Nazi psychologists
I remember hearing somewhere that Jews in German concentratin camps were offered councelling to make them feel better, specifically Jews who were about to be gassed. I even heard that a lot fo Jews were really thankful to them because they really made their life so much easier!! ! I was just curious just what did the councelors tell them? The only possible thing that I can think of is to encourage them how they can still have a hope in the world to come. But you see, as Nazis, don't they think that Jwes all go to hell when they die? So did they like LIE to the Jews that they disagree with what Hitler thinks? If such is the case, how did they explain to the Jews why Hitler hired them? Or else perhaps they tried to just tell them to enjoy every moment of their life untill they are gassed? And by the way, as their supposed "friends" who are "on their side", how did they explain why they didn't want to hide them from Nazis or let them out of the camp?
That seems really counter to what I would expect of the Nazis... Ditto on Cindy's SOURCE question, if that is at all possible.
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Roman, the really strange part about this whole counselor idea is that there really wouldn't be anyone to actually give an account, that is if the only ones that were counseled were the Jews that were about to be gassed(?)
Roman, the really strange part about this whole counselor idea is that there really wouldn't be anyone to actually give an account, that is if the only ones that were counseled were the Jews that were about to be gassed(?)
By "about to be gassed" I mean like they would be gassed in less than a month or something of that nature.
You should remember that they didn't gas all Jews at ones. They would first use up all the strenth they have to perform some heavy labor work and then oncce they can no longer be used, they go ahead and gas them. So, the Jews taht were going to be gassed could have shared their counceling experience with their friends who weren't gassed yet, and then some of their friends will be survivors.
Roman, the really strange part about this whole counselor idea is that there really wouldn't be anyone to actually give an account, that is if the only ones that were counseled were the Jews that were about to be gassed(?)
By "about to be gassed" I mean like they would be gassed in less than a month or something of that nature.
You should remember that they didn't gas all Jews at ones. They would first use up all the strenth they have to perform some heavy labor work and then oncce they can no longer be used, they go ahead and gas them. So, the Jews taht were going to be gassed could have shared their counceling experience with their friends who weren't gassed yet, and then some of their friends will be survivors.
Interesting...
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AND THEN I CRIED.
I think the most disturbing thought for me, when I look through history books that speak about the Nazi War Camps and the German Concentration Camps is this; the Germans that were guards in the Concentration Camps may have been like any of us....they felt they were doing the right thing and were being loyal to their country. Many had families and loved ones and probably hated being there as much as the prisoners did. There were sadistic and cruel guards I'm sure but I think about the ones that were just too scared perhaps to speak up and say "No, this is Wrong" because they would have been killed just as quickly as the prisoners that were insubordinate.
Another haunting thought is this. Some of the prisoners would turn on each other if they felt they were going to be killed. Some of the prisoners did many horrible things just to stay alive. (source: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl)
I suppose it haunts me because I wonder how far I will let my government push me into doing things that I know (in my heart) is wrong and what type of creature I would become just to save my own skin and survive another day, especially if I was cold, starving and desparate?
How's that for overthinking a subject?
It's not overthinking to me. I often wonder about the same kinds of things myself.
I don't think such acts of desperation are necessarily morally wrong. Self-preservation is a very strong instinct. Why is it better to die to save somebody else, for example? Why does another's life have more intrinsic value that one's own? And if you are forced into a situation where the only way to protect yourself and your family is cruelty and indifference - where many of the low-ranking guards found themselves - who's to judge them as hideously evil as they may seem on the surface?
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