« Root Causes, Again | Main | Lefties Revisited »
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. If the point of HMD seems a little fuzzy or remote, the following episode of the outstanding World at War series may serve as a reminder. I should point out that some of the material is graphic and distressing.
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d83451675669e200e5500a6a188834
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference History:
» Holocaust Memorial Day : video reminder from discarded lies - hyperlinkopotamus
Holocaust Memorial Day : video reminder [Read More]
» Holocaust Memorial Day from small dead animals
If the point of HMD seems a little fuzzy or remote, the following episode of the outstanding World at War series may serve as a reminder. I should point out that some of the material is graphic and distressing. View... [Read More]
This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted.
As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.
Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.
I have also uploaded the first episode of "The World At War" to my Veoh account. "A New Germany 1933 - 1939"
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v3317843T4hkYx7R
is an extemely good presentation of the years leading up to the war.
As one of the speakers says, "What did he promise? Work and bread for the masses. Nowadays in our prosperous society it doesn't sound like much, but then..... it sounded like a promise of paradise".
Posted by: The Thin Man | January 27, 2008 at 14:25
Part Two of "A New Germany" is here....
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v3317251G6kRKXPg
"But now they saw no hope of a rising against him. They were left with the moral question, should one resist a tyranny without hope of success?"
Posted by: The Thin Man | January 27, 2008 at 14:34
Thirty-five years later, it remains a remarkable series.
Posted by: David | January 27, 2008 at 20:19
I have the series on DVD. staggering in its implications.
the producers took great pains to get to the core of each episode, interviewing participants at all levels of authority from both sides of the conflict.
a must see.
Q: which european country post 1939 outside of germany/austria sent the highest per capita enlistment to the wermacht?
A: holland. yup, holland. frightening the lure naziism represented.
Posted by: joebfsplk | January 28, 2008 at 06:01
"distressing" -- The opening sequence, the combination of music and images, has always put me in a dark place.
Posted by: clazy | September 11, 2008 at 17:59