"Ask Adolph Hitler"

Nora, Samstag, 23. August 2003, 20:09 (vor 7767 Tagen) @ Abu Afak

Fascinating stuff!

I think this way Hitler is portrayed as just
another person and another person´s points are
something always to be considered, or so children
are taught.

"But Karr has hit back at his critics: "Dismissing
Hitler as ´pure evil´ ignores the fact that
millions of ordinary, supposedly ´decent´ people
supported him," Karr says on the site. "Sweeping
this fact under the carpet is much more
irresponsible and dangerous than tackling it head
on.""

I don´t see what that has to do with anything. The
question whether Hitler was the guy next door or
evil incarnate belongs in the realms of philosophy
and the fact that millions of ordinary, supposedly
´decent´ people supported him can hardly be denied
by anybody but hardcore Nazis.

""Empathizing with the German people who supported
Hitler does not mean sympathizing with them, but
it does prevent us complacently dismissing the
evils of Nazism as a ´German problem´ and thereby
leaves us much better equipped to tackle similar
tragic situations if and when they arise again,"
he continues."

Well, I don´t know what training English history
teachers get, but every historian who says that
ought to have his head examined. Of course Nazism
is a German problem. Germany went a totally
different way from all other Western industrial
societies in the 19th century when the roots for
the later development were planted.

A total and utter idiot, Mr. Carr.