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"When Eichmann first went to work for von Mildenstein, the fervent
philo-Zionist gave him Herzl’s 'Judenstaat.' He liked it. He was also
fond of Adolf Bohm’s 'Die Zionistische Bewegung' (The Zionist
Movement) and once, in Vienna, he recited an entire page of it by heart
during a meeting with some Jewish leaders, including the mortified Bohm.
He had even studied Hebrew for two and a half years, although, he
conceded, he never really spoke it well. He had had many dealings with
the Zionists before the Second World War. In 1937 he had negotiated with
the Haganah’s representative, Feivel Polkes, and had been their guest
in Palestine. He had also had close contacts with the Czech Zionists.
Now, again, he would negotiate with the local Zionists."
-- Lenni Brenner, ZIONISM IN THE AGE OF THE DICTATORS
good old Adolf -
the true one -
the noble one! -
the holy one! -
praise thee, o savior of the tribe among giants! -
the trains filled, to the brim!,
murmurs in the wagons: where to?
a Mediterranean Birobidzhan for every Shmul and Spiel!
governed not by Teutons but Hebrews holding hands -
shovels to dig metallic pits of bliss -
carting off one them to save another them -
did Adolf see the lonely flower in the wilderness?
some say he did, some say he did not
who to believe?
surely, after the conflagration, the flower blossomed
and braved storms and witnessed its creation,
a mushroom cloud to signal strength
an oasis in the desert, a haven of progress
(towards full industrialization
and realization of the Zionist Lebensraum ideology)
say to where the red sea parted?
Adolf, the good German, parted it with numbers
crunching planning thinking executing
how many where to save?
first the south, then the east, then the south again
the Transportation Administrator did not sweat,
not bound to a faulty conscience,
rationally he weighed possibilities
while dutifully working within the system
(to solve THE question a mere necessity)
Sig-runed Star of David a symbol of the bond -
two proud races fiercely locked in destiny past -
there Adolf's dealings bore fruit:
groundwork laid to tame the beasts,
to build a sister empire
(vanquished the sand),
a pioneer of the federation,
exemplary citadel of adaptive discipline
- Constantin von Hoffmeister
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