People here are trying to identify and isolate some special psychological
moment when the circumstances drive it towards "everydayness."
Gimme a break.
On Wed, 9 Apr 1997, D. Vinson wrote:
> >It is reported that
> >many of the Nazi and SS people were tender husbands and fathers... Heinrich
> >Himmler praised his men of always having remained 'anstaendig' (decent,
> >correct, respectable)!
>
> Concentration camp inmates reported that Joseph Mengele always
> dressed immaculately, and that he was extremely cordial to the prisoners
> during the 'selections' as he pointed them left to the gas chambers or
> right to slave labor. Perhaps, in some satanic way, Mengele saw himself as
> a humanitarian.
> There are also films of Hitler joyfully playing with little
> children and with dogs. In fact, I believe that Hitler was a vegetarian out
> of concern for animals. (I'm not comparing vegetarians to Hitler, of
> course.) What this means, I can't say.
>
> --
> Laurence Duncan Vinson - University of the South - Sewanee, Tenn., USA
> http://www.sewanee.edu/vinsold0/top.html - Sewanee is not a river.
> Prevent forest fires: support strip mining.
>
Marcus Smith
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