Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The short film "Night and Fog" (French, 1950's) was perhaps the best explanation of how the holocaust could happen with so many "willing" participants. I recommend it. It does not make it seem better by any means, but shows how people in the military can be persuaded to do atrocities in the routine of simply following orders. We have seen it happen this way many times since 1940, even in the US military. Jeffery Smith - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Wafkowski" <allan@sohogurus.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 4:27 PM Subject: [Leica] Re: Folly > My father was able to forgive the Germans for the deaths in his family. > > Allan > > > On Saturday, March 9, 2002, at 03:22 PM, Julian Koplen wrote: > > If the forgiveness is to have meaning, it > > would have to come from those whom they persecuted. And, unfortunately, > > most of those are a mixture of ash and bone or lie in unidentified > > burial > > sites. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html