Hitler Was Not a Vegetarian After All

[krsna]

 

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/3/prweb219804.htm

 

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, March 15, 2005: When the recent movie "Downfall"

portrayed Hitler as a vegetarian, the vegetarian community at large was

offended. However, the New York Times recently printed (on March 15th)

the following note in its "corrections" box: "A film review about

'Downfall,' which looks at Hitler's final days, referred incorrectly to

his diet. Although the movie portrays him as vegetarian, he did eat at

least some meat." Atlanta writer Lewis Regenstein, president of The

Interfaith Council for the Protection of Animals and Nature, was highly

instrumental in motivating the correction.

 

The news release outlines some of the information sent to the New York

Times that influenced their decision: "Robert Payne's authoritative

'The Life and Death of Adolph Hitler' (Prager, 1973) states on page

346: 'Hitler's asceticism played an important role in the image he

projected over Germany. According to the widely believed legend, he

neither smoked not drank, nor did he eat meat... Only the first was

true. He drank beer and diluted wine frequently, had a special fondness

for Bavarian sausages... His asceticism was a fiction, invented by

Goebbels to emphasize his total dedication, his self control... He

could claim that he was dedicated to the service of his people. In

fact, he was remarkably self indulgent... Although Hitler had no

fondness for meat except in the form of sausages and never ate fish, he

enjoyed caviar...' " In addition Dione Lucas, Hitler's chef, wrote the

following, "Hitler in his later years sometimes posed as a non-meat

eater, he was not a real vegetarian, and did frequently or at least

occasionally eat meat, fowl, and other animals products (eggs, caviar)

& always served them to his guests."

[Guest guest]

He was a great man, that's all that matters. He was a Vibhuti.

[Avinash]

A person like Hitler should never be called as great.

[krsna]

... an exchange that took place between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and some of his disciples, during a morning walk in Denver, Colorado, on June 28, 1975.

 

 

Disciple: Srila Prabhupada, in your lecture the other day in Los Angeles, you said that when a great war happens, with many people killed, it has been arranged by the Supreme. As in the battle of Kuruksetra.

 

Srila Prabhupada: Yes. Krishna states that fact to Arjuna. "You are feeling intense affection for your family members, even though they are trying to usurp your kingdom by mounting a massive attack. You are thinking, very nobly, that you do not wish to kill your family members.

 

But it is already settled. They must be killed here. I have brought them. You may kill them or not kill them--they will be killed. That is My plan. If you want, you may take credit that you have been victorious in the battle."

 

And modern warfare is the same kind of arrangement. It is all prearranged. War means bringing many two-legged animals together and killing them. Finished. And that is happening every so often. A Napoleon is being sent for killing. Or a Hitler is being sent for killing. In India, the Lord Himself comes for killing. Lord Ramacandra came for killing Ravana, and Lord Krishna came for killing the Kauravas.