Interview with an Auschwitz Guard: 'I Do Not Feel Like a Criminal'

Re:Interview with an Auschwitz Guard: 'I Do Not Feel Like a ... by atmosx on Saturday September 06, 2014 @06:46PM (#8279751)

I happen to live in a country where Nazism is on the rise and everyone might have to eventually pick sides. I hope not, but Greece right now looks very much Germany in 1930 and if things do not change drastically in the next 5 years, I'm not sure how we're gonna void a Nazi regime.

The fact that this guy doesn't feel guilty, makes me sad. To me he is a racist, killer. There are situations in life, where you have to pick-sides. You can't play Switzerland when the whole world around you goes in ruins. At least to me, is not acceptable and says a lot about your character.

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Re:Interview with an Auschwitz Guard: 'I Do Not Feel Like a ... by Houshalter on Sunday September 07, 2014 @02:03AM (#8280452)

It's easy to say that behind a computer screen. It's much harder to choose to die for your beliefs, especially if doing so doesn't even help your cause. Realistically a single guard would not have been able to do much.

To say it say it "says a lot about your character" is ridiculous. The vast majority of people didn't resist.

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Re:Interview with an Auschwitz Guard: 'I Do Not Feel Like a ... by atmosx on Sunday September 07, 2014 @02:02PM (#8281865)

To me this case is extreme, so my judgment and measures are extreme. Of course it's easier said than done, but that doesn't change anything.

The vast majority of which population? Are you referring to Europeans or Germans alone?

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