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hitler was NOT a vegetarian!
Salaam,
In a duplicitous attempt to discredit a movement, propaganda is often used. Similar to the illogical yet common place smear that Gandhi, a pacifist and chronic faster weighing in at 90lbs beat his wife; many anti-vegs have adopted the "Hitler was a vegetarian" mantra.
If Hitler was a vegetarian, I?m a southern bell. (Recall, I am actually half Black half Pakistani from LA. Although I visit friends in Atlanta. Also, couldn?t have Mrs. Gandhi "wooped" him, even if Gandhi gathered up enough strength to strike her ever? He weighed less than she did from the intense fasting.)
I have noticed lots of ppl nowa days calling themselves vegetarians that eat poultry, fish, and even pork?!?!?! I hate to be an elitist but? this just means you don't eat red meat; not that you may include yourself as a vegetarian. Anytime you eat anything that had a heart beat, your vegetarian status is revoked by the animal union. Please read on.
I have prepared the following info below to counter the ?Hitler was a vegetarian? fallacy. This is a compilation of data supporting that Adolf Hitler was in fact carnivorous.
Hitler was not a vegetarian!
While it is true that Hitler's doctors put him on a vegetarian diet to cure him of flatulence and a chronic stomach disorder, his biographers such as Albert Speer, Robert Payne, John Toland, et al, have attested to his liking for ham, sausages, and other cured meats.
Even biographers who depict a softer side of the ethnic cleanser say that Hitler was vegetarian from only 1931 on and a dubious one at best: "It would be true to say that up to 1931, he preferred a vegetarian diet, but on most occasions would deviate from it"-Even Spencer.
He committed suicide in the bunker when he was 56 in 1945; that would have given him 14 years as a non-practicing vegetarian. we also have the testimony to the contrary of Hitler?s vegetarianhood from the woman chef who was his personal cook in Hamburg during the late 1930s - Dione Lucas.
In her "Gourmet Cooking School Cookbook," she records that his favorite dish - the one that he customarily requested - was stuffed squab (pigeon). "I do not mean to spoil your appetite for stuffed squab, but you might be interested to know that it was a great favorite with Mr. Hitler, who dined in the hotel often."
From the November 1996 issue of "The Animals' Agenda", attributed to Roberta Kalechofsky
In their efforts to discredit animal rights activists, supporters of animal research periodically proclaim to the media that Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian and that the Nazis did not engage in animal research.
The implication is that these 'revelations' suggest a sinister similarity between Nazis and animal rights 'zealots' and serve as a warning that animal advocates have an anti-human agenda.
But the real story about Hitler and the Nazis is miles from the myth.
One legitimate response to such claims is that it doesn't matter whether Hitler was a vegetarian; as Peter Singer said, "The fact that Hitler had a nose doesn't mean we're going to cut our noses off."
Biographical material about Hitler suggests a contradictoriness in reports about his diet. He is often described as a vegetarian who nevertheless had a special fondness for sausages and caviar, and sometimes ham. One of his biographers, Robert Payne ("The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler) took exception to the view of Hitler as an ascetic, and said it was deliberately fostered by the Nazis to project an image of Hitler as pure and dedicated.
Wrote Payne:
"Hitler's asceticism played an important part in the image he projected over Germany. According to the widely believed legend, he neither smoked nor drank, nor did he have anything to do with women.
"Only the first was true. He drank beer and diluted wine frequently, had a special fondness for Bavarian sausages, and kept a mistress... "His asceticism was a fiction invented by (Nazi propagandist Joseph) Goebbels to emphasize his total dedication, his self-control, the distance that separated him from other men..." Biographer John Toland ("Adolf Hitler"), describes Hitler's early student diet as consisting of "milk, sausage, and bread."
Moreover, Hitler never promoted vegetarianism as a public policy for either health or moral reasons. His lack of policies and public support for vegetarianism is significant in a leader who rigorously enforced other health policies, such as anti-smoking and anti-pollution legislation, and pregnancy and birthing measures for women.
The rumor that the Nazis passed an anti-vivisection law is also filled with contradictions. No such law was passed, although the Nazis reported that such a law existed. The Nazis allegedly passed an anti-vivisection bill in 1933.
"Lancet," the prestigious British medical journal, reviewed the Nazis' law in 1934 and warned anti-vivisectionists not to celebrate because the Nazis' law was no different, in effect, from the British law that had been passed in 1876, which restricted some animal research, but hardly eliminated it.
An enormous amount of research on animals continued to be carried out by Nazi doctors.
The evidence of Nazi experiments on animals is overwhelming. In "The Dark Face of Science," author John Vyvyan summed it up correctly:
"The experiments made on prisoners were many and diverse, but they had one thing in common: all were in continuation of or complementary to, experiments on animals.
"In every instance, this antecedent scientific literature is mentioned in the evidence, and at Buchenvald and Auschwitz concentration camps, human and animal experiments were carried out simultaneously as parts of a single programme."
It is important that the facts be known so that the myths about Hitler and the Nazis cannot be used against the animal rights and vegetarian movements.
