A LIVING GIFT

 

The following is an abridged transcript of an address by Commander Matt Koehl at a 2001 Advent celebration of the NEW ORDER outside Toledo, Ohio, with Dutch National Socialist witness Florentine Rost van Tonningen in attendance as special guest.

 

Comrades,

Today we are gathered to celebrate a special birthday. We have been brought together by one name, one name which inspires like no other.

It has been stated that National Socialism is more than mere politics, that it goes beyond fleeting issues of the day to something more profound, to the very foundations of our racial soul. It expresses the collective will of this soul and in the truest sense can be called a  religion—not in the usual sense, perhaps, but religion nevertheless.

As a religion there are two articles of faith we profess. The first was stated by Lincoln Rockwell when he announced the revival and restoration of the Movement of Adolf Hitler and called the Leader a  "gift of providence."

The second is our conviction that  "Hitler lives."

Let us examine these two articles—first, the belief that Adolf Hitler is a gift of Providence. Lincoln Rockwell formulated it this way in the Seventh National Socialist Principle:

"We believe that Adolf Hitler was the gift of an inscrutable Providence to a world on the brink of Jewish-Bolshevik catastrophe, and that only the blazing spirit of this heroic man can give us the strength and inspiration to rise from the depths of persecution and hatred, to bring the world a new birth of radiant idealism, realistic peace, international order and social justice for all men."

What did he mean? He meant simply that here was someone special.

In a sense we are all gifts of Providence—true. Everything that exists was sent into this world by Providence, including you and I.

 

A RACIAL SAVIOR

 

But here was someone who stood out—above and beyond other mortals—as this extraordinary figure who appears but once in thousands of years in accordance with the words of the  Song of the Sacred,  Chapter IV, Verse 8:

"Age after age, when justice is crushed, when evil reigns supreme, I come; again I am born on Earth to save the world."

Here is that Savior who is spoken of. Here is that racial Savior given to us—as a gift—by Providence.

And what is it customary to do when you receive a gift? The proper thing to do is to say, "Thank you."

So what should we do when the gift is extra-special?

"Into a world which had lost its sense of direction, He came to show the way. Into a world of decadence and false values, He came to proclaim anew great, eternal truths. Into a world grown cynical and materialistic, He came to bring a new birth of radiant idealism. Into a world standing at the abyss He came to offer hope and salvation to an entire race."

This is the One we are talking about.  This is the One to whom we are called to express thanks and appreciation.

I would like to cite these words from Book One, Chapter XII, of Holy Scripture:

"When human hearts break and human souls despair, then from the twilight of the past the great conquerors of distress and care, of disgrace and misery, of spiritual bondage and physical constraint, look down upon them and hold out their eternal hands to despairing mortals. Woe to the people that is ashamed to grasp them."

Let us therefore take that hand. Let us accept, appreciate and treasure that precious gift which has been bestowed upon us.

 

'HITLER LIVES'

 

The other article of faith we profess is:  "Hitler lives." You have all heard it often enough.

What do we actually mean? Are those just nice-sounding words and impersonal rhetoric? Or are they an expression of deep-seated conviction?

Today we are gathered to celebrate a birthday, not attend a funeral wake. One does not celebrate birthdays for dead people.

By that fact alone we testify to the living presence of Adolf Hitler.

Even our enemies testify to the  living presence of this man, albeit in a negative way with lies, hatred and slander. Every day they speak of Him. They cannot forget Him.

Bill Moyers, an establishment mouthpiece, speaking in a 1984 TV series, complained:

"Hitler played a trick on us. He'll be around as long as we live."

 

HIS IMMORTAL CHARISMA

 

In a more benign mode, following his visit to the Berghof and the Kehlstein (the so-called Eagle's Nest) at Berchtesgaden in 1945, John F. Kennedy wrote in his diary:

"After visiting these two places, you can easily understand how within a few years Hitler will emerge from the hatred that surrounds him now as one of the most significant figures who ever lived . . . He had in him the stuff of which legends are made."

