ext_174150 ([identity profile] theblackmeat.livejournal.com) wrote on December 16th, 2009 at 07:21 am
XD I would love to see that picture.

Have you ever seen Der Untergang (Downfall in English)? It features a remarkable portrayal of Goebbels; he's a bit like Hitler's Bellatrix Lestrange: an unearthly presence. Conversely, Valkyrie's Goebbels sucked. He came off like someone you might want to have lunch with.

Incidentally, I should note that I NEVER NEEDED TO SEE GOEBBELS HAVING SEX, EVER. BLEEEEUH!

Some aspects of WWII piss me off and upset me tremendously (I can't verbally recount the story of Sophie Scholl without crying), but other aspects of it are just too bizarre to avoid invoking my interest or amusement.

Racism (or antisemitism, in this case) is a bit like that for me-- it amuses me almost as much as it pisses me of, because racist views, while often being flamboyantly ridiculous, are usually propagated with an air of deadly seriousness. Even if immense suffering is caused, it's impossible for me not to find humor in seeing authority figures expressing clearly idiotic views with an air of self-importance.

One of the most disturbing things, to me, about the whole Nazi-led Jew-hunt is the knowledge that entire countries of people can fall in line behind an insane view. If you were a Jew in a Nazi-run country, you'd be able to see the obvious truth that Jews aren't evil, yet you couldn't go to the police-- the police are insane. You can't go to the government-- the government's insane. Your neighbors won't help you-- your neighbors are insane. I imagine it would be a bit like being in an unpleasant episode of The Twilight Zone.
 
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