The Church of Scientology, of which Cruise is a leading member, reacted furiously to a newspaper interview by German historian Guido Knopp in which he drew parallels between the Hollywood star and Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels.
The speech that Cruise made four years ago asks fellow members of the church: “Should we clean this place up?” Knopp said it was sure to remind Germans of Göbbel’s notorious speech in Berlin on Feb. 18, 1943 when he asked the audience: “Do you want total war?”
“It may be the case that Cruise’s delivery style is not uncommon in certain religious movements in the US,” Knopp said. “But for Germans with an interest in history, that scene where he asks whether the Scientologists should clean up the world and everyone shouts ‘yes’ is inevitably reminiscent of Göbbel’s notorious speech.”
Bron: Deutsche Welle