Animal rights advocates should not let these false claims appear in the media unchallenged. The record must be set straight.
check out this article too: www.vegsource.com
wasalaam,
hooma
In a duplicitous attempt to discredit a movement, propaganda is often used. Similar to the illogical yet common place smear that Gandhi, a pacifist and chronic faster weighing in at 90lbs beat his wife; many anti-vegs have adopted the "Hitler was a vegetarian" mantra.
If Hitler was a vegetarian, I?m a southern bell. (Recall, I am actually half Black half Pakistani from LA. Although I visit friends in Atlanta. Also, couldn?t have Mrs. Gandhi "wooped" him, even if Gandhi gathered up enough strength to strike her ever? He weighed less than she did from the intense fasting.)
I have noticed lots of ppl nowa days calling themselves vegetarians that eat poultry, fish, and even pork?!?!?! I hate to be an elitist but? this just means you don't eat red meat; not that you may include yourself as a vegetarian. Anytime you eat anything that had a heart beat, your vegetarian status is revoked by the animal union. Please read on.
I have prepared the following info below to counter the ?Hitler was a vegetarian? fallacy. This is a compilation of data supporting that Adolf Hitler was in fact carnivorous.
Hitler was not a vegetarian!
While it is true that Hitler's doctors put him on a vegetarian diet to cure him of flatulence and a chronic stomach disorder, his biographers such as Albert Speer, Robert Payne, John Toland, et al, have attested to his liking for ham, sausages, and other cured meats.
Even biographers who depict a softer side of the ethnic cleanser say that Hitler was vegetarian from only 1931 on and a dubious one at best: "It would be true to say that up to 1931, he preferred a vegetarian diet, but on most occasions would deviate from it"-Even Spencer.
He committed suicide in the bunker when he was 56 in 1945; that would have given him 14 years as a non-practicing vegetarian. we also have the testimony to the contrary of Hitler?s vegetarianhood from the woman chef who was his personal cook in Hamburg during the late 1930s - Dione Lucas.
In her "Gourmet Cooking School Cookbook," she records that his favorite dish - the one that he customarily requested - was stuffed squab (pigeon). "I do not mean to spoil your appetite for stuffed squab, but you might be interested to know that it was a great favorite with Mr. Hitler, who dined in the hotel often."
From the November 1996 issue of "The Animals' Agenda", attributed to Roberta Kalechofsky
In their efforts to discredit animal rights activists, supporters of animal research periodically proclaim to the media that Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian and that the Nazis did not engage in animal research.
The implication is that these 'revelations' suggest a sinister similarity between Nazis and animal rights 'zealots' and serve as a warning that animal advocates have an anti-human agenda.
But the real story about Hitler and the Nazis is miles from the myth.
One legitimate response to such claims is that it doesn't matter whether Hitler was a vegetarian; as Peter Singer said, "The fact that Hitler had a nose doesn't mean we're going to cut our noses off."
Biographical material about Hitler suggests a contradictoriness in reports about his diet. He is often described as a vegetarian who nevertheless had a special fondness for sausages and caviar, and sometimes ham. One of his biographers, Robert Payne ("The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler) took exception to the view of Hitler as an ascetic, and said it was deliberately fostered by the Nazis to project an image of Hitler as pure and dedicated.
Wrote Payne:
"Hitler's asceticism played an important part in the image he projected over Germany. According to the widely believed legend, he neither smoked nor drank, nor did he have anything to do with women.
"Only the first was true. He drank beer and diluted wine frequently, had a special fondness for Bavarian sausages, and kept a mistress... "His asceticism was a fiction invented by (Nazi propagandist Joseph) Goebbels to emphasize his total dedication, his self-control, the distance that separated him from other men..." Biographer John Toland ("Adolf Hitler"), describes Hitler's early student diet as consisting of "milk, sausage, and bread."
Moreover, Hitler never promoted vegetarianism as a public policy for either health or moral reasons. His lack of policies and public support for vegetarianism is significant in a leader who rigorously enforced other health policies, such as anti-smoking and anti-pollution legislation, and pregnancy and birthing measures for women.
The rumor that the Nazis passed an anti-vivisection law is also filled with contradictions. No such law was passed, although the Nazis reported that such a law existed. The Nazis allegedly passed an anti-vivisection bill in 1933.
"Lancet," the prestigious British medical journal, reviewed the Nazis' law in 1934 and warned anti-vivisectionists not to celebrate because the Nazis' law was no different, in effect, from the British law that had been passed in 1876, which restricted some animal research, but hardly eliminated it.
An enormous amount of research on animals continued to be carried out by Nazi doctors.
The evidence of Nazi experiments on animals is overwhelming. In "The Dark Face of Science," author John Vyvyan summed it up correctly:
"The experiments made on prisoners were many and diverse, but they had one thing in common: all were in continuation of or complementary to, experiments on animals.
"In every instance, this antecedent scientific literature is mentioned in the evidence, and at Buchenvald and Auschwitz concentration camps, human and animal experiments were carried out simultaneously as parts of a single programme."
It is important that the facts be known so that the myths about Hitler and the Nazis cannot be used against the animal rights and vegetarian movements.
Animal rights advocates should not let these false claims appear in the media unchallenged. The record must be set straight.
check out this article too: www.vegsource.com
wasalaam,
hooma
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