Campe-ing it Up
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Sun Nov 16, 2008 at 04:36:54 AM EST
WorldNetDaily introduces a new book by Hilmar Von Campe, aged ex-Hitler Youth member turned evangelical speaker and author:
Because it has abandoned moral absolutes and its historic Christian faith, the U.S. is moving closer to a Nazi-style totalitarianism, warns a former German member of the Hitler Youth in a new book.

"Every day brings this nation closer to a Nazi-style totalitarian abyss," writes Hilmar von Campe, now a U.S. citizen, and author of "Defeating the Totalitarian Lie: A Former Hitler Youth Warns America."

Von Campe sniffs out Nazism everywhere: Obama? "I would classify him as a nonbeliever who pretends to be a Christian, similar to the National Socialist 'German Christians' who used the Christian language to promote their Nazi ideology." The ACLU? " I think the ACLU is distributing Nazi philosophy." Elian Gonzalez? "The Miami raid reminds me of the time when the discrimination of the Jews started in Nazi Germany". The ill-considered disruption of a minuteman lecture at Columbia university? "Hitler had storm troopers who would shut up the opposition. And, that is what these people were trying to do, the same thing." Muslims? Take a guess...
On the other hand, being a ruthless military dictator who liquidated opponents is not necessarily a bad thing:
General Augusto Pinochet, who prevented the totalitarian take-over of Chile by the Allende/Castro gang and their armed thugs, transformed his country into an envied show-case for the whole of Latin America and returned Chile to democracy has been for decades a main target...of persecution.

Another character to get the von Campe seal of approval is the late South African columnist Aida Parker, whom he desribes as his "dear and couragious friend". It should be noted that Parker for many years ran a notorious newsletter which shored up support for the apartheid regime on supposed "anti-Communist" grounds.

Von Campe also dislikes bankers, and his conspiracy-mongering here rivals John Hagee:

Could there be another Alger Hisses at work today in other sections of the policy making establishment, f.i. in the financial system? What about Alan Greenspan and his banker crowd. A mole not necessarily needs to be a socialist. Greed and money can be as devastating an ideology if it gets hold of mind and soul of a person.

...Since the last president and secretary general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Michael Gorbachev, pretending to be a newly born Christian, operates from government property in the United States, it seems to indicate that greedy capitalists and hard core communists work together to destroy freedom and the only nation which can thwart that purpose: the United States of America.

(Actually, that last article, from 2004, does get some points for pointing out that mortgage-lending was out of control and likely to lead to unhappy consequences)

Born in 1925, Von Campe was a member of both the Hitler Youth and then the German army. Presenting himself as a repentant ex-Nazi who realized he had been "brainwashed" after turning evangelical, von Campe uses this experience to claim a special insight into the nature of Nazism. Von Campe is regarded in conservative circles, including churches, as a "renowned intellectual", and his website boasts that he is included in the 1992 edition of a book called The International Who's Who of Intellectuals - doubtless a sure sign of something. At least one of his books is published by Five Continents, which is the name of his Colorado-based business.

Von Campe also claims to be an expert on the Middle East, and he recently teamed up with Walid Shoebat and Top Executive Media for publishing and speaking purposes. Although von Campe is a Christian Zionist, it is unknown whether he shares Shoebat's views on Biblical scholarship.




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If you're curious, the answer is a likely "yes" as to whether he shares views with "Shoebat"--his books and "Shoebat's" material are the only two publications presently being distributed by Top Executive Media.  

Also, apparently von Campe and one of "Shoebat's" partners in crime used to tour together, and the "Shoebat" schtick is almost identical to von Campe's ex-Hitlerjugend schtick.

(I use quotes, by the way, because it's still up in the air as to whether Walid Shoebat actually exists or may be an alias of Top Executive Media owner Keith Davies--the two look almost to be twins in images, among other things, and some of the founders of Top Executive Media have a long history of both "Swiftboating" and a number of MLM affinity frauds as well as Amway IBO-esque pyramids promoting "motivational" materials.)

In addition, Top Executive Media has known links to dominionists dating back at least to 2002, among other things; Keith Davies, head of Top Executive Media, is a Messianic Jew/"Hebrew Christian" of the "new apostolic reformation" variety (claiming to be an "Irish Jew") and has some rather explicit linkage to groups connected with New Apostolic Reformation/Joel's Army--explicitly, a NAR group that claims the Mahdi is the Antichrist (the coming of the Mahdi is held in similar regard as the Second Coming is in Christian circles).  This isn't all--he's apparently quite the regular himself in the "travelling preacher" circuit in NAR churches (if promotion by Calvary Church of Port Orchard is any clue).

Interestingly, Davies also was an exhibitor at the International Christian Retail Show, an annual event focusing primarily on dominionist media marketing.  (And when I mean "dominionist media marketing", I mean flat-out dominionist; quite a number of companies connected to Hobby Lobby and its rather extensive family of companies promoting dominionist media have been regulars, as have FotF speakers.  A look at the exhibitor list for 2005 is particularly revealing.)  

