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The storied newspaper The Forward went there: The dangerous Nazi legend behind Trump's ruthless grab for power.
Trump has created an American version of Adolf Hitler’s ‘Dolchstosslegende,’ also known as the ‘stabbed-in-the-back’ lie.
From his failed Beer Hall putsch in Munich in 1923 to the Third Reich’s downfall 22 years later, Adolf Hitler spewed venom against what he called the “November Criminals” — Marxists and Jews who he claimed were responsible for Imperial Germany’s defeat in November 1918.
Hitler’s assertion, based on a conspiracy theory concocted by Germany’s losing generals and conservative politicians, was ultimately embraced by much of the German populace. In German, this myth is called the Dolchstosslegende, or stabbed-in-the-back legend.
Which brings us to Donald Trump.
The transcript of Trump’s second inaugural address on Jan. 20 reads like a stabbed-in-the-back manifesto.
From his failed Beer Hall putsch in Munich in 1923 to the Third Reich’s downfall 22 years later, Adolf Hitler spewed venom against what he called the “November Criminals” — Marxists and Jews who he claimed were responsible for Imperial Germany’s defeat in November 1918.
Hitler’s assertion, based on a conspiracy theory concocted by Germany’s losing generals and conservative politicians, was ultimately embraced by much of the German populace. In German, this myth is called the Dolchstosslegende, or stabbed-in-the-back legend.
Which brings us to Donald Trump.
The transcript of Trump’s second inaugural address on Jan. 20 reads like a stabbed-in-the-back manifesto.
https://forward.com/opinion/713686/dolchstosslegende-nazi-lie-adolf-hitler-donald-trump/
The commonalities are undeniable.