As I write this, Alternative für Deutschland or “Alternative for Germany” (AfD), an authentically rightwing, nationalist, and populist party, is quickly rising in the polls and the German establishment is predictably panicking. Whether or not the AfD will suddenly collapse or do anything meaningful for Germany remains to be seen. I remain skeptical, although hopeful. Regardless, the political establishment is nervous, even more so than they have been with other nationalist victories or near victories (such as Italy, France, Hungary, Poland, Brexit, or even Trump). The reason for this requires some examination. Most importantly, this is Germany. There is no other nation on earth that the globalists were more convinced of their absolute victory over nationalism. No nation, not even the colonialism of the United Kingdom or France or even fellow Axis partner Italy, had more guilt imposed on it. Indeed, the globalists were so successful with Germany that the nation has become a case study on how their agenda can be pulled off. For years it looked as if it worked. However, if recent polling is to be trusted, it would appear that the globalists’ victory might be short-lived.
How the German Right, and by that, I mean the authentic German Right, was able to survive its long exile is a fascinating subject, but also one far beyond the scope of a single article. Instead, I want to explore the forces that led us to this moment. Even if AfD does not prevail, the fact that they are doing well reveals just how much the tide has turned against globalism and towards nationalism. Part of the answer is simply that World War II is now receding from living memory; as that memory fades, Europe is returning to its norm. Think of how Europe has been commonly viewed since 1945: weak, anti-militaristic, and anti-nationalistic. If one were to travel back to any other point in European history, those descriptions of Europe would be akin to science fiction, a bizzarro version of reality. I liken it to a tide coming in: eventually, the tide will ebb back. Sure, things may not return to exactly the way they were before, but with the receding tide, the shore does look more or less like it did before. And, I do think we are in the early stages of that trend in Europe.
There is another force bringing German Nationalism back – the rise of Islam in Germany has given Germans a renewed sense of their national identity. And while the mainstream media just wants to pass this off as irrational and mean-spirited “Islamophobia,” the fact that this has happened in Germany requires a deeper investigation. It discloses how physical contact with non-Western civilizations transforms how Westerners view those civilizations. Germany has traditionally been the most Islamophilic of the major Western powers. Distrust of Islam runs high in Southern Europe, and for good reason. Any Islamic invasion of Europe would have to go through this region first. Italy faced the threat of invasion from the beginning of Islam all the way to the beginning of the decline of the Ottomans, while Spain and Portugal had the additional legacies of centuries of Islamic rule. But even outside of Southern Europe, this trend can also be observed. The United Kingdom, France, and the Netherlands are geographically far from the reaches of Islam, but they also had vast empires that brought them into contact with the Islamic world. Likewise, Austria has a long and bloody history with the Ottomans. Russia not only had her central Asian territories, but they also dealt with the Islamized Golden Horde. Additionally, there is also the Russian vengeance to rescue the most important city in Orthodox Christianity – Constantinople – from the Ottoman yoke.
But Germany was different. Nestled deep in the heart of Western Civilization and with only minor colonial ambitions (at best), Germany lacked the first-hand experience with Islam which allowed them to develop fairly pro-Islamic views. There is a reason why much of the foundation of modern Western scholarship on Islam is based on the work of German writers, something that is part of a longer historical trend. Although he did view it as a pagan religion, Martin Luther was still fascinated by Islam, especially in its staunch commitment to iconoclasm.
Kaiser Wilhelm II would go even further and put in a great deal of effort to build ties with the Islamic world, even voicing support for Moroccan independence from France; in doing so, he actually helped bring France and Britain closer together. For years I was confused as to why Germany spent so much time and effort to bring the decaying Ottoman Empire into World War I. In reality, it was part of a grand scheme against the Triple Entente. There were, to be sure, some military goals in Germany’s actions – opening up another front against Russia and possibly even the capture of the Suez Canal. But those were all secondary to the genuine German aim of creating a massive rebellion in the British and French Empires, both of which contained millions of Muslims. The Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed V, was also the Caliph, and thus the (theoretically, at least) leader of Sunni Islam. The German plan was to get him to declare a jihad, which would, in theory, obligate every Sunni Muslim to fight on the side of the Central Powers. As a result, this would create a vast revolt within the British and French colonies and force them out of the war.
Even Hitler would join in on this game. Contrary to the persistent myth that Hitler hated everyone and everything that was not German, in reality, his views on Islam were positive and it was more than merely a shared “antisemitism.” It was, in fact, valid. Hitler, like almost every other German male of his generation, loved the works of Karl May, a late 19th Century author who specialized in highly romanticized stories set in the Islamic world and featured positive depictions of Muslims. Moreover, Hitler admired the warrior ethos of Islam and viewed Arabs as kindred “warrior people” to the Germans.
Whatever one may think of this historical German fascination with Islam, it must be understood within the background of Germans having relatively little contact with Islam. It simply was not a threat to them as it was to other Europeans. Despite this long-standing historical trend, as soon as increased diversity brought Germans into closer (and deadlier) physical contact with Islam, all of that historical Islamophilia disappeared. As it turns out, actually having to deal with the issues of diversity changes hearts and minds, and not in the way the globalists imagined. If the authentic German Right really is back, the rise of Islam in Germany played a major factor in awakening Germans from their slumber in what was, rather ironically, the most pro-Islamic major European power.
Postscript
As a final note, this article is an attack on Islam in the West. However, it should not be misconstrued as a call to arms against the Islamic world for prohibiting homosexual pride parades in Mecca.
If you have any more information on how an “authentic German Right, was able to survive its long exile” I’d very much look forward to reading a follow-up article.
The best blood of the Reich was either worked to death in Soviet gulags or starved and exposed by Eisenhower in open fields in post war Germany. Those that actually lived were shamed by lies about their ancestors and fed a steady diet to the present of Barbara Lerner Specter multiculturalism.
If any survived all of this, maybe there’s hope for Germany and Europe as well as hope for the South.
Where is Vlad Tepes when you need him? But seriously consider this: the white population in America is composed primarily of people of British, Irish, and German ancestry. Until quite recently people of Bristish ancestry out numbered people of German ancestry. That has changed now as people of German ancestry have surpassed people of British ancestry. Should Germany proper become assimilated out of existence then the greatest reservoir of German genes will be in the American midwest.