The Final Solution
August 3rd, 2004, 09:16 AM
The Soul Of Germany: A Unique History of Germans, from Earliest Times to Present
RePortersNoteBook Memo: I highly recommend this book to anyone who has
an
interest in European history or has an interest in German culture.
Dr. Fredrick Töben's brief review:
Price: $30.00
E-mail the author- Richard Odorfer- at:
odie@axs4u.net
What a delight it was for me to receive in the mail a handsome purple
hard-cover, gold embossed copy of Richard Odorfer's book. It delighted
but also
warned me of the old adage not to judge a book by its cover!
Now after reading the book I must confess that it passes the test of
balance
- form and content are pleasingly presented, and so I can categorically
state
that this retired cop from New York has intellectual depth, passion,
and above
all, a sense of justice and love of truth.
Within the 483 pages of his book Richard Odorfer manages to present his
subject matter as objectively as possible, especially as outlined in
his Book I:
Legendary Times, Prologue: The Spiritual World, where he retells the
Genesis of
it all, i.e. "In the beginning, God was alone."
Chapter One, The Aryans, quickly warms to the topic, and he begins with
a
quote from Gordon Childe's The Aryans, 1987: "The first great world
religions
which addressed their appeal to all men irrespective of race or
nationality,
Buddhism and Zoroastrianism, were the works of Aryans, propagated in
Aryan speech."
From the Aryans it's on to The Indo-Europeans, then to The Celts, and
from
there to The Germans, then to The Fall Of The Roman Empire.
In Book II, we are taken on a tour of The Middle Ages, to The German
Kingdoms
of Europe, Charlemagne/Karl der Grosse, The First Reich, then The Holy
Roman
Empire of the German Nation, The Crusades, and the Summit of the Middle
Ages.
Book III aptly titled Modern Times, begins at page 157 with a small
illustration of the Johann Gutenberg printing press, and thus opens the
14th century.
The first paragraph of Chapter 13 is headed The Renaissance, and it
captures
the mood out of which a blossoming of human endeavour emerges: "Since
the
fifth century, Europe's common man had lived a life centred around
death. Instead
of actively partaking in the joys of humanity, as had his ancient
forefathers,
medieval man dwelled upon the salvation of his soul. The Church
hierarchy,
however, did not always practice what they preached, and bathed
themselves in
luxury. The errant clergy protected its position by terrorizing the
citizens
with charges of heresy if anyone complained of, or strayed from church
guidelines. Living in such an atmosphere intimidated scientists and
artists, stifling
the advance of civilization." P.157.
It is not difficult to extrapolate this situation and make linkages
with what
is confronting our world today.
From the Renaissance it is a quick journey through to The Reformation,
The
Thirty Years War, The Rise of Prussia, The Fall of the Holy Roman
Empire of the
German Nation, and then the emergence of Unity and Justice and Freedom,
which
leads to Chapter 19 The Second Reich, introduced by an 1870 quotation
from
Chancellor von Bismarck: "The Germans ... were a peaceful people who
had been
invaded by France on thirty occasions during the past two centuries -
fourteen
times between 1785 and 1813. Now all that was over."
Book III ends with Chapter 20 headed Germany's Golden Age of
Achievement, and
Ralph Waldo Emerson's quotation: "I am of the opinion that the Germans
possess an honesty of intellect which places their science above all
others."
Book IV introduces us to the 20th century, Chapter 21, The Great War,
Chapter
22, The Treaty of Versailles, Chapter 23: Weimar Republic, then
Chapter 24,
The Third Reich, is introduced by a little known Winston Churchill
quotation:
"What manner of man is this grim figure
who has performed these superb toils
and loosed these frightful evils? ...
Those who have met Hitler ... have found
a highly competent, cool, well-informed
functionary with an agreeable manner, a
discerning smile, a few have been
unaffected by a subtle personal magnetism.
If our country were defeated I hope we
should find a champion as admirable to
restore our courage and lead us back to
our place among the nations."
Chapter 25 is headed World War II, where Odorfer quotes Adolf Hitler:
"First
he [Franklin D Roosevelt] incites war, then falsifies the causes, then
odiously wraps himself in a cloak of Christian hypocrisy and slowly but
surely leads
mankind to war ... I had plans and work for my people for fifty years
to come,
and didn't need a war to stay in office like [Herr Roosevelt]. This war
against America is a tragedy!"
