History of KKK; Fascists, "Don't Be a Sucker"

Sheldon S., Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Prepare to have mind blown: The REAL history of the KKK

(NYTN) May 31, 2023. Unearth the enigmatic origins of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) through the shadows of the founders, who shrouded themselves in white sheets and embarked on midnight horseback rides through the eerie streets of Pulaski, Georgia. The lingering echoes of their spectral presence captivated minds, leading them to adopt the sheets as the haunting emblem of the Klan, accompanied by grotesque masks and pointed hats. Journey through the chilling transformation of the Ku Klux Klan, as the specter of terror emerged from the group's misguided beginnings, enveloping communities in a web of fear and violence that defied all expectations.

Post-WW II Anti-Fascist Educational Film | Don't Be a Sucker | 1947

(The Best Film Archives) March 12, 2017. Don't Be a Sucker! is a short educational film produced by the U.S. War Department in 1943 and re-released in 1947.

The propaganda film depicts the rise of Nazism in Germany and warns North Americans against repeating the mistakes of European intolerance made in Nazi Germany. It emphasizes that Americans will lose their country if they let themselves be turned into "suckers" by the forces of fanaticism and racist hatred.

The film was made to make the case for the desegregation of the United States armed forces by simply revealing the connection between prejudice and fascism.

This film is not propaganda. To the contrary, it [it is more like propaganda against propaganda because it] teaches how to recognize and reject propaganda, as was used by the Nazis to promote to bigotry and intimidation.

It shows how prejudice can be used to divide the population for a political party to gain power. [Here's lookin' at cha, MAGAots.] Far more significantly, it then shows how such tactics can be defanged by friendly persuasion. Protection of liberty is a unifying and practical way to live peacefully.

PLOT: A young American (secret society) Free Mason is taken in by the message of a soap-box orator who asserts that all good jobs in the United States are being taken by the so-called minorities, domestic and foreign. He falls into a conversation with a Hungarian professor who witnessed the rise of Nazism in Berlin, who tells him of the pattern of events that brought Hitler to power in Germany and how Germany's anti-democratic groups split the country into helpless minorities, each hating the other.

The professor concludes by pointing out that America is composed of many numerical minorities, but all are united as "Americans."

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND/CONTEXT

Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was governed by a dictatorship under the control of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP).

Under Mr. Hitler's rule, Germany was transformed into a fascist state in which the Nazi Party took totalitarian control over nearly all aspects of life. The official name of the state was Deutsches Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Großdeutsches Reich ("Greater German Reich") from 1943 to 1945.

The period is also known under the names the Third Reich (German Drittes Reich) and the National Socialist Period (German Zeit des Nationalsozialismus, abbreviated NS-Zeit).

The Nazi regime came to an end after the Allied Powers destroyed Germany in May 1945, ending World War II in Europe.

Mr. Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by the president of the Weimar Republic Paul von Hindenburg on January 30, 1933. The Nazi Party then began to eliminate all political opposition and consolidate its power.

Hindenburg died on August 2, 1934, and Hitler became dictator of Germany by merging the powers and offices of the chancellery and presidency.

A national referendum held August 19, 1934, confirmed Hitler as sole Führer ("leader") of Germany. All power was centralized in Hitler's person, and his word became above all laws.

Racism, especially antisemitism, was a central feature of that regime. The Germanic peoples (Nordic race) were considered by Nazis to be the purest branch of the Aryan race. They were therefore viewed as the "master race."

Millions of Jews and others deemed undesirable by the state were imprisoned in concentration camps [and died mostly of disease and poor conditions, with gas chambers being used to delouse them with the pesticide Zyklon B, which was viewed or purposely misinterpreted for propaganda purposes as Jews and other undesirables as being] murdered in [what came to be called] the Holocaust.

Opposition to Hitler's rule was ruthlessly suppressed by violent party members. Members of the liberal, socialist, and communist opposition were killed, imprisoned, or exiled.

The Christian churches were also oppressed, with many leaders imprisoned [though the Nazis were Christians, composed of Catholics, Lutherans, Spiritualists, and members of occult groups].

Education focused on racial biology, population control policy, and fitness for military service. Career and educational opportunities for women were curtailed. Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels (Minister of Propaganda) made effective use of film, mass rallies, and Hitler's hypnotizing speeches to control public opinion.

The totalitarian government controlled artistic expression, promoting specific art forms and banning or discouraging others.

Following the Allied invasion of Normandy (June 6, 1944), Germany was conquered by the Soviet Union from the east and the other Allied powers from the west. It capitulated within a year.

The victorious Allies (with their red Russian partners) initiated a policy of deNAZIfication and put many of the surviving Nazi leaders on trial for war crimes at the Nuremberg trials [except for the many the US government snuck in to the USA to work in producing weapons of mass destruction and secret service agencies like the CIA].

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Post-WW2 Anti-Fascist Educational Film | Don't Be a Sucker | 1947 TBFA_0103

NOTE: THE VIDEO REPRESENTS HISTORICAL EVENTS. SINCE IT WAS PRODUCED DECADES AGO, IT HAS HISTORICAL VALUE AND CAN BE CONSIDERED A VALUABLE HISTORICAL DOCUMENT. THE VIDEO HAS BEEN UPLOADED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. ITS TOPIC IS REPRESENTED WITHIN A HISTORICAL CONTEXT. THE VIDEO DOES NOT CONTAIN SENSITIVE SCENES AT ALL [except that part where the one guy clubs the other guy walking down the sidewalk from the bar with the honey trap].