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The British soldier and poet, WILFRED OWN (who died in action in the First World war) concluded his famous poem by drawing attention to
"The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est. Pro patria mori."
HITLER AGREED WITH THESE SENTIMENTS, believing that there was nothing more noble or honorable than for a German soldier to die in battle.
Then, in a diabolical move, he created the Holocaust, which may be viewed as a satire or critique of these famous statements by demonstrating that it is nothing but sweet and beautiful to die at the behest of a country.
In fact, such a death is ugly, pathetic, meaningless and disgusting.
The Holocaust was a critique of warfare.
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