This is literally one of the most important lessons from Nazism. That anyone, any normal human, loving father, mother, son, can become a monster if the circumstances are right.

God, no wonder fascism is on the rise again if the lessons of it were forgotten.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 22 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Maybe the the wrong word. Maybe they should have said they would make one sympathetic?

[–] neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I'm not sure. That could actually be a nice Idea.

Make the audience sympathise with the Nazi, maybe even identify with him. Then show his gruesome actions. All while having him remain being a wonderful father/brother/whatever.

This stark contrast, this shock might help them realize that everyone, even them, are prone to falling for fascism and cause them to think about their relationship with this most gruesome of ideologies. It might show them that Nazism doesn't come from the outside and occupies the country but that instead it comes from the inside, form ourselves, our neighbours and our family members, whom we never would think it possible of.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Or, because the US has shit media literacy, they come away thinking "see? Nazis weren't monsters after all" and go to their next rally.

[–] mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Man in the High Castle did this well

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm struggling to keep watching mid season 3. Should I push through to the end?

[–] mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

I didn't struggle to finish the series however the last season was better than the third season in my estimations

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

Worth it.

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 6 points 10 months ago

Im pretty sure between middle school and undergrad I had to learn about the Stanford prison experiment no less than 15 times. Im surprised more people dont consider that aspect of psychology

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 10 months ago

There’s plenty to go on. It’s not like they had no life except flirting with and executing nazis.

Excerpt from the wp page:

During World War II, the Oversteegen family hid a Jewish couple in their home.[3] Freddie Oversteegen and her older sister Truus began handing out anti-Nazi pamphlets, which attracted the notice of HaarlemCouncil of Resistance commander Frans van der Wiel. With their mother's permission, the girls joined the Council of Resistance, which brought them into a coordinated effort.[2]Freddie was fourteen years old at the time.[3][4]

Oversteegen, her sister, and friend Hannie Schaft worked to sabotage the Nazi military presence in the Netherlands.[5] They used dynamite to disable bridges and railroad tracks.[6] They also smuggled Jewish children out of the country or helped them escape concentration camps.[2]

The Oversteegens and Schaft also killed German soldiers, with Freddie being the first of the girls to kill a soldier by shooting him while riding her bicycle.[1][5] They also lured soldiers to the woods under the pretense of a romantic overture and then killed them.[1][5]Oversteegen would approach the soldiers in taverns and bars and ask them to "go for a stroll" in the forest.[2][5]

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hard to draw out repeatedly flirting with nazis and killing them

Would you need to? Watching someone repeatedly kill stupid horny nazis doesn't seem like it would get old.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I would do a super cut of every Nazi death and loop it.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just gonna point out that she shot them.

So I'm thinking something along the lines of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxTtbHmCNiQ

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago