欧美文化博览 希特勒的黑暗魅力—崛起的魅力(8)

Thousands of ex-soldiers formed paramilitary groups called Freikorps in order to fight the revolution.

数千名德国退伍军人组成名为“自由军团”的准军事组织，旨在镇压革命。

And these Freikorps already held many of the ideas and beliefs that Hitler would later adopt as his own.

自由军团所奉行的理念和信仰日后演变成希特勒的信条。

Many Freikorps were hugely anti-Semitic,believing in the fantasy that Jews were responsible both for Communism and Germany's defeat in the war.

多数成员是极端反犹太主义者，认为犹太人应为一战中的共产主义和德国战败负全责。

And one of the most notorious Freikorps groups even adapted what they took to be a racist¹ symbol, the Hakenkreuz...or Swastika.

而其中最臭名昭著的一个自由军团甚至设计了种族主义的标志，纳粹党徽，即纳粹万字符。

Members of the Freikorps called their leaders Fuehrer.

自由军团成员将领导人称为元首。

And many of those who would later become infamous² as Nazis⁴ joined Freikorps...

后来很多都成了恶名昭彰的纳粹分子。

like Heinrich Himmler, who would become head of the SS,

如希姆莱，后成为党卫军头目。

Gregor Strasser, one of the most important early leaders in the Nazi³ party and Rudolf Hoess,the future commandant of Auschwitz.

格雷戈尔·史特拉斯，纳粹早期重要领导人之一，以及鲁道夫·赫斯，后成为奥斯维集中营指挥官。

But Hitler was not in a Freikorps.

但希特勒没有参加自由军团。

He was back in Munich.

他当时在慕尼黑。

Devastated⁵ by the loss of the war and desperate to stay in the army, he seemed lost and directionless.

因为德国战败而备受打击，他不顾一切留在军中，他心情低落，迷失了方向。

1 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。

2 infamous   

adj.声名狼藉的，臭名昭著的，邪恶的

参考例句：

• He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes.他因反对女性主义而声名狼藉。
• I was shocked by her infamous behaviour.她的无耻行径令我震惊。

3 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

4 Nazis   

n.（德国的）纳粹党员( Nazi的名词复数 )；纳粹主义

参考例句：

• The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Nazis were responsible for the mass murder of Jews during World War Ⅱ. 纳粹必须为第二次世界大战中对犹太人的大屠杀负责。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。