perseus
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The view of Hitler beating his dog in the 'Rise of Evil' exemplifies our image of him as psychopathic maniac. In fact there is no evidence of this and all indications was that he was an animal lover. This also seemed to be the case on some of the more notorious 'criminals' in the Nazi party.
It seems a bit of a contradiction that they treated animals better than many people. Is there a psychological explanation to this? Was there a 'Hell is people' sort of attitude originating from a bad experiences in childhood driving them to creatures they could trust and love?
Perhaps it was all Nazi propaganda, or a sort of feudal law to avoid the peasants killing game. There was little enforcement of the animal welfare rules for vivisection as well. Food for thought though!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_welfare_in_Nazi_Germany
It seems a bit of a contradiction that they treated animals better than many people. Is there a psychological explanation to this? Was there a 'Hell is people' sort of attitude originating from a bad experiences in childhood driving them to creatures they could trust and love?
Perhaps it was all Nazi propaganda, or a sort of feudal law to avoid the peasants killing game. There was little enforcement of the animal welfare rules for vivisection as well. Food for thought though!
There was widespread support for animal welfare in Nazi Germany and the Nazis took several measures to ensure protection of animals. Many Nazi leaders including Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring were supporters of animal protection. Several Nazis were environmentalists, and species protection and animal welfare were significant issues in the Nazi regime. Heinrich Himmler made efforts to ban the hunting of animals.Göring was an animal lover and conservationist.The current animal welfare laws in Germany are more or less modification of the laws introduced by the Nazis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_welfare_in_Nazi_Germany
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