O world leaders! Restrain Modi.

Byline: Dr M Ali Hamza

History is documented not only for academic labour. History is there to learn from it and not to commit the same errors over and over again. But unfortunately, we humans are prone to the repetition of mistakes. In the early twentieth century (1920s 1930s) a fanatic type of leader and an extreme naationalist party were taking roots in war-devastated Germany, which had become a republic a while ago. Now many years later, we have no problem declaring that Hitler had schizophrenia. But, unfortunately, we were unable to realise this psychiatric disorder in the days preceding massive destruction, caused by this mental patient's sick decisions. Let me briefly recap the events that led to the killing of more than 65 million human beings across the globe. Hitler came out as a strong, fanatic orator, who knew how to motivate the crowds. Hitler's path to power started in the 1920s; eventually, he got control of Germany in January 1933, when he was appointed as the chancellor of Germany. Just two months after Hitler's rise to power, one fine night the Reichstag (German parliament) building caught fire. Some Nazi leaders got to the scene of the fire even before the firefighters. According to eyewitnesses accounts, Hermann Goring declared: 'This is the beginning of the communist revolt, they will start their attack now'. Hitler took the queue and said: 'There will be no mercy now. Anyone who stands in our way will be cut down'. This was the start of Nazi hegemony in Germany. The German SS (Schutzstaffel 'Protection Squad'), which had grown into the main Nazi security outfit received a cart Blanche and started the process, which later resulted in the annihilation of millions. Nazi ultra-nationalists started by identifying communists and Jews. Then came the process of mandatory nationalisation of assets. And finally, the Jews and communists along with homosexuals, disabled persons, Slavic people and many others lost their lives in concentration camps. According to the Nazis, everything un-German had to disappear. Books written by Jewish, left-wing or pacifist writers were burnt. While, a schizophrenic German leader and his band of mentally disturbed politicians and generals, were initiating the war game, which ended with the death of more than 65 million people, the leaders of the then world powers, were keeping their eyes shut to the developments, holding their long-term and short-term interests in mind.

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