"Hitler and Israel the War of the Races" - the early call of the French Ambassador about the danger of Nazi ...

"Hitler and Israel the War of the Races" - the early call of the French Ambassador about the danger of Nazi Germany. France, 1934

LES GRANDES CONFERENCES DES AMBASSADEURS. HENRY BERENGER... HITLER ET ISRAEL LA GUERRE DES RACES - Transcript of the historic speech of Henry Bérenger, Ambassador of France, President of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, represented by the S.D.N. at the great conference of ambassadors, which was held in Paris on November 18, 1933, On the subject: "Hitler and Israel, the war of the races". The speech, in which he warned most sharply of the impending danger due to the fact of Hitler's rise to power, called on the moderate currents in France not to cooperate with Nazi Germany in any way. Editions des Ambassadeurs I Avenue Gabriel, Paris, 1934, French. Only edition.

In his opening remarks, Bérenger details the harsh facts that many did not knew, or ignored, regarding Hitler's terrorism since Hitler came to power earlier that year. It tells of 80,000 refugees who fled Germany that year, including more than 35,000 Jews who immigrated to France and received safe refuge there. He regrets that France did not do enough to stop Hitler at the beginning of his career, while Hitler spoke out strongly against the Jews, and complains that France did not take seriously the possibility that Hitler would succeed in seizing power. He briefly reviews the beginnings of Hitler as an average person and less, who engaged in art and could not even be accepted as an artist in an art gallery, and then inevitably engaged in house painting. And how the First World War in which he was drafted made him the spokesman for the "frustrated crowd." Bérenger criticizes the French politicians who in those days tried to negotiate with Hitler, and writes that his words are not to be believed as if he were interested in peace alliances in the region.

Bérenger analyzes in depth the roots of German anti-Semitism by quoting things written and said against the Jews in the writings of the great German thinkers. For example, he quotes Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who wrote after the French Revolution that even if the Jews were granted equal rights, Jewish marriages with Germans should not be approved, the famous German philosopher Emanuel Kant who called the Jews a "nation of merchants and thieves", The philosopher Fichte who wrote: "Judaism is the non-existent 'state' that threatens all European countries", the philosopher Hegel who placed Jews at the bottom of the racial ladder, and Schopenhauer who wrote: "Jews who have no citizenship should not be granted civil rights anywhere." And also quotes antisemitic passages from Walter's books.

Using these quotes, Bérenger analyzes the fact that in those days surprised all of humanity - how Adolf Hitler came from an average person with only seven close associates, to ten million supporters in just a short 18 months. The Hitler government simply turned into a realistic law the anti-Semitic ideology that was deeply ingrained in the writings of the great German thinkers. The complete abolition of the Treaty of Versailles, and the solution to the 'Jewish question' in the form of the clause: "Only those with German blood" are allowed to be citizens, is a reflection of a long-standing ideology in Germany. Hitler with his average skills could never have persuaded the German people to agree and express support if the German people were not capable of hating the ancient Jews.

He then describes the terrible condition of German Jewry in those days - after Goebbels' speech in which he read: "We must kill the Jews like fleas", what was done in practice - Jewish doctors accused of abusing Christian clients, Jewish children in mixed schools being bullied every Day because they can not prove that they are Aryans, Jewish civil servants fired from their jobs, daily false accusations are made against innocent Jews as if they abused Christian women, brought them to justice, and hasty sentencing in the form of punishment or deportation, in Breslau Jews caught in the street, accused of false theft, Miss. , Co-operation, etc., and shootings to death. Concentration camps are being set up for "opponents of the regime" in order to prepare them for the deportation of Jews, which already has 75,000 people, non-Aryan shops goes to the "black list", closure orders for Jewish shops are issued daily, and more. And repeatedly calls on liberal France to recognize the severity of things, and not to hesitate to go out immediately to protest and not to cooperate with Germany in any way.

Interestingly, among other things, Berenger writes that on one occasion he had a long conversation with Nazi propaganda minister Josef Goebbels in Geneva, where he asked him what the Jews had done to Germany that he hated so much. Goebbels replied that the numerical ratio between the Jews occupying key positions in Germany was not at all the same as the relative proportions in the population. And when he asked him about other minorities in Germany who hold respectable attitudes, why they are not so violently hated, Goebbels replied: "These minorities are all Aryans in some way, but the Jews are not Aryans ...", and when he asked him how to identify the difference between "Ari" to "not Ari", Goebbels did not respond. (Upon hearing these words the audience present at the conference responded with a burst of laughter). From here Bérenger goes on to explain the historical lie in race theory that the German nation is in fact a product of a Mixing of races that settled in the area in antiquity, and on the other hand the great and true contribution of the people of Israel throughout Europe in every country and country they settled. At the end of his speech he calls on France to realize the principles enacted in the French Revolution of equality and fraternity, and to oppose with all its might to Hitler and his people, without any attempt at negotiation. The transcript is completely live and in the sections where the audience applauded in light of Berenger's words, there is a description of "applause", "stormy applause" and so on.

A unique and rare edition of a historic speech at a fateful time. Only four copies appear in the WorldCat library catalog.

Henry Berenger [1867-1952] French writer and politician, influential senator from 1912 to 1945, who sat on finance and foreign affairs committees. Was French Ambassador to the United States from 1926 to 1927. Berenger represented France as the main representative at the Evian Conference in July 1938, which aimed to solve the problem of Jewish refugees from Germany. Following the Munich Agreement, he met with Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet in the hope of finding a solution to the Jewish problem in an attempt to oust Hitler, an unsuccessful attempt. In June 1940 he abstained in a vote to delegate powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain. At the end of his life he was awarded the title of 'Honorary Legion Officer'.

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