Can we now see how 1930's Germany slipped away...

[Neocondriac]

from the German people. We show the signs of that period.I have known several Germans who were teens to early adulthood and the shame of that era never leaves them. Let us deal with the fight and bring about change now. The eternal shame is unthinkable!

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1. Yes, see Fritz Lang's classic 1933 film The Last Testament of ....

....Dr Mabuse:

<link> http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/02/lang.html

[enid602]

2. Germany

We were always so quick to criticize the Germans in the postwar era, always exclaiming 'it could never happen here!' Yet our media (TV, books, magazines, entertainment), have rarely, if ever really dissected the regime to see how it succeded. As such, we'll all be so surprised when it happens here.

[Matariki]

3. i've been having this discussion lately with friends

the question is: what to do?

that question gives me more sympathy for those germans while we all seem to come up short with a real answer.