Publisher's Synopsis
The Warrior Revolution is translated from the Third Reich original, Die kriegerische Revolution, which was published in 1943 by the Central Publishing House of the NSDAP, Franz Eher. Kurt Eggers was one of the most famous and highly esteemed authors of the Third Reich. A Waffen-SS regiment was named after him after he was killed on the Russian front! The theme of this book is again Egger's National Socialist idealization of the soldier. But what does that mean? Separating fact from fiction - perhaps more accurately, separating Allied propaganda from genuine National Socialism - is hardly possible without original National Socialist source material. Interestingly, Eggers includes a rather long quote from the Jewish author Heinrich Heine, where Heine presents the "blonde beast" image later used in Allied propaganda. Eggers does not seem to outright dismiss the concept so much as he simply corrects Heine's - hostile and hence distorted - picture of the Germanic warrior. Both Heine and Eggers readily agree that the Germanic warrior's energies are enormous. These energies are, of course, greatly feared by Heine and greatly admired by Eggers. Even the "style" of their presentations almost seem to touch. Eggers himself repeatedly describes these energies as "demonic", although he does not mean anything "evil" in the conventional sense. He means something primeval, powerful and non-Christian. Near the end of the book, there is even a reference - actually more rare in Third Reich literature than in Allied propaganda (!) - to something akin to the "master race" concept. At any rate, anybody interested in learning more about the National Socialist soldier ideal would be well advised to ready the works of Kurt Eggers. Softcover. 60pp.
