Defeating the Totalitarian Lie: A
Former Hitler Youth Warns America
by Hilmar von Campe
Great Book. A Should Read For All In America
The main preoccupation of my parents during the Nazi years was to save
us children from Nazi indoctrination says Hilmar von Campe. At 10 years
old, like every other child, he had to enter the Hitler Youth and at 18 he
was conscripted into the army. He was a gunner in a tank in the
Yugoslavian theatre fighting the Soviet army, became in 1945 a prisoner of
war of the Communist Tito government and in the same year staged a
sensational escape crossing seven borders. His reports about the Nazi
years and the war are a lesson of history as he brings facts unknown to
most Americans. He describes the whyit came about, his own moral
responsibility and how his life changed. The Nazi system, like any other
totalitarian system, he says, is based on lies. Lies are at the root of the
problem in the world. You cant defeat them with money or armies but only
with the truth. Hilmar compares developments in American society and

in the world today with what happened in preNazi Germany and warns
America to turn away now from the destructive ideological path we are on.
Personal Review: Defeating the Totalitarian Lie: A Former Hitler
Youth Warns America by Hilmar von Campe
"Defeating The Totalitarian Lie: A Hitler Youth Warns America" by Hilmar
Von Campe is a sobering look at the bleakness of life and culture of death
within Nazi Germany and shines like a torch as bright and as threatening
as the one Paul Revere once saw.
Hilmar Von Campe wrote "How Was It Possible?" in 2006. In his book, he
wanted to explain why Germany allowed a madman like Adolph Hitler to
rise to power and to persecute the Jews.
However, since the publication of that book, Hilmar felt that current events
demanded that he expand on his work. From his life experiences, the
author understood the frightening correlation between Nazi Germany and
the erosion of freedom in the United States. So, his new book is a look
back at the extreme socialist agenda in Germany (taken from "How Was It
Possible?") and a look forward at the increasing extreme socialist agenda
in the United States.
Hilmar grew up in Germany during this tumultuous period under the
shadow of Adolph Hitler. Subsequently, he was forced into the Hitler Youth
organization at an early age. Meetings were usually twice a week and the
youth had to sing Nazi propaganda songs. He saw within his family a split
in ideology, between pro- and anti-Nazi, that became so hateful that
conversation was avoided.
Hitler had a obsession for cruel treatment of his fellow citizens to drive out
what he termed as `weakness.'
He once stated," Weakness must be hammered away. In my castles of
Teutonic Order, a youth will grow up and the world will tremble. I want a
brutal domineering, fearless, cruel youth. Youth must be all that. It must
bear pain. There must be nothing weak and gentle about it. The free,
splendid beast of prey must once again flash from its eyes... That is how I
will eradicate thousands of years of human domestication... That is how I
will create the New Order."
Von Campe describes the persecution of the Jews in detail. At a young
age, Hilmar witnessed the initial and subtle marginalization of the Jews.
For instance, laws were passed which discouraged Germans to buy from
Jewish merchants. Businesses owned by Jews were forced into
bankruptcy. The author recalled, with regret, that the churches in Germany
were silent to the treatment of this segment of the population.

At the beginning of World War II, the Von Campe family led a relatively
normal life: going to school, having vacations and spending time together
as families do.
In 1943, Hilmar entered military service and explains his active duty which
involved intense combat. As he points out, most of them hated the Nazis
but still took orders from their superiors. With this in mind, Hilmar looks
back and honestly recognizes that most Germans were guilty of the crime
of silence.
By this time, the persecution of the Jews was at the height of its' most evil
form. Hilmar points out that it was the indifference of the German citizens
that allowed this mass execution of life, even though most of them would
not know about the death camps until after the War.
"Defeating The Totalitarian Lie" dissects Nazi Germany and finds that
Godlessness was directly responsible for the savagery and demise of a
once great nation. Von Campe touches on a lot of details of the war,
including the conspiratorial attempts to internally overtake the military as
depicted in the movie, `Valkyrie.'
Von Campe also writes about the major players of Nazi Germany. From
this standpoint, "Defeating The Totalitarian Lie" serves as a great historical
piece, told firsthand by a Hitler youth turned German soldier.
Great suffering fell upon the author's family as the War came to an end.
Von Campe describes the sad fate of his father at the hands of the Soviet
military. Hilmar, too, became a prisoner and describes his heroic escape.
What makes this book so unique is the fact that Hilmar Von Campe draws
parallels to the current condition of the United States. It is his eyewitness
`testimony' that gives the reader a clear understanding that the West is
closer to the edge of totalitarianism than many would otherwise believe.
He sounds an alarm on the mass executions that occur today in the United
States. These staggering 50 million plus abortions have happened on a
large scale to the indifference of the `average' American.
As the author correctly points out, the ACLU is an organization that has
done tremendous harm to freedom ( the rights of the unborn, religious
expression, etc). He is amazed (as we all should be) that this socialist,
anti-American group is able to fund itself with taxpayer money.
Again, Hilmar shows the growing Godlessness in the United States by
pointing out the court system and their refusal to use Constitutional and
Judeo-Christian law to guide their decisions.
How far are we to becoming the next Nazi Germany? Not very far if we are
to believe Hilmar Von Campe's compelling evidence. With each disturbing

news event and political agenda that Mr. Von Campe exposes, we see a
clearer picture of an agenda that appears to be making serious inroads in
the destruction of American sovereignty.
This book is well worth your time and will wake you up to the tragic events
that are alarming those who have the point of view to see that history,
unfortunately, does repeat itself.
Bruce Collins
Raiders News Network Book Reviewer
www.BruceDCollins.com
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