Class Video Response

A lot of the Nazi's that were involved in the Holocaust, are very distant from their actions. This video showed very well, how a society will just "go through the motions," instead of actually doing what is right. The main thing that I received from this video, was the fact that most were involved, just to stay alive. If you were helping the Jews, you were considered one of them. They talked about how in the streets, there would be corpses and very ill people just lying on the ground. Crowds would walk by, holding their heads high. - I'm not sure if this really happened, given that in the video, they talked about how film crews would have them perform these actions while being taped. All in all, I got that people will do anything they have to do to survive. When it comes down to it, search yourself to find purpose, charity, and honor. The woman being interviewed in the video, said she couldn't look at the people when she walked by. She told viewers how there was one time when she tripped and the corpses face was touching hers - I don't know about you, but that's not something that I could handle. I guess if it came down to it, I probably could, but I know deep down that it's not something that I'd really want to do. I understand the emotions that came out of this video, and you should as well. Just how we all handle emotions in different ways, we all would react differently to a similar situation. This video did a great job of showing how even those who were working, didn't really mean harm - they were just doing what they needed to do to survive. Whether that's right or wrong, isn't up to me.