James Vincent Murphy James Vincent Murphy James Vincent Murphy (7 July 1880 – 5 July 1946) was an Irish translator, writer, and journalist, who published one of the first complete English translations of "Mein Kampf" in 1939. James Murphy attended St. Patrick's College. He was ordained a priest at St. Patrick's College Chapel in 1905. He left clerical service. Before the Second World War he lived for some time in Italy and Germany. James Vincent Murphy has been accused of translating the German word "Hakenkreuz" (Hooked Cross) which Nazis called their symbol, as "Swastika", a Hindu religious symbol signifying prosperity and wellness. However,
Austria – the Nazis' first victim and estimated on the near pullout of the occupational troops, fitted into the internal policy well too. The "victim theory" assumed two forms: one for internal and one for foreign use. Austrians still have been exploiting the slogan of the Moscow Declaration about "Hitler's first victim" in their foreign politics. But inside Austria it was transformed into the newest unifying narrative that all the Austrians, without any exception, have been the victims. Following the political necessity all the sections of the society were sequentially included to the list of the victims. Former Nazis were included to the narrative as "victims"