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German jurists during Hitler's reign advocated legal positivism, arguing that there was no so-called philosophical inference behind the legal system, which cut off the connection between values and norms, and instead mixed legal norms with the actual social order. This provided a certain legitimacy for the various crazy actions of Nazi officers during World War II, that is, they adhered to the concept of "evil law is also law", and believed that it was correct to do what was stipulated by the law at that time and execute the orders of the superiors. After the end of World War II, with the revival of natural law, the legal circle began to reflect on the question of whether "evil law" is law.
If you look at the film from the point of view of this Nazi officer, the story will be this: a German child, his mother died when he was three years old, his father is disabled, and the family can only survive by selling hot water. When he was a little older, he went to the restaurant to help cook, and his dream was to become a chef. One day in his youth, as he was walking down the street, he saw several Nazis gathered, smoking, wearing brown shirts, looking happy, and joined them. His brother broke up with him and went to Tehran a year later. Then, when Hitler seized power, he was promoted to captain and was responsible for feeding in a concentration camp. Up to this point, he didn't seem to have made any mistakes. He just followed the path that he thought was right step by step. Even in the concentration camp, he was only responsible for logistics and did not directly participate in the execution of Jews. One day, a prisoner who claimed to be Persian came, and the officer was overjoyed, because he always wanted to learn Persian so that he could open a restaurant in Tehran and cook various dishes, so he cleverly used his power to make this Persian become a He had his language teacher and taught him words every day. At first, he had doubts, but after teaching and getting along for a long time, he began to trust the teacher, showed a gentle side of his character, and even treated the teacher as a close friend. He ignored the reminders from his subordinates and the ridicule of his superiors, and insisted on learning thousands of words. And on the eve of the German defeat, the teacher let go, and he went to Tehran with a fake passport. But when he spoke the proud Persian language, the real Persians couldn't understand it. At that moment, in addition to his anger, I think he was more aggrieved. What would the life of this Nazi officer be like without the war? Open a restaurant in the local area, be a happy cook, get married and have children, and support his father with his brother.
Of course, compared to the countless 2,840 names in countless concentration camps, this officer's experience of learning a language created by others for nothing may be nothing. I have no intention of defending the actions of all Nazi officers, but I have always believed that human reason is limited, and we cannot expect everyone to be able to think about human nature in this context. Under the grand world war, most people, including some soldiers who unconditionally obey the orders of their superiors, are just victims of the war. Therefore, some war criminals cannot be convicted simply by "banal evil". If war is conscious, it treats human beings equally, and its goal is to erase life and annihilate humanity. So, save for a few fanatics like Hitler, mankind should see war as the enemy. After World War II, in addition to thinking about the "bad law", we are more important to reflect on how to avoid war.
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