(7 hours ago)Ivan Denisovich Wrote:(7 hours ago)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Setting aside the fact that both Christmas and Easter were long-accomplished transmogrifications of pagan holidays -- celebrated in many countries the world over -- I'm not seeing any paganism espoused by the Nazi regime onto the populace.
Nor I. One could perhaps look for some "paganism" in holidays Heroes memorial day or Memorial day for the martyrs but it's not like christians did not celebrated their heroes and martyrs so list comes empty on this account.
"Gott Mit Uns" on your belt-buckle just isn't very pagan. Nazi hierarchy appealed directly to the Christian feelings of Germans in order to collate support. Paganism would have offended the same Christians who filled the ranks of the Wehrmacht.