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I recently rewatched two older videos by YouTubers JD from The History Underground and Chris Mowery from Vlogging Through History about their Currahee clean-up project in 2021. They’re simply good for the soul — whatever your thoughts on the Second World War, Band of Brothers (“the men that saved the world” — seriously, Chris?), or even the criticized “I love Hitler” graffiti. And in a way, it reminded me of our own little community project.
In 2018, I said goodbye to the city that I had lived in for 20 years — I still work there twice a week, so I’m not completely free of it yet — and moved to a small town. Having grown up as a country girl, I figured if the choice was between the anonymous freedom but increasing insanity of a big city, and the fact that everyone knows what their small-town neighbor has for breakfast but also notices anything fishy going on, I really preferred the latter. I haven’t regretted my decision even once.
Now, for some reason I have a liking for cemeteries. One day, when strolling across the one in my new hometown, I discovered a neglected corner with several similar-looking old graves, their “inhabitants” all having died in the mid-1940s and all featuring Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian names. They were the graves of forced — or “civil” — laborers, of course. At the time there was very little information available on them; I have since done some digging.
Seeing that for all appearances, nobody took care of those graves, I adopted them. I cut away what felt like tons of ivy, weeded dandelions, planted daffodil bulbs, and installed grave lanterns. Then one day there was a commotion in the cemetery. It turned out that a group of volunteers, mostly from the local Protestant church, had had a similar idea and were planning to improve the cemetery. We quickly joined forces. We’ve worked side-by-side now for over three years, the church group providing contacts within the local administration and community while I provide contact with the German war graves commission, of which I am a member, as well as expertise on Second World War history in general and “our” forced laborers in particular.
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It was only recently that I realized that what we are doing is community-building. While I am under no illusion that any member of the group would identify as an advocate for the white cause — they are too Christian or too politically correct, or both, for that — we all are white locals intent on preserving and improving our town. And although there are increasing numbers of mostly Turkish Muslims, and lately sub-Saharan Africans in our small town, you hardly ever see them at the cemetery that has by now become a beautiful oasis full of trees, bushes, and insect-friendly flowers.
In our group’s early days, a well-meaning but brainwashed helper muttered the usual “problem” about the memorial to the German soldiers of both world wars, a huge stone cross bearing the inscription Treue um Treue (“Loyalty for loyalty”). For years, if not decades, the area where it stands had been neglected and ignored in shame. The place is now an extremely popular spot for tree burials — i.e., urns are buried under the trees surrounding the memorial. People are even registering for it in advance.
Next will be the corner containing the forced laborers’ graves. We are planning a peaceful setting with rose bushes and benches under birch trees that are already there. There will be an information board, of course, and our long-term plans include QR codes for each grave, telling its story, and maybe even an audio guide for the entire cemetery. Teenagers from the church community have already expressed their interest in getting involved.
In the overall scheme of things, it might not sound like much. And maybe in a few years, our town will have gone to the dogs regardless. I don’t know. Still, it occurs to me that you shouldn’t disregard the little projects. If it creates something beautiful, and if it gets the locals interested in their community and their history, it might sow the seeds for a much larger renewal. And if you don’t go too crazy all at once, you might even have unexpectedly good conversations with others about politics and white identity.
As JD said in his video:
. . . all came together for a common cause because they saw a wrong that needed to be righted, and they were willing to take their words and put them into action, and start pushing back on something that really, really needed correcting. Now, we do need to be real about something. In the short term, this isn’t going to last. The people who vandalized this area will be back and they will do it again . . . But that doesn’t mean that we give up. If there’s one thing that we can learn from history, it’s that there are just some people who define themselves by what they can desecrate and what they can destroy . . . But again, that doesn’t mean that we give up. There are always going to be people who are going to try and tear things down and try and turn the world into an ugly place. And it’s in those times when good people have to band together. They have to make a firm stand and say, “No. You will not do this. You will not destroy our history. You will not desecrate and take the things that God has made beautiful and turn them into something ugly. You’re not going to take our society and grind it into the dirt.”
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This is an edifying article. Good advice!
I had to make a rule for my obsessive self: Spend time doing white things, not just fixating on the white struggle.
Your cemetery project is a great example of that.
That’s an excellent rule. Thank you!
A nice, ‘homely’ post. Our people and their struggles in this life should be remembered. Good luck!
But we also need a full-bore assault on the misguided ethics and theology that would cause any Christians to feel “guilty” for speaking up on behalf of justice for whites. Our cause is not Hitler’s. We seek to live, not conquer. But we won’t be conquered, either.
“[F]eel “guilty” for speaking up on behalf of justice for whites.”
