MEMBER BLOG TAG: vegetarian
| Thursday, January 27, 2011 8:08PM | | | | Was Hitler a Vegetarian? | Tags: Nazi Germany, Hitler, Nazi, vegetarian, meat, Gandhi
| | | Hitler found out early that eating less meat and more fruits and vegetables eased his "nervous stomach" and helped control his heavy sweating and flatulence, which caused him great embarrassment. He also believed that meat eating and pollution caused cancer, which killed his mother. Although he ate less meat than many, he never completely gave up his favorite meat dishes, especially Bavarian sausages.
Hitler had nothing but contempt for the nonviolent aspect of vegetarianism and ridiculed Gandhi. He believed might makes right and wanted young Germans to be brutal, fearless and cruel. "The youth that will grow up in my fortresses will frighten the world," he said. He once summarized his worldview in a single, short sentence: "He who does not possess... | | | | | |
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