The Courage of Adolf Hitler
Our family recently watched The Book Thief, set in World War II. Hitler’s name is associated with pure evil in most peoples’ mind, for good reason. To compare someone to Hitler is among the worst insults you could give anyone. He is directly/indirectly responsible for the murder and deaths of millions of Jews, gypsies, other nationalities as well as servicemen and women both on the side of the Allies and the Axis powers. Today, incidentally, is D-Day – the day the Allies invaded the beaches of Normandy. “Thank you” – to that generation!
Hitler’s followers considered him a brave man. He was a veteran of the first world war and decorated for his valor. He tried to overthrown the government in 1923, which failed, and he was thrown into prison where he wrote his famous memoir Mein Kampf (My Struggle). When he was released, he gained notoriety for criticizing the Treaty of Versailles which ended the first war. He especially gained his following for his rhetoric – antisemitic, pro-German, and anticommunist. Courage? Many followers believed he had it coming out of his ears.
The war in Europe wound down in the spring of 1945. During the Battle of Berlin, Hitler married his lover, Eva Braun. Two days later, April 30, as the Russian army was fast approaching, Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide. Suicide? So he would not have to answer to the world for his behavior! Is that courage? That is not courage. That is weak-kneed, yellow-bellied, spineless, gutless cowardice.
He had “courage” when he had power. He had “courage” as long as he had control. He had “courage” when people feared him. If you take away the power, the control, and the fear, Hitler loses his courage.
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Contrast Hitler with Jesus. He could have called twelve legions of angels to defend Him. More than that, He could have – without blinking an eye – sent every last persecutor to the gates of hell. Jesus came to testify to the truth (John 18:37). Truth does not exist outside of Jesus. Jesus is truth (John 14:6). Courage is conviction to truth. It is the conviction to die for truth. Jesus went to the cross, for truth.
Contrast Hitler with Christians from early centuries. Stephen was stoned to death. He did not renounce. He did not blink an eye. He was not harsh, arrogant, condescending, or merciless. He died for truth. That’s courage. Paul was stoned. Paul was whipped. Paul was beaten. Paul was imprisoned. Paul never committed suicide to avoid the penalty of his convictions. If tradition is to be believed, Paul was beheaded for his convictions – conviction to truth. That’s courage.
Contrast Hitler with modern Christians. Christians who are willing to tell a co-worker that adultery is wrong and he/she should not be cheating on their spouse. Regardless of what the outcome is at work, conviction to truth is courage. Christians who are willing to tell a family member that homosexuality is wrong and – even if they can’t bring themselves to marry heterosexually – they need to quit their homosexual behavior. Regardless of what the outcome is in the family, conviction to truth is courage. Christians who pay taxes as the government requires them do what God expects them to do, regardless of the outcome.
Conviction to live for the truth is courage.
–Paul Holland
