The perspective of those around the dictator

Kira 2022-03-21 09:01:18

I was about to clear the hard drive, and I just put one in. At first, I didn't even pay attention to the name. When I turned on the speaker, I found that it was spoken in German. At the beginning I thought it was a documentary, and then a row of ladies was taken to let Hitler draft, the draft? Choosing a secretary is a turning point in the fate of the protagonist, Ms. Jung.
After seeing Wikipedia, I realized that this film was very influential and well received. It turned out that no German-speaking person had played Hitler before. For Hitler’s last days, my impression is described in the history books. The Soviet Red Army was approaching the city, Hitler and his mistress (although they had their wedding a few days ago, but they still call Eva in the book) committed suicide, and that photo was taken. Poorly printed photos of charred corpses. In the two-hour movie, the last days are magnified and I saw the last days of a dictator. Some people say that the depiction is too human. In fact, this kind of reality makes people feel that the dictator brings humanity. s damage.
In fact, I have always been puzzled. Why did the Germans listen to a hysterical Hitler in the middle of the last century? In fact, this film answers some of the questions. The people around him are loyal and indulgent towards him, so that in the end this monster did not believe in the army. No, the people around had to follow the orders against the lost army, so that he died and many people died for him.
At the end of the film, Ms. Jung said about her reflection on this experience. It’s just a secretary, typing, no order was given by her, so she didn’t think she was wrong. The Nazi crimes listed in the Nuremberg trial, she didn’t know before, and it was really far away from him, knowing that in the end, she said she saw It was the experience of her peers being persecuted to death by the Nazis that they deeply realized that these were so close to her. From her perspective, Hitler was not hysterical all day long, and he was kind and kind to the people around him, which is very consistent with the image of the dictator described by the people around the dictator. But the last narrative proves that she has seen through this experience of her own, and that the human side cannot conceal the nature of the devil. It is a pity that many people around the dictator do not have this awareness.

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  • Deangelo 2022-03-22 09:01:16

    The end of the dictator is similar, but what about the people who "they chose us voluntarily" in Goebbels's mouth? The abandoned old man in the basement of the hospital? Cannon fodder of the People's Stormtrooper in street fighting? The children of the Hitler Youth League on the air defense position? It is straightforward, without lyricism, which is perhaps the best way to restore this period of history. The female mainline has no feelings, and the doctor is a good person. PS saw that I was anxious at the end, how come no one came out to kill Goebbels...

  • Jennifer 2022-03-23 09:01:19

    The Germans who slaughtered the Jews and the Soviets who slaughtered the Jews, singing, dancing, drinking, meat, and raping women, and the Soviets who thought they were innocent and just as guilty. The outsider and the calm secretary were killed, and the murderer, you and me alone and everyone's guilt, ignorance and self-righteous mayfly, bloody victory and defeat

Downfall quotes

  • General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling: My Führer, as a soldier I suggest we try to break through the encirclement. During the fight for Berlin we've already lost 15-20,000 of the younger officers.

    Adolf Hitler: But that's what young men are for.

  • Adolf Hitler: [dictating to secretary] My political statement. Since 1914, when I invested my modest strength in the First World War, which was forced upon the Reich, over 30 years have passed. In those 3 decades, all my thoughts, actions and my life were dictated by my love for and loyalty to the German people. Centuries will pass, but from the ruins of our cities and cultural monuments our hatred will be renewed for those who are responsible, the people to whom we owe all this: The international Jewry and its supporters.