Today’s European man & woman are a joke. Proof? Englishmen can’t even say -England is the homeland of the English. Irishmen can’t even say – Ireland is the homeland of the Irish. Frenchmen can’t even say – France is the homeland of the French. Italians can’t even say – Italy is the homeland of Italians. Canadians can’t even say – Canada is the homeland of Europeans. Americans can’t even say – America is the homeland of Europeans. Etc.
If we can’t even say that, how in the world are we going to fight to secure a future for our children?
XIV VERBA
Thanks for the inspiring essay Clarissa.
”And if you don’t go too crazy all at once, you might even have unexpectedly good conversations with others about politics and white identity.”
Yes. And that’s the key; don’t go crazy. Gentle, very gentle. For example, if someone brings up anything about “white supremacy” I always say, seems the problem is Jewish supremacy. Then I start naming names. If you’re gentle, speak softly and with facts, people will listen. And you’ll also be surprised that a few are aware of the problem and who’s the cause of the problems.
Wow, I could not possibly disagree more. The JQ is enormously complex, empirically and morally; it is even more complex to explain in nuanced fashion to ignorant people. OTOH, allowing barbaric aliens to colonize YOUR homeland (especially in a place like Germany) is easy to explain as 1) actually happening, and 2) bad for the country (just ask, “gently” if you want, how is Germany benefitting from the presence of these foreigners? or are we being harmed by them? is our generosity being gravely exploited and abused? what future are we leaving for our children? etc).
When dealing with normal people, always start any de-brainwashing discussion with a) the reality and injustice of racial favoritism; or b) the reality of nonwhite crime and general misbehavior; or c) the facts of immigration (and the present and future conflict this creates and portends); or d) the incompatibility of Islam with either Christian or secular Europe. Never start with race and IQ, or one’s horror of miscegenation; and NEVER start with the JQ (particularly in Germany!! lol).
Yes Lord Shang, it can be complicated but I find that if I gently just give basic facts, people will listen.
For example, if someone says something about “white supremacists” I usually counter with, ‘white supremacy? Shouldn’t we be talking about Jewish supremacy? I mean, George Soros who’s Jewish, is destroying our cities by paying the DA’s in our cities to let violent criminals loose. Alejandro Myorkas, the head of Homeland Security, who is a Sephardic Jew, has our borders wide open. The Fentynal that’s flowing across our southern border has, in the past year alone, killed well over 125,000 Americans. Mostly white from the heartland. Janet Yellen, Jewish, secretary of finance, with her horrible policies, is destroying our economy. Did you know that Zelensky, and the Ukrainian oligarchs are all Jewish? And that we’re just giving them billions of dollars unaudited? Why? Well, did you know that the Biden administration is over 75% Jewish…. Did you know that it was mostly Jews under Stalin (give them names) who were responsible for murdering well over 53 million Russian Christians beginning in 1917 that many say was not a revolution but a Jewish Bolshevik takeover of Russia? Why is a white guy from Europe the epitome of evil? How did that happen?
That’s what I do. And I do it in a very gentle, matter of fact way. I find that when I do it that way, people listen. And the great thing is, if there’s Jewish people around, or I think that there is, I will say ‘well, it’s not your regular Jewish people, it’s the Jewish elite.
Any, any! discussion about Jewish supremacy is a good thing. Even if you only discuss it with one person, keep doing it. Keep spreading the truth.
I know this is a tangent, but Glen Allen, the attorney who runs the Free Expression Foundation, is suing a big antifa guy who doxxed a lot of folks from Patriot Front. You can go over to TOO and read his piece about it (2 minute read). Donate to him if you can. He does some great work on our behalf and for freedom of speech.
The same Glen Allen harassed by the SPLC in 2016 for writing to William Pierce in the 80s? I will definitely check it out
Not sure about that Leroy but quite possible. I know that Glen himself has been doxxed.
I’ve spoken to him before, he’s a great guy and is on the front lines for us everyday.
The story is in a lot of msm papers; Seattle Times, Rolling Stone, etc…
“And if you don’t go too crazy all at once, you might even have unexpectedly good conversations with others about politics and white identity.”
What I have found to be very effective is to bring show examples of anti-whiteness.
A lot of our people are not ready to be pro-white but they are anti-antiwhite.
You can also quite safely point out how diversity and wokeness disproportionately negatively affects White people.
Race and IQ are not safe to talk about but IQ on it’s own is relatively safe depending on the people you are with. You might think that leaving out race means people are missing the context, but smart people can realize what/where/who is low vs high IQ.
Illegal immigration has always been okay to talk about but in the last year or so mass-immigration (the legal kind) has also become acceptable to criticize in some mainstream circles.
I love this site for the intelligent content and comments sections but the pro-white movement needs to give more credit to the people who get out and distribute simple flyers, put up stickers, spam memes and links across social media etc.
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