The Rise of Hitlerism As Christ in his twelve disciples raised a stock faithful unto martyrdom, whose belief shattered the great Roman Empire, so in Germany to-day, we are experiencing the same thing. Adolf Hitler is the true Holy Ghost. Hans Kerrl. 80 years have now passed since Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany. AQ looks back to a time when the world was holding its breath. The following article was written less than six months after Hitler was handed executive power on 30 January 1933. Yet as you will see, there is a chilling premonition to the writing even though it would be another six years until Germany would invade Poland on 1st September 1939 and spark history's bloodiest war. This article has been edited from the original. For the original piece see: http://www.aips.net.au/aq-magazine/ aq-latest-issue/ IMAGE: © Google Images ARTICLE
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