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Originally Posted by endo
Thing that gets me is the people Hitler put in charge of the atrocities. Hitler didn't seem to have the balls to do it himself(or didn't want to take the blame later maybe) so he used people like Mengele to do his work for him.
In Mengele's case, he seemed to enjoy his work quite a bit.
Good read here:
http://www.auschwitz.dk/mengele.htm |
Firstly, Hitler wasn't cleaver-he was merely a charismatic puppet at a time when Germany was still reeling and living in depravity after the first world war. He never actually ordered 'the Final Solution'. Although he encouraged his generals and propogandists (is that the correct word?) to come to the decision he wanted.
The Holocaust was truely vile, but the Turks comitted equal atrocities earlier in the Century when the wiped out the whole of the Armenian Nation-but this is rarely discussed.
The psychology surrounding the acts of the Russians, Germans and Japanese (and the Allies-we were not so lilly white either!), is fascinating, if sad.
I defy anyone to visit the Jewish Ghetto in Prague without reverting to tears and being overcome with humility and emotion. I cannot imagine what it would be like to visit any of the three death camps.
Ok rant over, dignity in tact! And I know this thread is wrong-but its also interesting:p