However; Germany may be doing well now, but I think it was partly their strict adherence to the rules that led to their downfall of WWII. Germans blindly followed irrational laws and social regulations, like boycotting all Jewish stores or not speaking up when people heard the terrors of ghettos and camps. They blindly followed a man who was crazy with his rules and where did that leave them? Maybe if they weren't so focused on staying within the boundaries, someone would have questioned the leadership more. It is a lesson to all of us not just to follow the rules because they are there and perhaps we should think for ourselves a little bit more.
Below is the cartoon that went along with the article
It sounds like you really thought a lot about the article when you read it. Good job. It is interesting to think about the side of the German people rather than the side of the Jews as we usually do. After all, even though the Holocaust was mostly Hitler, all of Germany supported him. It still bewilders me that a whole country allowed their leader to cause so much terror.
ReplyDeleteI think that this is a take on the Germans that we don't normally see. It makes sense to think about the fact that they were all under massive amounts of pressure to give in to what Hitler wanted, particularly because he had so many loyal followers. I think that the cartoon seems to oddly fit the argument in the article. Good job
ReplyDeleteAs stated before, it is an interesting to notice all of the pressure the Germans had to follow Hitler's orders. If they were not going to loyally follow his commands then they were going to stay quite and get out of the way because anything else could cause them their lives. Although I do not agree with what they did, I do see where some of their silence came from.
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