The parallels with the US and its coalition of the willing invasion of
Iraq
is all too striking!
Chapter 26 continues with World War II, followed by Hour Zero. Part
One: The
Post War "War" Against Germany: "A horrifying war had ended for Germany
in May
1945, but the 'peace' that followed became more terrible in many ways
than
the war had ever been. the German people had entered the darkest time
in their
history - Hour Zero - a seemingly eternal period of affliction. The
Allied
victors turned Germany into a huge concentration camp, her guards
millions of
foreign troops whose commanders became the Reich's new dictators. As
feared, the
Allied leaders began their rule harshly: forbidding the Germans to send
or
receive mail, to use the telephone, to travel abroad. Also, the Germans
were
subjected to a curfew, while male and female alike could be searched at
will by the
occupiers at any time. The penalty for a German striking a member of
the
occupation forces was death.
The Allied authorities could and seize Germans indiscriminately from
wherever
they lived for interrogation or labor duty. When the Allies arrested an
alleged war criminal, they would often take his wife and children into
custody. All
valuable property and possessions belonging to the accused and his
family
were confiscated by the Allies, with little hope of return, even if the
tribunal
found the accused not guilty. The war victors even obstructed the
German Red
Cross from performing humanitarian duties.
There was little left of the Old Germany in May 1945, for all the
Reich's
beautiful metropolises had become cities of the dead - Aachen, Berlin,
Cologne,
Frankfurt on the Main, Munich, Hanover, Düsseldorf, Kassel, Essen,
Bremen,
Vienna, Leipzig, Dresden, Stuttgart, Mainz, Hamburg, Nuremberg, and
countless
other ancient German towns - all literally and figuratively gone!"
P.372-3.
More graphic details are offered under sub-headings: 'The Potsdam
Conference'; '"Hour Zero" 1945; 'The "Death" cards'; "Soviet, French
and American Death
Camps'; 'The Expulsion'; '"Hour Zero" 1946-1947'; 'The Greatest Robbery
In
History'; 'To The Last Drop Of Blood'; 'He Who Conceals History Also
Falsifies
History'; 'Hour Zero. Part Two: Defending The Soul Of Germany'; 'The
Hypocrites'; 'Forgery, Perjury, 'Confessions' Under Torture...'; 'The
Witch Hunters';
'The Liberation Of The Concentration Camps'; 'The Holocaust: Nazi
Germany's
Persecution Of The Jews'; 'The Just War Doctrine'; 'The Final
Solution'; 'The
Auschwitz Controversy'; 'How High Is The Number Of Jewish Victim'?';
'The Case
For Open Debate Of The Holocaust'.
As is evident from these headings, Richard Odorfer has touched on all
relevant facts that matter, and that are important in order to
understand what
Germans have gone through. In Chapter 27, Germania, Odorfer deals with
the essence
of what it means to be German overseas who "try to live their lives in
the new
country according to the customs and culture of their ancient
Fatherland...".
P.400.
Chapter 28 is optimistically called A Giant Awakens, followed by the
concluding Chapter 29, Open Borders, Open Hearts, One People, One
Nation wherein is
sketched the re-unification of East and West Germany occurred at
midnight on 3
October 1990 after 45 years of separation.
In the Epilogue Richard Odorfer mentions the dissolution of the
74-year-old
Soviet Union in December 1991, and he concludes, "But all is not well,
for the
dark cloud of the Holocaust hovers over everything German. Dishonesty
and
deception have unfairly branded the Germans as past criminals, and
outcasts on the
world stage. Two thousand years of history, however, confirms the noble
character of Germans. genocide is an Old Testament crime; it is not in
the German
psyche to commit so great an outrage against nature. One day, the truth
will
emerge, as it always does, and Germany will be decriminalized. Then the
soul of
Germany can once again lead mankind into a golden age of science, art
and
discovery - under God." P. 457.
Richard Odorfer's grasp of the vast topic is evident because he managed
to
distill all this material into a coherent whole that reflects his own
German
heritage, that bristles with his typically German values.
