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Jyllands-Posten Turns out to be Hitler Fan
Jyllands-Posten Turns out to be Hitler Fan
By Hasan Cucuk, Copenhagen
Published: Monday, March 06, 2006
zaman.com
Apparently, Jyllands-Posten, the Danish newspaper causing a crisis between the Muslim world and the West when it published cartoons insulting the Prophet Mohammed, had for many years been a pro-fascist publication.
The paper Jyllands-Posten that published profane cartoons of Prophet Mohammed turns out to be a Hitler fan.
The Danish daily, praising German dictator Adolph Hitler and Italian dictator Franco Mussolini’s fascist administration in the 1930’s, had been referred to by the Danes as “Jyllands-Pesten”, ‘the plague’, for this reason.
A Jyllands-Posten headline, “Germans must be found right to get rid of the Jews” in 1938, supported the Hitler administration’s looting of Jewish workplaces, destroying graveyards and detaining 26,000 people.
A few years previously, the paper had published a special supplement apologizing for its publications against democracy.
Jyllands-Posten had set “freedom of expression and the press” as a reason, while defending the cartoons of disrespect that caused a crisis between the Muslim world and the West.
Due to political and economic pressures, the newspaper indirectly apologized, and was backed by Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
According to research conducted by a Zaman reporter, Jyllands-Posten first published in 1871 is termed a “conservative rightist” newspaper.
Despite its slogan, “Politically independent newspaper,” the daily stood out publications supporting first Mussolini, and then later, Hitler.
Jyllands-Posten announced the German election results on 5 March 1933, running the headline “Hitler’s victory,” also supported Hitler’s annulment of the constitution.
The following comment was published on 9 March 1933: “Nobody shall cry in vain. Those voters who had enough of the misuse of parliamentarian democracy gave up on the democratic principles and moved over to Hitler’s side. They will fight against the parliamentary system together with Hitler.”
Jyllands-Posten, revealing no end its admiration of Hitler, even defended “the dictatorship is in favor of Europe”:
“Hitler made Germany stand up again. The dictatorship is an advantage for Europe. Communism was ousted and the social democrats were silenced. The only disadvantage of the dictatorship is the possibility of a war.”
Jyllands-Posten, in a commentary dated 17 May 1933, used the expressions “Danes should take the model of the Italians and the Germans. Democracy is a method that can be out into practice during the easy times, but it is a luxury during a crisis periods. What is needed is an iron blow. The Danish people will follow the model of Mussolini and dismiss all the politicians,” and invited the fascist dictatorship to come to Denmark.
“Democracy turned into a party administration. The majority of the voters want the dictatorship. The only way out is a dictatorship,” read the same paper on 4 June 1933, at the peak of its anti-democracy support.
On 1 May 1933, Jyllands-Posten welcomed the imprisonment of labor union leaders and the confiscation of their properties in Germany with the expressions “The problem has now been solved. Jews have been excluded, the labor unions have been forced to join the Nazis, the communists and socialism has been eradicated.”
The newspaper found the Nazis “using their own methods” to solve “the Jewish problem” as “acceptable.”
In his book titled, “Anti-Semitism in Denmark,” Christian Lammers from the University of Copenhagen wrote, “After the ‘crystal night’ incidents against the Jews, Germany’s intentions to cut all ties with the Jews should be viewed as the right decision. It should act rightly and properly while realizing this, while setting forth its conditions.”
The blasphemous cartoons of Prophet Mohammed were first published by Jyllands-Posten in September and then later in some other European newspapers.
The sketches caused outrage in the Muslim world, with the protests turning violent in some places. The newspaper and the Danish administration were forced to step back following the widespread reactions.
By Hasan Cucuk, Copenhagen
Published: Monday, March 06, 2006
zaman.com
Apparently, Jyllands-Posten, the Danish newspaper causing a crisis between the Muslim world and the West when it published cartoons insulting the Prophet Mohammed, had for many years been a pro-fascist publication.
The paper Jyllands-Posten that published profane cartoons of Prophet Mohammed turns out to be a Hitler fan.
The Danish daily, praising German dictator Adolph Hitler and Italian dictator Franco Mussolini’s fascist administration in the 1930’s, had been referred to by the Danes as “Jyllands-Pesten”, ‘the plague’, for this reason.
A Jyllands-Posten headline, “Germans must be found right to get rid of the Jews” in 1938, supported the Hitler administration’s looting of Jewish workplaces, destroying graveyards and detaining 26,000 people.
A few years previously, the paper had published a special supplement apologizing for its publications against democracy.
Jyllands-Posten had set “freedom of expression and the press” as a reason, while defending the cartoons of disrespect that caused a crisis between the Muslim world and the West.
Due to political and economic pressures, the newspaper indirectly apologized, and was backed by Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
According to research conducted by a Zaman reporter, Jyllands-Posten first published in 1871 is termed a “conservative rightist” newspaper.
Despite its slogan, “Politically independent newspaper,” the daily stood out publications supporting first Mussolini, and then later, Hitler.
Jyllands-Posten announced the German election results on 5 March 1933, running the headline “Hitler’s victory,” also supported Hitler’s annulment of the constitution.
The following comment was published on 9 March 1933: “Nobody shall cry in vain. Those voters who had enough of the misuse of parliamentarian democracy gave up on the democratic principles and moved over to Hitler’s side. They will fight against the parliamentary system together with Hitler.”
Jyllands-Posten, revealing no end its admiration of Hitler, even defended “the dictatorship is in favor of Europe”:
“Hitler made Germany stand up again. The dictatorship is an advantage for Europe. Communism was ousted and the social democrats were silenced. The only disadvantage of the dictatorship is the possibility of a war.”
Jyllands-Posten, in a commentary dated 17 May 1933, used the expressions “Danes should take the model of the Italians and the Germans. Democracy is a method that can be out into practice during the easy times, but it is a luxury during a crisis periods. What is needed is an iron blow. The Danish people will follow the model of Mussolini and dismiss all the politicians,” and invited the fascist dictatorship to come to Denmark.
“Democracy turned into a party administration. The majority of the voters want the dictatorship. The only way out is a dictatorship,” read the same paper on 4 June 1933, at the peak of its anti-democracy support.
On 1 May 1933, Jyllands-Posten welcomed the imprisonment of labor union leaders and the confiscation of their properties in Germany with the expressions “The problem has now been solved. Jews have been excluded, the labor unions have been forced to join the Nazis, the communists and socialism has been eradicated.”
The newspaper found the Nazis “using their own methods” to solve “the Jewish problem” as “acceptable.”
In his book titled, “Anti-Semitism in Denmark,” Christian Lammers from the University of Copenhagen wrote, “After the ‘crystal night’ incidents against the Jews, Germany’s intentions to cut all ties with the Jews should be viewed as the right decision. It should act rightly and properly while realizing this, while setting forth its conditions.”
The blasphemous cartoons of Prophet Mohammed were first published by Jyllands-Posten in September and then later in some other European newspapers.
The sketches caused outrage in the Muslim world, with the protests turning violent in some places. The newspaper and the Danish administration were forced to step back following the widespread reactions.
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