“The Internationale,” which may be seen and heard in the footage below, dates from the brief seizure of power by the Paris Commune during the Franco-Prussian War. It has since been translated into scores of languages and adopted as the anthem of militant Marxism, particularly as interpreted by Vladimir Lenin.
Nazism teaches that anyone born into the “wrong” race is unworthy of life. To Marxist-Leninists. those born into the “wrong” class, or who disagree with the Party’s platform, ideology, or leadership, are viewed in the same way that the Nazis viewed the Jews — as “Untermenschen”. Such “enemies of the people”, according to the memoirs of Great Purge perpetrator General Pavel Sudoplatov, are considered to be deserving of nothing but frivolous prosecution on any charge, however outrageous, that can be concocted by the secret police and the prosecutors. As Stalin once said to Milovan Djilas, the methods used are not important but what is gained.
Therefore, I find listening to “The Internationale” to be every bit as disturbing an experience as hearing the “Horst-Wessel-Lied” or certain other Nazi songs. Both were used to cover equally atrocious realities and thus have the ability to make my blood run cold.
Furthermore, the large number of people of all ages, races, and walks of life who are enthusiastically singing this horrific song proves the truth of G.K. Chesterton’s statement that, when people cease to believe in God, they do not believe in nothing, they believe in anything.
May God bless the the countless millions victimized in the name of the Red Banner and may their Memory be Eternal!
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