The members of the Bundestag, the german parliament, marked the 75th anniversary of the "Ermächtigungsgesetz" ("Empowerment"-law) that marked the final destruction of the democracy of the Weimar republic by the parliament itself and paved the way for the Nazi dictatorship.
Only the chairman of the Social Democrats , Otto Wels, dared to speak out against the law in front of Nazi MP´s and Hitler himself "You may take our lives, but you can´t take our honour". ( A recording of the speech exists)
As a result many social democrats died in concentration camps or fled into exile.



Bloomberg.com: Europe

Interesting. In Austria there is currently the remembrance of the Volksabstimmung zum Anschluss.

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why are the Bundestag marking the anniversy of the Ermächtigungsgesetz, it led to the death of millions of people, its like celebrating the first detanation of the A-bomb!

They are MARKING it, they aren´t celebrating it.

ok my mistake lol

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The fragile Republic of Weimar since its establishment in 1918 was largely destined to failure.The social(instability, deep feeling of humiliation because of the conditions of the treaty of Versailles)economical(there was a huge economical recession at that time) and political environnment in Germany destroyed it.Most of the radical,nationalist and racist elements already sided with the NSDAP,and already started to gain proeminence in some circles and a significant part of the massess.Not to mention the antisemitism who has been always present in Germany's history,but has resurged because of the antisemitic and false propaganda who claimed that Germany lost WW1 because of unpatriotic and freemasonic Jewish citizens and they didn't fight for the country(which wasn't true at all)and also because they were viewed as traditional scapegoats,as always.

What I want to know is when is that hot German politican chick who rides the Ducati gonna get that 7-Year Itch law passed

What the hell are you talking about ?

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