Gommel: Response to Rogers post

I agree with Rogers that the historical accounts of the political action was apropos for this subject matter. More often we hear accounts of the atrocities of individuals victimized in the Jewish Holocaust. Rarely if ever have I heard of the accounts of individuals that were direct perpetrators of those vile acts. In Conspiracy we were given a glimpse of how people can be coerced into agreeing to a morally wrong act. This act at the Wansee Conference that brought forth the “Final Solution” for the Jewish people and other undesirables (according to the German hierarchy) may not have been revealed except for the fact that one of the members at that conference, Martin Luther, did not destroy his manuscript. Orders were given to for it to be burnt, but after the war his document was found and thus the remake of that meeting in Conspiracy. This can open our eyes for some of the men were not in agreement, they were not totally barbaric; yet they fell for the rhetoric and fear tactics and made a decision partly out of self preservation that brought the end for millions.

The Soviet Story spoke of much ideology, as Rogers referenced may not be totally accurate. I need to revisit that film with my limited knowledge of that circle of events in the Ukraine. Yet we see so many individuals involved in so many different capacities with so many different arguments and perspectives and propaganda. Is that why such horrendous acts are allowed to happen, because outsiders are so confused by it all? Who is right and who is wrong and where is the truth? So, we just don’t know when or even how to act.