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6. Fun fact: Reaction in Europe was like comparing HITLER to HITLER (my extrapolation)

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Original post)

Fri Sep 26, 2025, 01:13 AM

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In a YouTube video about Ernst ROHM reaction from European newspapers was to compare that Nazi event to historical atrocities.

That reference brought to (my) mind how today we're constantly lectured against comparing KRASNOV to HITLER.

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