Showing posts with label WWII. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WWII. Show all posts

Saturday, September 17, 2016

The Creation of the Volkswagen Beatle.

A 25-year argument has finally been resolved. During a casual discussion with a group of friends about the horrors of the second World War, I stated that Adolf Hitler might be a crazy, murderous jerk but he had his “little” creative side in him. For instance, I referred to the fact that Hitler was the motivation behind the creation of the Volkswagen Beatle. A friend was however furiously argued against me and said Hitler was too much of a dumb illiterate to motivate such a design. He went further to make a bet with me that if I could produce any evidence to back up my assertion, he would give me a cash of one hundred Nigerian Naira (currency). Incidentally, I could not produce any evidence. Back then, there was no google or Wikipedia. And now, another friend who was present during the argument has sent this picture to everyone who was present at the gathering. In the picture (see below), Adolf Hitler is seen admiring a Volkswagen Beetle prototype in 1938. The car was requested by Adolf Hitler who wanted a cheap and simple car that would require no water (radiator). The car was eventually designed and built by Ferdinand Porsche.

Thursday, December 10, 2015

The Price of Cowardice.

“…Do you know why it was easy for your people to be so murdered in millions? They were too scared and too weak…they were cowards! That was why, in all cases, it took only about four soldiers to escort thousands of them to the gas chambers. Why didn’t your people fight back? Just a dozen, from among the thousands, could have easily overpowered the few German soldiers guarding them. But no one wanted to die…not even for their wives and children. Everyone was concerned for their individual survival…what a weak, cowardly people!” – Dr. Dieter Vogel, the Nazi medical doctor notoriously known as The Butcher of Birkenau. During the 2nd World War, the man performed medical experiments on Jews, including pregnant women and children without using anesthetics. The above statement was one of his bold outbursts to the Israeli Mossad agents that abducted him in 1965.