Walhalla.

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Welcome to Walhalla. NOT the Valhalla of Norse mythology, however.

"In Scandinavian mythology, Valhalla . . . is a majestic, enormous hall located in Asgard, ruled over by the god Odin."

This Walhalla is a monument to the greatness of the German people. German as understood by "tongue", culture, the ethos of the people, "of the German tongue"!!

"Walhalla is a hall of fame for 'laudable and distinguished Germans', 'famous personalities in German history – politicians, sovereigns, scientists and artists' 'of the German tongue'"




Laudable and distinguished!!

Inaugurated in 1842, originally 160 persons of "the German tongue" chosen for inclusion. The total now numbering 195. A very select group of persons.

"on October 18, 1842, there were 96 busts, plus 64 plaques for persons or events of which no portrait was available on which to model a sculpture. As being "of the German tongue" was the main selection criterion for the original 160 persons representing the 1,800 years of German history"

Artists, composers, writers, scientists, rulers, inventors, etc.

AND MILITARY MEN.

1,800 years of German military history as you might expect of course providing a goodly number of inclusions to Walhalla.

Military men of all stripes and varieties. To include but not limited to:

* The warrior: Horsa - "fifth century warrior"

* The warrior/prince: "Arminius a.k.a. Hermann der Cherusker"

* The knight: "Hermann von Salza - fourth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights"

* The warrior/king: "Frederick II of Prussia – Frederick the Great"

* The Field Marshal: "Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher – Prussian Generalfeldmarschall"

* And the final military entry: "Helmuth Graf von Moltke – German Generalfeldmarschall"

Von Moltke the Elder. Long time serving Prussian Chief of Staff who commanded during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.

However, since the time of von Moltke, NO GERMAN MILITARY FIGURES HAVE BEEN INDUCTED INTO WALHALLA!!

The current German nation is ashamed of the military tradition of Germany since the time of von Moltke? Embarrassed - - in the aftermath of both World Wars, military men of the "German tongue" are no longer worthy of consideration - - scorned - - denied entry into Walhalla?

Those most recent inductees into the select group enshrined at Walhalla include a politician, a saint, a scientist, a composer, an author, AND A PERSON INVOLVED IN THE RESISTANCE [PASSIVE] AGAINST HITLER AND THE NAZI REGIME!!

* Konrad Adenauer (1999) – first Chancellor of West Germany
* Johannes Brahms (2000) - Composer
* Sophie Scholl (2003) - German passive resistance activist against the Nazi regime.
* Johann Carl Friedrich Gauß (2007) – mathematician, astronomer, and physicist
* Edith Stein (2008) – philosopher and saint
* Heinrich Heine (2009)

The German military man since the time of von Moltke, no longer "laudable and distinguished"!!

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