To order The Soul Of Germany, e-mail the author- Richard Odorfer- at:
odie@axs4u.net
Dr. Fredrick Töben
Adelaide
31 July 2004
RePortersNoteBook Memo: I highly recommend this book to anyone who has
an
interest in European history or has an interest in German culture.
Dr. Fredrick Töben's brief review:
Price: $30.00
E-mail the author- Richard Odorfer- at:
odie@axs4u.net
What a delight it was for me to receive in the mail a handsome purple
hard-cover, gold embossed copy of Richard Odorfer's book. It delighted
but also
warned me of the old adage not to judge a book by its cover!
Now after reading the book I must confess that it passes the test of
balance
- form and content are pleasingly presented, and so I can categorically
state
that this retired cop from New York has intellectual depth, passion,
and above
all, a sense of justice and love of truth.
Within the 483 pages of his book Richard Odorfer manages to present his
subject matter as objectively as possible, especially as outlined in
his Book I:
Legendary Times, Prologue: The Spiritual World, where he retells the
Genesis of
it all, i.e. "In the beginning, God was alone."
Chapter One, The Aryans, quickly warms to the topic, and he begins with
a
quote from Gordon Childe's The Aryans, 1987: "The first great world
religions
which addressed their appeal to all men irrespective of race or
nationality,
Buddhism and Zoroastrianism, were the works of Aryans, propagated in
Aryan speech."
From the Aryans it's on to The Indo-Europeans, then to The Celts, and
from
there to The Germans, then to The Fall Of The Roman Empire.
In Book II, we are taken on a tour of The Middle Ages, to The German
Kingdoms
of Europe, Charlemagne/Karl der Grosse, The First Reich, then The Holy
Roman
Empire of the German Nation, The Crusades, and the Summit of the Middle
Ages.
Book III aptly titled Modern Times, begins at page 157 with a small
illustration of the Johann Gutenberg printing press, and thus opens the
14th century.
The first paragraph of Chapter 13 is headed The Renaissance, and it
captures
the mood out of which a blossoming of human endeavour emerges: "Since
the
fifth century, Europe's common man had lived a life centred around
death. Instead
of actively partaking in the joys of humanity, as had his ancient
forefathers,
medieval man dwelled upon the salvation of his soul. The Church
hierarchy,
however, did not always practice what they preached, and bathed
themselves in
luxury. The errant clergy protected its position by terrorizing the
citizens
with charges of heresy if anyone complained of, or strayed from church
guidelines. Living in such an atmosphere intimidated scientists and
artists, stifling
the advance of civilization." P.157.
It is not difficult to extrapolate this situation and make linkages
with what
is confronting our world today.
From the Renaissance it is a quick journey through to The Reformation,
The
Thirty Years War, The Rise of Prussia, The Fall of the Holy Roman
Empire of the
German Nation, and then the emergence of Unity and Justice and Freedom,
which
leads to Chapter 19 The Second Reich, introduced by an 1870 quotation
from
Chancellor von Bismarck: "The Germans ... were a peaceful people who
had been
invaded by France on thirty occasions during the past two centuries -
fourteen
times between 1785 and 1813. Now all that was over."
Book III ends with Chapter 20 headed Germany's Golden Age of
Achievement, and
Ralph Waldo Emerson's quotation: "I am of the opinion that the Germans
possess an honesty of intellect which places their science above all
others."
Book IV introduces us to the 20th century, Chapter 21, The Great War,
Chapter
22, The Treaty of Versailles, Chapter 23: Weimar Republic, then
Chapter 24,
The Third Reich, is introduced by a little known Winston Churchill
quotation:
"What manner of man is this grim figure
who has performed these superb toils
and loosed these frightful evils? ...
Those who have met Hitler ... have found
a highly competent, cool, well-informed
functionary with an agreeable manner, a
discerning smile, a few have been
unaffected by a subtle personal magnetism.
If our country were defeated I hope we
should find a champion as admirable to
restore our courage and lead us back to
our place among the nations."
Chapter 25 is headed World War II, where Odorfer quotes Adolf Hitler:
"First
he [Franklin D Roosevelt] incites war, then falsifies the causes, then
odiously wraps himself in a cloak of Christian hypocrisy and slowly but
surely leads
mankind to war ... I had plans and work for my people for fifty years
to come,
and didn't need a war to stay in office like [Herr Roosevelt]. This war
against America is a tragedy!"
