From sentto-2242572-53809-1031308404-zzzz=spamassassin.taint.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Fri Sep 6 11:49:03 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: zzzz@localhost.spamassassin.taint.org Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by spamassassin.taint.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B586716F97 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 11:42:00 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for zzzz@localhost (single-drop); Fri, 06 Sep 2002 11:42:00 +0100 (IST) Received: from n30.grp.scd.yahoo.com (n30.grp.scd.yahoo.com [66.218.66.87]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g86AXBC32639 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 11:33:11 +0100 X-Egroups-Return: sentto-2242572-53809-1031308404-zzzz=spamassassin.taint.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.192] by n30.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 Sep 2002 10:33:25 -0000 X-Sender: martin@srv0.ems.ed.ac.uk X-Apparently-To: zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_0_1); 6 Sep 2002 10:33:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 28742 invoked from network); 6 Sep 2002 10:33:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m10.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 6 Sep 2002 10:33:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO haymarket.ed.ac.uk) (129.215.128.53) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 6 Sep 2002 10:33:24 -0000 Received: from srv0.ems.ed.ac.uk (srv0.ems.ed.ac.uk [129.215.117.0]) by haymarket.ed.ac.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g86AXM310892 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 11:33:22 +0100 (BST) Received: from EMS-SRV0/SpoolDir by srv0.ems.ed.ac.uk (Mercury 1.44); 6 Sep 02 11:33:22 +0000 Received: from SpoolDir by EMS-SRV0 (Mercury 1.44); 6 Sep 02 11:33:01 +0000 Organization: Management School To: zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Message-Id: <3D789278.23084.52C5EEE3@localhost> Priority: normal X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.01) Content-Description: Mail message body From: "Martin Adamson" MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com; contact forteana-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 11:32:57 +0100 Subject: [zzzzteana] Hitler-style applicant welcomed by parties Reply-To: zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by dogma.slashnull.org id g86AXBC32639 The Times September 06, 2002 Hitler-style applicant welcomed by parties By Roger Boyes MANAGERS of Germany’s political parties are having difficulty explaining their enthusiastic reaction to a man who applied for membership with letters cribbed largely from Mein Kampf, Hitler’s personal manifesto. The incident illustrates how indiscriminate parties have become in taking on new members during an election campaign, even when their sentiments bear a suspicious resemblance to those of the Führer. “Edmund Stoiber is a thousand times more suited to leading Germany than the present Chancellor,” said one letter sent to the Christian Social Union headquarters in Ingolstadt. “Chancellor Schröder is doing nothing to stop the flood of foreigners who are spreading around our Fatherland,” said the letter, signed by a certain Rudolph Lewald. The CSU immediately spotted a potential member. “Many thanks for your nice thoughts,” replied the local party manager, who enclosed an application for membership. The letter used chunks of Hitler’s book, which is still banned in Germany. History students have to apply for access to the book in university libraries. “The strongest, the brave and the hardworking will receive the birthright of existence, only those who are born weaklings could regard this as offensive,” the letter-writer said. “So-called humanity is melting like snow in the March sun.” Such phrases were lifted from Mein Kampf, which was written while Hitler was in jail after the failed Munich putsch of 1923. Similar letters, also using the Nazi leader’s words, were sent to the other political parties and drew sympathetic responses. “I read your letter with great interest and pleasure,” the manager of the Christian Democratic Union in Cologne, said. “Great that you want to join us!” enthused the Green Party headquarters. The Free Democrats invited the aspiring party member to a fundraising charity ball at which Hans- Dietrich Genscher, the former Foreign Minister, would be the star guest. The Social Democrats sent a list of rallies to be attended by Gerhard Schröder, the Chancellor. “I wanted to test how serious parties are about combating right-wing extremism,” said the letter-writer, who was in fact the Cologne novelist Rainer Popp. “I had no idea that they would be so enthusiastic. “For the first few days I expected two men in leather coats from the Special Branch to knock on my door. Instead only the postman called — with packets of election material from zealous political headquarters,” Herr Popp said. “I was stunned that political parties could react in this way — I reckon I would have had the same response if I had signed the letter ‘Adolf Hitler’.” ------------------------ Yahoo! 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