In a Thicket of the Forest at Artois

It was in a thicket in the Artois Wood.

Deep in the trees, on blood-soaked ground,

A wounded German warrior lay stretched

And his cries rang out in the night.

In vain ... no echo answered his plea ...

Will he bleed to death like a beast

Shot in the gut, that dies alone?

Then suddenly ...

Heavy steps approach from right and left

He hears them stamp on the forest floor ...

And new hope springs in his soul.

And now from the left ...

And now from both sides ...

Two men approach his dark resting place

A German, and a Frenchman.

And each watches the other with distrustful glance,

And threateningly they aim their weapons.

The German warrior asks: "What are you doing here?"

"I was touched by his desperate calls for help."

"He's your enemy!"

"He’s a man who is suffering."

And both lowered their weapons without a word.

Then entwined their hands together

And with muscles tensed, carefully lifted

The wounded warrior, as if on a stretcher,

And carried him through the woods
Till they came to the German outposts.

"Now it’s done. He’ll get good care."

And the Frenchman turns back toward the woods.

But the German grasps for his hand,

Looks, moved, into sorrow-dimmed eyes

And says to him with earnest foreboding:

"I don’t know what fate holds for us,

Which inscrutably rules in the stars.

Perhaps I shall fall, a victim of your bullet.

Perhaps mine will fell you on the sand —

For the fortune of battle is unpredictable.

But however it may be, and whatever may come:

We lived these sacred hours,

When human found himself in human ...

And now, farewell! And God be with you!"

                                                    Adolf Hitler 1916

ON HISTORICAL EXACTITUDE

Historical Exactitude is a more precise term for what is often called Historical Revisionism, or simply "revisionism". The term "revisionism" has a few different meanings in different contexts, and it is also sometimes used incorrectly by opponents of historical accuracy to imply the revision of true history in the service of a political agenda--rather than its real meaning: the revision of inaccurate, frequently deliberately misleading, politically motivated historical claims, in order to bring history as written and taught into accord with the facts.

HARRY ELMER BARNES -

Pioneer of Historical Exactitude

Therefore, to prevent misunderstanding, the clearly descriptive and less politically loaded term, historical exactitude may be a more useful one in many circumstances.

Wartime is proverbially characterized by the magnitude of the lies told by governments and their institutions; in fact, such monumental falsehoods are an absolute necessity in virtually any war: if the people called upon to fight had any idea for whom and what they were fighting, most wars would never get off the ground.

Now that more and more people are turning away from government and corporate-sponsored media, to get their news from internet sources, it seems that it may finally be possible to make a dent in the wall of lies which constitutes the official history of WWII--the bloodiest, most destructive conflict in world history--to reveal the truths behind it: truths that are surprisingly relevant to our world today with its seemingly insoluble problems.

The Biblical phrase, "and the truth will set you free" was never more relevant than with reference to today's Gordian knot of political, military, and economic policies, which seem to be dragging us relentlessly, hogtied and helpless, from crisis to crisis, toward the dread vortex of World War III. On this blog I propose to wield the sword of Truth to cut the knot of lies (and while I'm at it, to drive the bulldozer of Truth to knock down the wall of lies in my previous paragraph :-)).

If you find the information you obtain here useful, please be generous with it; if each person who learns tells just two people, the wave of truth generated will eventually be massive enough to sweep away the rapidly encroaching New World Order, making way for a world order based on, if nothing else, truth.