{"id":10011,"date":"2015-12-29T13:09:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T18:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=10011"},"modified":"2015-12-29T13:09:38","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T18:09:38","slug":"the-eu-was-hitlers-idea-apparently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/29\/the-eu-was-hitlers-idea-apparently\/","title":{"rendered":"The EU was Hitler’s idea, apparently"},"content":{"rendered":"

Goebbels: A Biography<\/a>\"\"<\/em>\u00a0contains these\u00a0interesting sections:<\/p>\n

\u201cEventually there will be an alliance of the two Germanic peoples,\u201d was Goebbels\u2019s summary of Hitler\u2019s views in May 1936. This hope seemed to be reinforced when Mussolini annexed Abyssinia in May and proclaimed the Italian king emperor of Ethiopia: \u201cThe F\u00fchrer\u2019s alliance with England will now be almost automatic.\u201d For Goebbels\u2019s benefit, at the end of May Hitler<\/strong> put a name to the prospect he visualized coming out of an alliance of this kind: the \u201cUnited States of Europe under German leadership<\/strong>. That would be the solution.”<\/p>\n

Goebbels noted that while attending a small soir\u00e9e in January\u2014Magda was also among the guests\u2014Hitler had indicated that he was \u201cdetermined on a major war with England\u201d: \u201cEngland must be swept out of Europe and France must be deposed as a great power<\/strong>. Then Germany will be dominant and Europe will have peace. That is our great, our eternal goal.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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