The parallels with the US and its coalition of the willing invasion of
Iraq
is all too striking!
Chapter 26 continues with World War II, followed by Hour Zero. Part
One: The
Post War "War" Against Germany: "A horrifying war had ended for Germany
in May
1945, but the 'peace' that followed became more terrible in many ways
than
the war had ever been. the German people had entered the darkest time
in their
history - Hour Zero - a seemingly eternal period of affliction. The
Allied
victors turned Germany into a huge concentration camp, her guards
millions of
foreign troops whose commanders became the Reich's new dictators. As
feared, the
Allied leaders began their rule harshly: forbidding the Germans to send
or
receive mail, to use the telephone, to travel abroad. Also, the Germans
were
subjected to a curfew, while male and female alike could be searched at
will by the
occupiers at any time. The penalty for a German striking a member of
the
occupation forces was death.
The Allied authorities could and seize Germans indiscriminately from
wherever
they lived for interrogation or labor duty. When the Allies arrested an
alleged war criminal, they would often take his wife and children into
custody. All
valuable property and possessions belonging to the accused and his
family
were confiscated by the Allies, with little hope of return, even if the
tribunal
found the accused not guilty. The war victors even obstructed the
German Red
Cross from performing humanitarian duties.
There was little left of the Old Germany in May 1945, for all the
Reich's
beautiful metropolises had become cities of the dead - Aachen, Berlin,
Cologne,
Frankfurt on the Main, Munich, Hanover, Düsseldorf, Kassel, Essen,
Bremen,
Vienna, Leipzig, Dresden, Stuttgart, Mainz, Hamburg, Nuremberg, and
countless
other ancient German towns - all literally and figuratively gone!"
P.372-3.
More graphic details are offered under sub-headings: 'The Potsdam
Conference'; '"Hour Zero" 1945; 'The "Death" cards'; "Soviet, French
and American Death
Camps'; 'The Expulsion'; '"Hour Zero" 1946-1947'; 'The Greatest Robbery
In
History'; 'To The Last Drop Of Blood'; 'He Who Conceals History Also
Falsifies
History'; 'Hour Zero. Part Two: Defending The Soul Of Germany'; 'The
Hypocrites'; 'Forgery, Perjury, 'Confessions' Under Torture...'; 'The
Witch Hunters';
'The Liberation Of The Concentration Camps'; 'The Holocaust: Nazi
Germany's
Persecution Of The Jews'; 'The Just War Doctrine'; 'The Final
Solution'; 'The
Auschwitz Controversy'; 'How High Is The Number Of Jewish Victim'?';
'The Case
For Open Debate Of The Holocaust'.
As is evident from these headings, Richard Odorfer has touched on all
relevant facts that matter, and that are important in order to
understand what
Germans have gone through. In Chapter 27, Germania, Odorfer deals with
the essence
of what it means to be German overseas who "try to live their lives in
the new
country according to the customs and culture of their ancient
Fatherland...".
P.400.
Chapter 28 is optimistically called A Giant Awakens, followed by the
concluding Chapter 29, Open Borders, Open Hearts, One People, One
Nation wherein is
sketched the re-unification of East and West Germany occurred at
midnight on 3
October 1990 after 45 years of separation.
In the Epilogue Richard Odorfer mentions the dissolution of the
74-year-old
Soviet Union in December 1991, and he concludes, "But all is not well,
for the
dark cloud of the Holocaust hovers over everything German. Dishonesty
and
deception have unfairly branded the Germans as past criminals, and
outcasts on the
world stage. Two thousand years of history, however, confirms the noble
character of Germans. genocide is an Old Testament crime; it is not in
the German
psyche to commit so great an outrage against nature. One day, the truth
will
emerge, as it always does, and Germany will be decriminalized. Then the
soul of
Germany can once again lead mankind into a golden age of science, art
and
discovery - under God." P. 457.
Richard Odorfer's grasp of the vast topic is evident because he managed
to
distill all this material into a coherent whole that reflects his own
German
heritage, that bristles with his typically German values.
To order The Soul Of Germany, e-mail the author- Richard Odorfer- at:
odie@axs4u.net
Dr. Fredrick Töben
Adelaide
31 July 2004