And all of this in accordance with what Nietzsche once declared:

"All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous maks in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity." (Preface,  Beyond Good and Evil)

Objectively, the reality of somethingcan be demonstrated by its effect upon other objects.

And the living presence of Adolf Hitler can certainly be demonstrated by its noticeable, measurable, continuing effect upon both friend and foe alike.

But to fully appreciate the fact that Hitler lives—that He is, indeed alive—one must actually experience His presence, personally and subjectively.

The operative word here is  EXPERIENCE. You must not only know that He lives; you must  experience His living presence—in your heart and in every fiber of your consciousness and being.

You must encounter Hitler at the level of inner experience. He must become part of your very soul structure. In other words He must come into your heart and life as your Leader and Guide—as your  Führer!

 

'YOU MUST WANT HIM!'

 

You have all seen our "Born Again" sticker. What we are talking about here is the born-again experience—indeed, the  twice-born experience in the tradition of our ancient Aryan ancestors.

Simply put, that experience is identification of your soul and innermost being with the Spirit of Adolf Hitler. For when He has become the center of your life—the pivot around which all else revolves—you will have found your true Self.

Rudolf Hess once said:  "You must WANT the Führer. Then he will come."

You must  want Him! If you go to the center of your being, you will find the  Führer—IF you want him.

Then you will find Him as not just another object, as merely someone else out there, but as part of your very person. Then you will become aware that Hitler and you—Hitler and we—are  one!

 

'HIS SPIRIT HAS RISEN'

 

This is what the  Führer meant when He uttered those memorable words before his death:

"It is necessary that I should die for my people;ut my spirit shall rise from the grave, and the world will know that I was right."

Comrades, His immortal Spirit has risen, even as he said it would. It has risen and now dwells in the innermost precincts of our hearts and minds.

He is our eternal inspiration. To be inspired—inspirited—this is the Resurrection!

The phenomenon of resurrection is not something physical. It is not a material phenomenon. That would be a fantasy, a parody.

Rather, what we are speaking of is a  spiritual process—the inner awareness of life come back, the consciousness of a renewed presence.

In us, in this assembly, at this very moment, the risen Spirit of our Leader is present. It is alive, and we are living testimony to this fact.

 

'HIS REICH SHALL COME!'

 

Today we have the good fortune of having with us someone who had the special honor of meeting the  Führer when he walked on this Earth. and when we take the hand of this person, we have the privilege of knowing that we are touching the same hand once touched by the  Führer.

At the same time we are not only going back to the past, but we are making contact with a bright future.

We are not talking merely in the past tense—not simply about some great figure who once lived and is now dead and gone—but about someone who now  lives, at this very moment and is immortal, timeless.

And because He is immortal, and because He was sent to us by a Higher Power, and because His Cause represents the purpose and meaning behind the entire universe, His kingdom—His  Reich—shall come, even as His will shall be done.

 

'MAY WE BE WORTHY'

 

At this time, as we begin a new National Socialist year, our Movement is confronted by every conceivable odd, by seemingly insurmountable problems and hopeless prospects.

To employ an historical analogy, we are where the early Christians were during the second century A.D.—at that defining moment when their faith was being tested and the future of a revolutionary, new movement was being decided.

During this time they had the will to face every danger, every persecution, and to do everything necessary to prevail. The question is:  Do we have the same will?  Can we afford to do anything less?

During the 88 years our Faith will be similarly tested, as we lay the foundation for a better world and a glorious New Order which is coming.

Therefore, it is incumbent upon us that we recommit ourselves and redouble our efforts, always remembering the special significance of what is at stake and what it is we are fighting for.

As we enter a new year and with this in mind, let us deepen our faith, strengthen our resolve, intensify our efforts, so that we may be worthy of His calling, worhty of that better world which is yet to come.