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kpete

(71,963 posts)
Sun Jun 24, 2012, 12:02 PM Jun 2012

Letter To Hitler: A German Woman's Haunting Correspondence (sound familiar?)

Woman should lean on man as her strong protector and guardian in the hard battle of life, [and should be] full of devotion as his spouse and the mother of his children. That is the divinely ordained calling of woman, and deviating from this path results in her forfeiting her most essential purpose. Countless women of ‘today’ regard their most essential task as out of date and cast it away with a negligent wave of the hand and a deprecating smile, and compete with men in all areas, blind to the fact that it is precisely the tender, vulnerable, gracious woman who is attractive to man.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/20/letter-to-hitler_n_1613213.html
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Letter To Hitler: A German Woman's Haunting Correspondence (sound familiar?) (Original Post) kpete Jun 2012 OP
interesting letter. iemitsu Jun 2012 #1

iemitsu

(3,888 posts)
1. interesting letter.
Sun Jun 24, 2012, 12:54 PM
Jun 2012

i wondered as i was reading this if the author was angling for a job in the nazi government. i think she hoped to become the new "national mother".

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