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,
The Nazis Strike The Nazis Strike The Nazis Strike was the second film of Frank Capra's "Why We Fight" propaganda film series. It introduces Germany as a nation whose aggressive ambitions began in 1863 with Otto von Bismarck and with the Nazis as their latest incarnation. Hitler's plan for world domination is described in terms of Halford Mackinder's Heartland Theory, starting at about three minutes into the film: The next focus of the film is the "softening-up" of the Western democracies using fascist organizations such as the Belgian Rexists, the French Cross of Fire, the Sudeten German National Socialist Party of Konrad Henlein,