{"id":1080,"date":"2015-04-12T04:47:41","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T04:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/letters\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2019-08-18T22:10:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T22:10:28","slug":"comparisonceremony-for-the-king-of-central-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2015\/04\/12\/comparisonceremony-for-the-king-of-central-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison:Ceremony for the king of Central Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He named himself as &#8221; Emperor Bokassa I of Central Africa&#8221; after overthrowing the president of Central Africa. He organized \u00a0an insanely expensive coronation that seemed straight out of a movie. He had a mile long cape and a giant gold eagle shaped throne. The ceremony was performed with 3000 lavish guards as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/199831_v1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18010 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/199831_v1-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/199832_v1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18011 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/199832_v1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/199832_v1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/199832_v1.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When ever we speak about lavish ceremonies to please dictator we always imagine dictators such as Emperor Bokassa of Central Africa or we imagine a middle eastern dictator such as Gadaffi from Libya. Most of us don&#8217;t think about one of the most famous figures in history who was also famous for having such lavish ceremonies, Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n<p>On 20 April 1939 \u00a0the people of Berlin woke up eager and excited for one the flagship events of the year. On that day the people of Germany were eagerly waiting to celebrate the fiftieth birthday of the german chancellor and F\u00fchrer Adolf Hitler. The preparation for his birthday was extravagant. Arrangements were made to ensure that Berlin could accommodate people from all over the country. All the streets were adored with swastikas and thronged with well wishers. The city center was adorned with flags,photographs, elaborate garlands, swastika signs with golden eagles\u00a0on top. The whole East-West Axis \u00a0were adorned with flags, golden eagles and floodlit pylons. The whole parade was filled with glittering uniforms soldiers and guns.<\/p>\n<p>We often don&#8217;t imagine or think about all the splendor that was spent over the F\u00fchrer&#8217;s birthday celebration. Since most of the history about WWII is associated with the merciless killing, things such as exquisite display of money and power by someone such as Adolf Hitler are\u00a0usually never mentioned.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-00089_Berlin_Parade_zum_50._Geburtstag_Hitlers-595x428-300x215.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18012 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-00089_Berlin_Parade_zum_50._Geburtstag_Hitlers-595x428-300x215-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FNmPn-300x199.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18013 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FNmPn-300x199-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/nazibayreuth1-275x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18014 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/nazibayreuth1-275x300-275x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Similarity between the F\u00fchrer and Bokassa&#8217;s ceremony are uncanny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He named himself as &#8221; Emperor Bokassa I of Central Africa&#8221; after overthrowing the president of Central Africa. He organized \u00a0an insanely expensive coronation that seemed straight out of a movie. He had a mile long cape and a giant gold eagle shaped throne. The ceremony was performed with 3000 lavish guards as well. 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