The conference itself is essentially a front of a "Christian Media Association"; the timeline history is...odd and definitely neopente-skewed to say the least, and apparently the membership of the board of directors entirely consists of people associated with neopente-dominionist and NAR-friendly bookstores (of note, one of the largest dominionist-friendly bookstore chains in the US--Lifeway, operated by the publishing wing of the Southern Baptist Convention--is not represented, whilst single-shop neopente-dominionist owned companies and the relatively smallish Mardel chain (a company in the "Hobby Lobby complex" of NAR-funding, NAR-promoting businesses) get heavy promotion--the sole mention of Lifeway at all is in media contacts)--especially puzzling and indicative of skew.

...so, yes, as friendly as the owner of the publishing company that von Campe tends to deal with is (re neopente dominionist theology), I'd say all bets are good.  

In fact, it can be argued that von Campe's schtick--"I was a member of (insert horridly antisocial, murderous, and generally considered evil group here) until I found God and now I'm a travelling preacher warning the world how close we are to falling into the clutches of (insert horridly antisocial, murderous, and generally considered evil group that I am claiming to be an ex-member of here)" is in fact a regular trope in neopente dominionist circles, in fact, a veritable staple of the "travelling preacher" circuit.  Examples in the 70s and 80s included Mike Warnke (one of the few cases definitively debunked in the pentecostal community itself--claimed to be an ex-diabolist until Cornerstone magazine posted a damning expose showing he was lying), supposed ex-rockers who would do speeches about the "rock lifestyle" being evil, not to mention promoting the "backward masking" urban-legend (I specifically remember one who visited the church I walked away from who claimed to be an ex-member of Three Dog Night...), etc.  The whole "ex-gay" thing in and of itself can be considered a subset of this trope, there were "ex-Communists" promoted from the 50's onward, much of the appeal of folks like Thomas Muthee and the "wild man of the Amazon" shows featuring converted Waorani Nation peoples stems from the "I was of the most evil group you can imagine and then I found God" trope, and now "ex-Moslem Terrorists" (it is never, ever, ever pointed out that Islamist terrorists have about as much to do with mainstream Islam as, well, the Army of God and other clinic-bombers have to do with mainstream Christianity) are the newest trope of this sort promoted.  (I'm not counting the "I was a rampaging drunk and then found God after a near-death experience" or "I found God after dying momentarily and having a long talk with Jesus" tropes--those are so much staples of neopente-dominionist, and especially NAR, circles that it's pretty much a standard of neopente dominionist stage theatre.)

by dogemperor on Sun Nov 16, 2008 at 01:55:20 PM EST


von Campe doesn't talk about the (small) evangelical movement in Germany during the period 1933-1945 ... there was very few resistance, very much accomodation and a not negligible number of evangelicals supporting the nazis (because of anti-communism, anti-semitism or perceiving the NSDAP as a kind of "revivalist" movement); the CSVD, the party of evangelicals, pietists and free church adherents voted in March 1933 for Hitler's enablement bill in parliament and voluntarily dissolved itself soon after, its four MPs joined the NSDAP's parliamentary group ...

by Entdinglichung on Mon Nov 17, 2008 at 11:11:54 AM EST

A)  WHO was heading in the direction of a totalitarian nazi-like regime?

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/51150/

B)  WHO is using the four immoral principles of the Dominionist movement:
 
1)      Falsehoods are not only acceptable, they are a necessity. The corollary is: The masses will accept any lie if it is spoken with vigor, energy and dedication.
2)      It is necessary to be cast under the cloak of "goodness" whereas all opponents and their ideas must be cast as "evil."
3)      Complete destruction of every opponent must be accomplished through unrelenting personal attacks.
4)      The creation of the appearance of overwhelming power and brutality is necessary in order to destroy the will of opponents to launch opposition of any kind.

http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/TheSwiftAdvanceOfaPlanned Coup.htm

by Concerned on Sun Nov 16, 2008 at 03:58:35 PM EST


Huey Long once said, before his assassination in 1932, that the fascists will come as anti-fascists with flag and Bible in hand. Here we have one. Some of what von Campe says starts to sound good till you see him lump "socialism" and "Marxism" with "National Socialism." Finds himself agreeing with that ardent Dominionist Don Wildmon. Calling the ACLU having a "Nazi philosophy" are truly disturbing. Though the technique is as old as the hills. It is easy for him to decry the dead regime he lived under while promoting the same or similar theosophy of civilization. Another one to be watched closely. I will remember his name. "The most dangerous kind of lie is one that has a kernel of truth." Ben Franklin

by Nightgaunt on Mon Nov 17, 2008 at 05:06:30 PM EST


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