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Topic History of: The Boy in Striped Pyjamas
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veritas |
yet to see this film but Gita Sereny's books are excellent to get a good feel of pre war Germany.
Especially her biography of Eva Braun..fascinating in it's depiction of banal evil. |
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The Cat |
Innocent Accused wrote:
True about the difference between Germans & Nazis David,after all I wouldn't like to be judged in the same way as Blair & Brown.I've never been responsible for the mass murder of people in Iraq.
Some might say that re-electing Blair after he'd ordered the invasion of Iraq and approved of the consequences makes us all partly responsible. The same can be said of the Germans who stood by and did nothing to stop Hitler, although it's true that in both cases there have been people who have spoken out against the regimes.
The Boy In Striped Pyjamas was a good movie spoiled by a bad ending. I think it was based on a book, so not entirely the scriptwriter's fault. I'm also not sure what the point was. For me, The Pianist was a much better movie. |
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Innocent Accused |
True about the difference between Germans & Nazis David,after all I wouldn't like to be judged in the same way as Blair & Brown.I've never been responsible for the mass murder of people in Iraq. |
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david |
very true, IA.
the Nazis killed gypsies, gay people, political prisoners etc.
but (referring to an earlier post) if we confuse Nazis with Germans we too will succumb to racial stereotyping.
And that is bad. Always. |
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Innocent Accused |
Didn't impress me much as a film,but that's just personal taste.
As a sidenote rich jews trying to make a point with these films,then sending money to support the state of Israel,which does similar things to the Palestinians seems a bit of a contradiction.
The Nazis didn't just hate Jews,what about Eastern Europeans,Gypsys,Gays,Communists? ....they destroyed many,not just the one group.
The only lesson to learn from the whole war period is 'tolerance'.We're still a long way away from that,& I feel gettin' worse. |
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