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173More than one effort has been made on the part offanatics and shrewd politicians to make this program thebasis of a German National Religion. Suggestions have notbeen wanting to call back the native gods from their exileand to people the heavens with their hosts. The followersof General Ludendorff especially have been known to workin this direction. The official National Socialist Party hasnot encouraged these seekers of mystical truth. But it hasnot discouraged the setting up of new ethical standards thathave nothing to do with economy, politics and diplomacy.Precepts for a new ethic« are scattered all over the writingsof the party high-priests. They are particularly numerous inAlfred Rosenberg‟s Myth of the Twentieth Century. Wecan turn to him for information as to whether under the ThirdEmpire the Germans will retain the present structure of thefamily.Rosenberg suggests a compromise between monogamyand polygamy, so that the Reich may fulfill its purpose asa vast incubator of future warriors. The French must nothave the satisfaction of seeing the German birthrate declineeven though the country will be so crowded that thepopulation will have to live on a daily bowl of rice. Wherewould Germany be today, Rosenberg asks, if in the heroicage of the Teutonic nomads polygamy had not been practised?“In the Reich of the future,” Rosenberg says, “a childlesswoman, married or unmarried, will not be considereda full-fledged member of the community. Our view ofadultery must, therefore, be revised, so that extra-marital re-