Poetry is the hero of philosophy

"Poetry is the hero of philosophy. Philosophy elevates poetry to the status of principle. It teaches us to recognize the value of poetry. Philosophy is the theory of poetry. It shows us what poetry is, that it is one and all."

— Novalis

A New Era

Life was good, and I mean that in every sense of the word. While I remember nothing about the struggle for power as I was born in 1929, I heard many stories. When I started to remember my life, it was 1934 and I remember my father coming home in his sharp black uniform, and I would take his cap and play with it. All I remember hearing was how much better everyone had it, I would overhear how Germany overcame a lot of despair and a bad economy.

The people I saw were genuinely happy; there were smiles everyplace I would go, and my father took me with him on many trips. I remember the throngs of people who came up to my father to thank him and the other leaders around him for saving them. It was a strange feeling, my father was very high up in the Reich government but yet I felt, and my father reinforced this, that we were part of the people, no better and no worse. That was the essence of National Socialism; everything was done for the people, to help improve everyone's life and happiness.

I still remember going for walks and smelling all the gourmet food from the mom and pop stores that lined the streets, under National Socialism everyone was encouraged to start a small business or to have a good career, so we had many shops to choose from. I would often go with my mother to buy ingredients for dishes that we would cook together; every family was encouraged to eat together and share. The life I remember in the Reich was organized, happy, fulfilling, and full of hope.

Gudrun Himmler

Leadership

 Throughout our oldest saga, there is one thing that stands out: the chieftain's thought. Leadership. Trust in a leader, loyalty and sacrifice towards him. We cannot ignore that in our dreams, and these thoughts were strong and alive until the country was "Europeanized", was drawn into the thinking and way of life of a more refined world. Immediately the chieftain's thought slipped away, when self‐interest gained power over the loyalty to leaders and fatherland, then our saga descends into a shadowy valley. But as long as the idea of a chieftain was alive and well, we can confidently turn to our history and rejoice in what our fathers achieved and what they led the country to.

Kristen Lindøe

Μια Νέα Εποχή

 Έλληνες χωρικοί υποδέχονται με λουλούδια και λευκές σημαίες τις Γερμανικές εμπροσθοφυλακές στις παρυφές των χωριών, μια συχνή εικόνα κατά την διάρκεια της Γερμανικής προέλασης κυρίως στην Νότιο Ελλάδα . Στην Λαμία αφού Έλληνες πολίτες αποσύνδεσαν τα Αγγλικά καλώδια ανατίναξης υποδομών της πόλης προαπάντησαν τους Γερμανούς στις παρυφές της πόλης και τους οδήγησαν στις αποθήκες των Άγγλων που δεν πρόλαβαν να ανατινάξουν . Στην Θεσσαλονίκη Έλληνες αστυνομικοί μαζί με Γερμανούς έδωσαν μάχη με Άγγλους σώζοντας την ύδρευση της πόλης. Η Βρετανική επικυριαρχία δεν ήταν αγαπητή στην Ελλάδα καθώς ήταν αρκετές οι φορές που οι Άγγλοι επέβαλαν την θέληση τους με την βία. Τα γεγονότα της κατάληψης της Αθήνας απο τους αγγλογάλλους, η εκδίωξη του βασιλιά Κωνσταντίνου και η τοποθέτηση κυβέρνησης της αρεσκείας τους ήταν ακόμη νωπές. Υπήρχε γενικά η αίσθηση ότι επιτέλους η επικυριαρχία των Βρετανών έφτασε στο τέλος της και πως στην Ευρώπηκαι την Ελλάδα ξεκινά μια νέα εποχή υπο την ηγεμονία της Γερμανίας.

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