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Originally posted by Rockpuck
BUt.. hypothetically.. any Mason who comes across a Mason in need, regardless of nationality or place in battle, be it political, or otherwise.. has to take care of their fallen brother..
A quick google search on the Civil War in America, and even in the Revolutionary war, soldiers going through fields filled with wounded would hear the cries of a fallen Mason, they would treat that man as they would their own, regardless of what side they where on. Often Union soldiers found Southern Masons wounded and helped them to a surgeon, and vice versa.
Originally posted by rkadow
When a new Mason becomes a Master Mason we take an Obligation which includes a part about coming to "The aide of distressed worthy brother where the chance of saving his life is more likely then me losing my own."
Since this is an obligation that all Freemasons take it is probably likely that a Nazi Freemason would help out a none Nazi but only if it would not put his life in grave peril.
Originally posted by RockpuckA quick google search on the Civil War in America, and even in the Revolutionary war, soldiers going through fields filled with wounded would hear the cries of a fallen Mason, they would treat that man as they would their own, regardless of what side they where on. Often Union soldiers found Southern Masons wounded and helped them to a surgeon, and vice versa.
After 1933 the Freemasons would have been perceived as a threat on numerous levels but before that it is probable that they would have foreseen their potential to be regarded as enemies of state. The build up to Hitler’s ascension to Dictator was all slight of hand, subterfuge and murder eliminated all opposition. If the forget-me-not was widely used it would suggest that there was some preparation for the events to come.
If you wouldn’t mind sharing it, I’d be grateful for any details you have on Freemasonry in Nazi Germany (from WWI onwards really), especially any names with freemasonry connections. Links or book recommendations would be helpful. As an observer I find the ethos of freemasonry interesting especially within a historical context.
Many thanks for responding to my questions.
All the best
Hitler is only recorded in referring to his perception of Freemasonry as an example of how he wanted the Nazi party to develop,
- Adolf Hitler.
Only the deeper and broader strata of the people as such, or rather that class which is beginning to wake up and fight for its rights and freedom, cannot yet be sufficiently taken in by these methods. But this is more necessary than anything else; for the Jew feels that the possibility of his rising to a dominant role exists only if there is someone ahead of him to clear the way; and this someone he thinks he can recognize in the bourgeoisie, in their broadest strata in fact. The glovemakers and linen weavers, however, cannot be caught in the fine net of Freemasonry; no, for them coarser but no less drastic means must be employed. Thus Freemasonry is joined by a second weapon in the service of the Jews: the press.
"The general pacifistic paralysis of the national instinct of self preservation begun by Freemasonry in the circles of the so-called intelligentsia is transmitted to the broad masses and above all to the bourgeoisie by the activity of the big papers which today are always Jewish."
"The general pacifistic paralysis of the national instinct of self preservation begun by Freemasonry in the circles of the so-called intelligentsia is transmitted to the broad masses and above all to the bourgeoisie by the activity of the big papers which today are always Jewish." 11
"The prohibition of Masonic secret societies, the persecution of the supra-national press as well as the continuous demolition of international Marxism, and, conversely, the steady reinforcement of the Fascist state conception, will in the course of the years cause the Italian Government to serve the interests of the Italian people more and more, without regard for the hissing of the Jewish world hydra."
Originally posted by wu kung
Nice to have you here blue73, you too bdrice12.
You two are both welcome here.
It's an honor to have your first posts here on this thread.
Blue, I'm sure that your father would be overjoyed to have his son join into Masonry with him.
It has been a bonding experience for many father/sons for generations.
Rockpuck, I truly appreciate you guiding this thread when your schedule permits, as always, it's an honor to call you brother.
bdrice12, good luck with your petition.
Please let us know how it goes.
Originally posted by Rockpuck
Guys'n'Girls. Whos the girl?? Wu Kung? Just messin with you Wu-Kung. ....... or am I?
Originally posted by Rockpuck
Wu Kung ...... I am tierd... getting ready for lodge actually...
.. ok.. off to make my coffee... (morning lodge. lol..)