Exactly 75 years ago, Hitler killed himself, after having caused the deaths of millions. How many Germans, who elected him to power, were Nazis? Under 10%. What about the rest? They went along for the ride & later claimed, falsely, that they knew nothing about the Holocaust!
Hatred can move the masses. Be a ladder to power for the ambitious and the unscrupulous. Be a useful blindfold that hides the violence and the ugliness from the middle classes who wilfully make themselves believe that nothing is amiss. But all this exacts a cost. A heavy cost.
How do common middle class people, brought up with normal value systems and a self-proclaimed sense of decency and justice, end up cheering, supporting, encouraging or shutting their eyes to horror? Watch this 40-minute movie based on a real life incident.
During the Nazi years, there was only one ideological stream in India that idolized Hitler and wanted to learn lessons from him. Those who led India's freedom struggle, on the other hand, detested what he represented.
Why do we read history? Because, among other things, it has the potential to act as a vaccine against some of the most deadly political diseases modern humans have been susceptible to.
Why did German men - and women, in equal numbers - put their shoulders to the Nazi horror project, in their own assessment?
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