7. Once Hitler was in power, the two friends had reversed their politics of the 1920s: Junger, although not a critic of the regime, kept his distance, while Schmitt (lavished with power & position) defended the Night of the Long Knives.
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Thanks. Great background. Have you done an advanced degree/studies in this area?
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This is one of my favorite threads of all time. Are there any books- either in English or German- covering the relationship/correspondence between these two figures that you would recommend?
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Schmitt was an opportunistic careerist, and deeply anti Semitic. He was also a master of post hoc justification of the steps he took to advance himself. I cannot recall any publication of his that could be described as “never Hitler,” although I might be forgetting something.
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There is an argument to be made that Junger was the more savvy opportunist.
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