WWII

I don’t know so much about World War II. I don’t know what made the Japanese team up with the Nazis, (- and the Italians) or under what or which circumstances did this alliance take place or emerge. - What I do know is mainly from William Shirer’s [- “the”] “Rise and fall of the Third Reich”, - which I have never read in full.

I also did not read “Mein kampf” and only have general and common knowledge of it. - Still the general idea here would be roughly the same.

The deeds of the Holocaust were of course not widely known in real time. - The shock only aroused after the war. I think. I don’t really know how much of it spread earlier. - But the ideas presented in the book written quite earlier before Hitler’s rise as it was were never made secret. (- Originally the book was not intended to bear the title of “Mein kampf”, as it did. Hitler had a considerably longer name for it, which would have been made quite significant with time, - but the publisher did not find it commercial and had it changed.) They are generally known, I am not sure how well known all around the world, but clearly here in Israel, for obvious reasons, they are.

- Jews, along with blacks and members of their race, the Semites, meaning all Arabs, plus perhaps some other references I don’t know or don’t remember, - were to be eliminated. Wiped off the Earth, - as - I might mention, - (totally unrelated to the main point here) the Jews did much earlier to others who inhabited their land on conquering it after returning to it from Egypt. It was never made secret either but is documented in the book of Joshua. Still this is just a remark made by the way. Others, according to Hitler’s book, - were fit to serve as slaves to the race to which the Germans belong, - the Aryan race. They were not to be cleared off the way those viewed as the lowest were to, - but their contribution and value - as I understand - were to be in the service they would grant the Germens and Aryans who are valued in themselves, higher at least.

- The book was not written in secret, it was never a hidden document. - It was very popular in Germany. Not just as it was published but after Hitler’s rise. It was not some unknown paper only few show interest in, or some document only particular experts or weird geeks are familiar with. The intention was to ban religion in Germany and to have at every home (or so) an altar bearing only the swastika and “Mein kampf” as the only object on it. This plan was never carried out, since the Germans lost the war, but documents exist relating to it.

Even though Hitler did not necessarily publicly continuously and repeatedly speak of it, again for reasons which may be quite obvious, - it was there in his book which gained popularity as Nazism rose and flourished. - One did not need to occupy any secret service in order to learn of the issue. It was in the open, though, one might guess, in a way, - waiting for its time.

According to the ideas presented off this personality’s particular mind so widely and significantly affecting the German nation in the times of the war, - among those designated to become the poor servants dedicated to the welfare and general needs of the supreme Aryan race, were the members of the Mongolian race, never excluding the Japanese, of course. Obviously, no immediate intention of enslaving the Japanese according to the general plan existed. The Nazis were not altogether impractical. In spite of some most unreasonable conduct at the later stages of the war. There was a practical intention, following the ideas I mentioned, to deprive the Polish of education in order apply the policy, so that they would be only working to feed the Germans; but no plans were in hand as to make their former allies into a lower level supporting their material needs as the book guidelining the conduct suggests.

Still, - (and this is my main point here in this post) the question may be - how pleasant did or would the Japanese find this idea?

- Were they altogether ignorant of the ideas related to, or did they just not care?

What sense might it make for them to team up with, - to join and ally with, - those whose ideals are to make of them as said?

Clearly, this is not their cup of tea.


I might add a note relating to the extent to which agreements were not respected at the time. Perhaps not by the Japanese. I don’t know. But generally.

But this is not the point. It is not about practical danger in near future. It is mainly about the spirit. It may be that the Nazis would some day turn against the Japanese if they would win the war. The question for them would quite obviously be just practical. But relating to the spirit in which the Japanese (I guess) joined in, - how would they like the fact that their allies whom they have joined (who were clearly the main force in the alliance, the Italians and the Japanese were secondary) view their future designation and appropriate place in the world as their inherent servants and slaves. How would the public opinion in Japan accept such an attitude and view? For some reason nobody seem to have thought of it, until today. Food for thought. This only.