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I'm developing a class on how the holocaust hapened. Is this historically accurate? hedda_foil Jun 2018 #1

Yes it is OhNo-Really Jun 2018 #2

Thanks. I plan to use Shirer. I'll watch this with your comments in mind. hedda_foil Jun 2018 #4

that piano montage at 18:50 -- so very like where we are now 0rganism Jun 2018 #3

hedda_foil

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1. I'm developing a class on how the holocaust hapened. Is this historically accurate?

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Tue Jun 26, 2018, 01:57 PM

Jun 2018

OhNo-Really

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2. Yes it is

Reply to hedda_foil (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 26, 2018, 02:56 PM

Jun 2018

William Shirer's Rise of 3rd Reich Is a very accurate and readable book as well.

The Holocaust (1978) depiction, for me, is most valuable for its spot on insight into the hearts and minds of the everyday people turned into Nazi monsters.

The older drama style, a bit shlocky, might not apeal to youth; however, given the assignment to see the psychological aspect, human nature under duress, can engage them to watch and talk.

This series demands looking into our own hearts and minds to see what behavior we might choose.

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hedda_foil

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4. Thanks. I plan to use Shirer. I'll watch this with your comments in mind.

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Tue Jun 26, 2018, 08:42 PM

Jun 2018

0rganism

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3. that piano montage at 18:50 -- so very like where we are now

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Tue Jun 26, 2018, 03:35 PM

Jun 2018

the wedding of Inga and Karl, the tenuous acceptance of Jews by Germans and vice-versa (if tainted by an underlying distrust), in the shadow of looming policy changes, uncertainty but optimism that the establishment and the generals will sanely limit the Nazis' actions
then the montage... 1936, 1937 flying by as people try to live their lives normally, as abnormal world events happen around them and Hitler consolidates power
then it's 1938 and we're back in the moment and we see that the "normal" has changed significantly for Dr. Weiss ...

impressive depiction of the Overton Window moving sharply as it has recently, all in the first 1/2 hour of the series