My ex's grandparents lived in Germany at the beginning of the Nazi takeover. There were no stories passed down from them as they were there & the rest of the family were here. I have to wonder how those people viewed Hitler's rise to power? Were they fearful? Were they relieved? Did he "speak to them" with just the right message that the…
My ex's grandparents lived in Germany at the beginning of the Nazi takeover. There were no stories passed down from them as they were there & the rest of the family were here. I have to wonder how those people viewed Hitler's rise to power? Were they fearful? Were they relieved? Did he "speak to them" with just the right message that they were lulled into thinking everything would be ok? And indeed, for many Germans the years prior to Hitler's invasion of Poland many Germans felt good about their country. They either didn't know or didn't care about the things they may have heard about the camps that at first were used for political prisoners. You know like our camps were used to house Japanese American citizens without due process. Or what about our new camps that will start out housing "only immigrants here illegally?" Will we pay attention to them or will we wait until it's too late?
My ex's grandparents lived in Germany at the beginning of the Nazi takeover. There were no stories passed down from them as they were there & the rest of the family were here. I have to wonder how those people viewed Hitler's rise to power? Were they fearful? Were they relieved? Did he "speak to them" with just the right message that they were lulled into thinking everything would be ok? And indeed, for many Germans the years prior to Hitler's invasion of Poland many Germans felt good about their country. They either didn't know or didn't care about the things they may have heard about the camps that at first were used for political prisoners. You know like our camps were used to house Japanese American citizens without due process. Or what about our new camps that will start out housing "only immigrants here illegally?" Will we pay attention to them or will we wait until it's too late?
The Germans who seig heiled Hitler had nothing to say, They shelved their past life, and hoped everyone else did the same, RTN
Good read on this subject by Daniel Goldhagen, Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust.
If it weren't for the Deutsche volk, there would have been no Hitler. If it weren't for the American People there would be no Trump
There were resisters in Germany the Scholl siblings which founded the White Rose Society and they lost their heads.
Itakes bravery and sacrifice to resist Americans are lacking.