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Originally Posted by MoviePropMaster2008
So? As I pointed out before Oskar Schindler and John Rabe were Party members too as were a lot of people before the war.
And the Nazis were not thought to be as evil as they were BEFORE the war too. Remember that Americans gladly did the Nazi salute to honor visiting German dignitaries in the 1930s.
Remember the funerals for the victims of the Hindenburg. Newsreel footage show thousands of American well wishers doing the "Nazi style" salute. Being associated with the party in the 30s wasn't that big of a deal to most people. Only people who knew that pogroms and other evil things were being done under the auspices of the party's philosophy were aware of such thing and they were rare.
People view the NSDAP through the prism of 20/20 hindsight AFTER WW2, rather than view the NSDAP as people did BEFORE the war. |
Another irony. Many in the U.S.A. who were against the NSDAP before the war were looked upon with suspicion. Charlie Chaplin pissed a whole bunch of people with
The Great Dictator for example. Many agreeded with Lindburgh. It was felt that the anti-NAZI's were just trying to get the U.S. into another war. Also it was suspected that many of the anti-NAZI's were Communists.
After WWII memories changed. I've read some periodicals published during the mid-30's.Many voiced cautious support for Hitler and found Churchill to be something of a warmonger. Very enlightning. Like somebody else said it's complicted.