Quote Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh View Post
Still, the Weimar regime was the duly elected government and he blew the whistle on secret policy decisions they'd made. Any in-power government would label that treason. After Hitler's deal with the Army for power, there was no way they were going to show mercy to a leftist who'd ticked off the Army Junkers.

As whistle-blowers of all stripes must determine for themselves, "Is revealing the truth of enough value to you that you will sacrifice your freedom or your life to reveal it?" The wages of such efforts are well known, however noble the intent.
What this does show, is the extent of the continuation between (an undercurrent of) Weimar and Nazi Germany.

It is common that after a revolution, a true coup, much is reversed. What was black before, is white now,. Who was a traitor, is now a hero. After 1945, everything was different. The Traitor to the Nazi was the hero to both West and East Germany. After 1989, the traitor to East Germany was the hero to unified Germany. Not so in 1933. The traitor to Weimar was still the traitor to Nazi Germany. A chilling thought, one which serves as a reminder to Weimar's dark undercurrent.