NAZIS’ CHRISTMAS.
PAGAN RITES.
WORSHIP OF THE SUN. SOLSTICE PYRE IGNITED. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright. NEW YORK, Dec. 25. The Berlin correspondent of the New York Times says a definite eff-ort to transform Christmas symbolism into something closer to the Nazi ideal of "blood and soil” was noticeable this year. For the first time, perhaps, since the Christianisatlon of the Germanic tribes a Christmas celebration, in which new' rites were introduced, was observed by selected representatives of ■the labour -service army. In the presence of the Gommander-in-Chief, Hierlat Rhulsdorf, near Berlin, they -set fire to a solstice pyre saying: “These holy fires we Tight to celebrate the turning of the Sun.” Before -the pvre the Inmates of the camp stood with burning torchesThe Governor -of Brandenburg in a journalistic -contribution —of which there were several similar in tone by leading- Nazi figures to-day—said: “The day of the winter solstice was holy -to our ancestors and the period was filled wi-t-h the fairyland magic of the Nordic -soul.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19460, 27 December 1934, Page 7
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