Let me add to this that even before the Holocaust, there was tremendous support of Hitler and what he preached. You see the movies of Hitler speaking among thousands of people, all cheering -the parades - the millitary marches. These people agreed with the idea that somehow, nature had made them so much better, that there was a need to cull parts of humanity. Remember also, before the death camps, the massive campaign to sterilize Jews and the mentally handicapped. Culturally, this was acceptable, and which later led to the holocaust. Non-jewish germans profited from the seizing of jewish assets. The Nazis were not at war, nor were they threatening its non-jewish citizens. They were not cowered in fear of a fascist regime. They wanted to believe that they were 'too good' for everyone else, to the farthest extreme we have ever seen in history. This was not the act of a single man (Hitler). He would have not been so successful if the populace somehow did not buy into this idea of a supreme race. Hitler should have never happen in the first place, and frankly I find it hard to blame this one person for so much suffering. In Europes defense, the best movie on the Holocaust was done by the French- I think it was called Day and Night (or something like that - saw it in Jr High years ago - French Class). Anyone know the movie I am talking about?
Nerd From Hell. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gautam Mukunda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 8:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Scouted: Commentary: Why Europe Sides Against the Jews / > time.com > > > Here's a link to the US Holocaust Museum's web page on the > rescue of Danish > Jews. > > http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/denmark.htm > > Sorry, forgot to add this to my previous post. > > john > > You know, I'm pretty sure I've actually read a couple of books on that > rescue, and it still managed to slip my mind. This, may I > point out, makes > the rest of Europe look _worse_. See? It _was_ possible to > rescue Europe's > Jews. It damn well was possible to at least try. But they > didn't even try, > much less succeed. > > Gautam > >
