exhumed book from nazi slut

[Otto]

Joel,

thanks for responding. I wasn't offended by your post personally because 
I do not feel responsible for anything another person, German or not, 
relative, friend or stranger, does, has done in the past or will do in 
the future.

I did read both books with great interest & full affirmation. Neither 
Goldhagen nor Theweleit would support your assertion: "when we speak of 
nazis of that time we should indeed speak of germans as a whole." 
Because that's nazi talk ("all Jews are evil and poisoning our people"), 
undifferentiated, just reversing the stereotype and historically simply 
not true. And, how do you catch the real criminals, the elect, if you 
make it so easy for them to hide among the preterite?

I must admit that my pity for those German victims of the war has always 
been (very) limited. What did they expect after burning and looting 
nearly all of Europe? But without checking the book before I simply 
wouldn't call that anonymous woman a "nazi slut". Maybe she was, maybe 
not. The murderous anti-semitism began with prejudices exactly of that 
kind, long before the nazis came to power.

And, do you really think "they should have walled in the whole country 
and let them feed on themselves"?

Please keep up the good humour in your posts, I've always liked them.

Otto

Joel Katz wrote:

> look, otto, i know you're not your grandfather (blotto?) or of his 
> generation, but the goldhagen book of a few years back ('hitler's 
> willing executioners'), as well as common sense, paints a picture of 
> general acquiescence and limited participation among the teutonic 
> populace.  also check out klaus thewelheit's two volume 'male 
> fantasies,' on the widespread pop-cultural support for murderous 
> anti-semitism and slavophobia.  so, exceptionalist anecdotes aside, 
> when we speak of nazis of that time we should indeed speak of germans 
> as a whole.  and reserve our pity for those who deserve it.
>
>
>
>> Ben Hecht: "Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind 
>> clambers and paddles to safety."
>>
>> Joel Katz wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.villagevoice.com/books/0533,tuhusdubr,66877,10.html
>>>
>>> as ben hecht said:  they should have walled in the whole country and 
>>> let them feed on themselves. 
>>

	

	
		
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