Masonic Lodges Quotes
This quotation shows another example of the paranoia about Masons/ Since the Masons had chapters in many nations, their loyalty was always suspect to the most nationalistic leaders of many countries. In the United States, we even had a national Anti-Masonic Party that elected Congressmen and other politicians. Fear of the foreign—Xenophobia—has existed in many countries.
The Nazis persecuted the Freemasons along with the Jews and Gypsies. The rationale was that the Freemasons were traitors and enemies of Germany. There is no record of any organized opposition to the Nazis by German Freemasons. However, it is likely that the older aristocratic German families which tended to join Masonic lodges, were not great enthusiasts about Hitler. For Nazi Germany, lack of enthusiastic support was treason. Kaltenbrunner was one of the major war criminals declared guilty at the Nuremberg Trials and hanged.
The Lautoro Lodge had as members most of the Anti Spanish revolutionaries of the Country. Some governments have feared Masonic Lodges and in some cases they have been “hotbeds” of revolution; in other cases, they have been the institution most supportive of the conservative aristocratic forces of the society.
