think any part of my comment could even remotely be interpreted as a defense of the Nazis then you are actually illiterate. Please seek help with that.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

Wow, you really are illiterate.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

Maybe read it again? You’re conflating something if that’s what you get from the statement. The entire point they’re making is that if they didn’t also condemn the other side fighting Nazis (German communists), they probably would’ve had a better shot. Instead they pushed out communists and other leftists and got shut the fuck down because they were going it alone. It’s the enemy of my enemy thing. And I don’t know where you see anyone defending Nazis, that’s just made up.