Evening star., 1933-03-19

Jew, as portrayed in his book. "Mein
Kampf," ought to be extremely inter-
esting to the psychiatrist. For him the
Jew is the incarnation of devil. re-
sponsibie not only for the World War,
but for bolshevism. Socialism and cap
italisrn. Hitlerism has declared war on
culture Mans destructive urge, Sig
muIld Freud holds. is humanitys worst
enemy. National Socialism is a stimu-
liant to the destructive urge and it COM
bats enlightenment, which is opposed
TO. destruction
A movement proclaiming that people
did not have to repress their anti
social impulses and primitive instincts
had, Of course. tremendous advantage
over the unpleasant loyalty to reason
with some justification that German
Fasclsn is an organized opposition
against intellect and talent.
Reich Students Not Representative.
OF the German schoolmaster it has
been said that he won the War of 1870
against France and that he made it
possible for the Reich to resist the Allies
so long during the World War Before
1914 the German school was considered
the best in the world. Then why do
German students form the shock
troops Of the NaZi army? When answer
ing this question one must keep in
mind that the German student does
not include the entire intellectual youth
Of the Reich. The students are mostly
the sons of public servants or of the
small bourgeoisie in general, while the
sons Of the laborers are virtually un-
represented. About 80 per cent of
Germany'S population are industrial
laborers, but their sons form only
per cent Of the university youth. The
average German student of today was
brought up in small bourgeois fami-
lies, many of which have a reputation
for being opposed to cnlightment. 1t
is they who have given TO German
Austrian anti-Semitism the motto:
Education is what one Jew plagiarizes
from the other"
The German scientists and university
professors 'Cf worldwide fame are op-
posed to Hitlerism and Hitlerism is
opposed to them. Some of the scien-
fists and professors of less talent, ON
the other hand, lend their aid de-
llghtedly to the attacks on their more
gifted colleagues. Adolf Hitler openly
declared in speech: we are suffer-
ing from too much education what
We need is instinct and will"
For one who knew the German uni
verSltleS before the war their present
condition is extremely deplorable. It
is tragic to see how reactionary stu
dents are vcciferating against the
freedom of expression and broadmind-
edness; how fearsome professors are
pussy-footing their way through life.
NarroWness Is the essence of extreme
national1sm, and it is appalling to wit
ness the universities being turned into
bulWarks or national fanaticism. It
was in this spirit that a National So
cialist, Minister of Education, speak,
ing in the city of Weimar. where once
Goethe was Minister, declared in his
inaugural address last September: THE
German child must be taught to have
more respect for German street.
sweeper than for an English or Amer
lean inventor"
Art Also Is Opposed.
1t is, however, not only Hitlerism
and education, but also Hitlerism and
art that are at opposite poles. Herr
Schulze" has always been partial to
sentimentality and he dislikes realism
in art. His ideal is a hazy roman
ticism, the sweet nothing known in
our country as "Kitsch." The artistic
instinct of Adolf Hitler. a man after
Herr Schulze's heart, is similar, and
his lack of the appreciation of real
art plays an important part in his DO
litical life. He lacks the sense for
subletieS confuses the accessory with
the essential. the quantity with quality.
He is addicted to the monumental, to
mass effects. If he were in authority
In Washington he would erect Gov
ernment buildings $50 stories high and
MS NaZl headquarters would be in a
building with 200 floors.
For man of this mental mold politics
means mass meetings. From his book
we know that at one time of his life
Hitler spent sleepless nights worryina
whether political meeting should be
held in the afternoon or in the evening.
and 1t was an epoch in his career when
he discovered that night was the only
background for his political revival
meetings. Hitler's coarse tastes make
him an ideal man to drum up hatreds.
Did he not say in a speech: For our
liberation we need more than an eco
nomic policy and industry; what we need
is pride, spite, hatred, hatred and once
more hatred" Hitler calls himself the
Trommler drummer-and the
passages in his book dealing with agita-
tion are the most positive and authori-
tative ones-coming from his heart.
In few months the Nazis and their
allies have succeeded In paralyzing the
German theateE the cinema and the