Merkel: Hitler's rise to power - constant warning

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that Adolf Hitler's rise to power should go on reminding Germans that democracy and freedom could not be taken for granted.

Izvor: Beta

Wednesday, 30.01.2013.

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BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that Adolf Hitler's rise to power should go on reminding Germans that democracy and freedom could not be taken for granted. That must be a constant warning for us, Germans," she said at the inauguration of an exhibition in Berlin to commemorate eight decades since Hitler became chancellor on January 30, 1933, AFP has reported. Merkel: Hitler's rise to power - constant warning Merkel added that human rights, freedom and democracy “do not assert themselves”. “A dynamic society needs people who respect each other, who take responsibility for themselves and others, who make brave decisions and who are ready to accept criticism,” the German chancellor said and pointed out that Germany was “permanently responsible” for Nazi crimes. Merkel said at the opening of the exhibition on a site where former headquarters of the Gestapo stood that it had taken Hitler only six months to “wipe out all the diversity” of the German society. However, she also underscored that a large part of society had supported "or at least acquiesced" to Hitler's regime. Merkel said that “students and professors” took part in the Nazi burning of books written by Jew, Marxist and pacifist writers, including Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Mann and others on May 10, 1933. The German parliament held a special session dedicated to victims of the Nazi regime. The exhibition dubbed "Berlin 1933. On the Path to Dictatorship" traces Hitler's first months in power through photos, newspapers and posters. Posters show images of the Reichstag going up in flames the following month and then the first measures taken against the Jews on April 1, with the start of a boycott of Jewish shops, doctors and lawyers. "Germans, defend yourselves! Don't buy from Jews," a poster states. Andreas Nachama, director of The Topography of Terror, says that the exhibition shows the "daily erosion of democratic institutions" as the Nazi regime began to build up steam, eventually leading to World War II and the deaths of 40 to 60 million people, including six million Jews. Angela Merkel (Beta/AP) Beta AFP

Merkel: Hitler's rise to power - constant warning

Merkel added that human rights, freedom and democracy “do not assert themselves”.

“A dynamic society needs people who respect each other, who take responsibility for themselves and others, who make brave decisions and who are ready to accept criticism,” the German chancellor said and pointed out that Germany was “permanently responsible” for Nazi crimes.

Merkel said at the opening of the exhibition on a site where former headquarters of the Gestapo stood that it had taken Hitler only six months to “wipe out all the diversity” of the German society.

However, she also underscored that a large part of society had supported "or at least acquiesced" to Hitler's regime.

Merkel said that “students and professors” took part in the Nazi burning of books written by Jew, Marxist and pacifist writers, including Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Mann and others on May 10, 1933.

The German parliament held a special session dedicated to victims of the Nazi regime.

The exhibition dubbed "Berlin 1933. On the Path to Dictatorship" traces Hitler's first months in power through photos, newspapers and posters.

Posters show images of the Reichstag going up in flames the following month and then the first measures taken against the Jews on April 1, with the start of a boycott of Jewish shops, doctors and lawyers.

"Germans, defend yourselves! Don't buy from Jews," a poster states.

Andreas Nachama, director of The Topography of Terror, says that the exhibition shows the "daily erosion of democratic institutions" as the Nazi regime began to build up steam, eventually leading to World War II and the deaths of 40 to 60 million people, including six million Jews.

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