( Hitler in classic Masonic handshake -thumb on knuckle- with Marshall Petain)Normally we associate Freemasonry with the "Jews," Communism and the Left. After the Nazis rose to power, Hitler outlawed Freemasonry and shut down many lodges. Their Grand Master's sent formal written oaths of allegiance to Hitler and they removed Hebraic wording from their rituals. 'During the 19th century, five more German Grand Lodges were founded and a further one in 1924. We, the three Old Prussian Grand Lodges refuse to take part in the general humanitarian fraternization movement between people in the world.'