There is no doubt that the culprit of World War II was Hitler. However, Hitler did not commit a crime personally, he launched a devastating and evil war with the power of the whole country, that is to say, the people of all Germany were involved in the war against the world, and everyone became a fascist war machine. part.
For the vast majority of Germans, being involved in the war is not forced, it can even be said to be active and active, and it is an act of loyalty to the country and the Führer from the heart. The Winter brothers say goodbye to their parents before they go to war, and their proud father sees the war as crucial to Germany's future, saying: "I expect you to do something that will make us proud." One of the German soldiers said about how he fell in love with shooting: "When we were seven years old, our father lost his job, so we hunted in the forest, and it was not until the Führer came to power that my father had a job again." Could he not be grateful to the Führer? Charly "has wanted to contribute to the motherland since the beginning of the war", and she participated in the field rescue work "on behalf of all German women" out of noble aspirations. Even a Jew like Viktor's father, after the Crystal Night had already happened and the Nazis had started an organized slaughter of Jews, still kept calling the war "our war", expressing that he " Always very loyal to Germany."
After experiencing the war first-hand, in the words of Wilhelm, "it is time for us to say goodbye to the world as we remember it".
War is cruel and bloody. On the way to the east, Wilham was ordered to lead the Greyhound Company to eliminate a small group of Soviet troops in the factory area. Seeing that Schmidt was shot in the neck and killed on the spot, the red blood gurgled. In the field hospital, Xia Li participated in an operation for the first time and saw the bloody wound for the first time. She dropped the scalpel to the ground in a panic. Wilham personally executed the shooting of the Soviet prisoners of war. Friedham heard the sharp gunshots, and his eyes were full of surprise, confusion and denial. Killing, blood, and death have become a trilogy that plays out everywhere in the war.
Life is trivial under the crush of the war machine. As the war dragged on, the recruits were getting younger and younger, and later, 12- and 3-year-olds also entered the battlefield. Friedhelm stopped the hot-blooded recruit from introducing himself: "In four weeks, if you are still alive, come back and tell me your name." Living young life, just call No. 1 and No. 2 enough Well, they're just cold numbers.
The ugliness of human nature is manifested in the commando captain Martin and his like. Fierce, sinister and cruel, Martin exchanged a piece of proof for Greta's body, and turned back to send Victor on the death train to the concentration camp; he pretended to send Greta to the Eastern Front. Singing to give his wife a confession; knowing that Greta was pregnant with his child, he threw a heavy punch to avoid future troubles, and put Greta in jail for spreading defeatist remarks; maintainers of the new order. Martin's evil was the exposure of his nature, and the institutional atmosphere at that time only gave him the power and convenience to do whatever he wanted. Humans are half angels and half beasts. Pandora's box is opened, and the constraints of the rules of the game in a civilized society are lifted. People can do anything bad. All the beautiful values that human beings respect, such as justice, kindness, morality, conscience, etc., can be discarded.
Hitler's broadest social base was actually the poor, workers, peasants, and all kinds of civilians in the cities, and they were the easiest to incite as long as they benefited. Hitler persecuted and slaughtered the Jews for the sake of the purity of the so-called Aryan blood, and the deep-seated reason was to plunder the wealth of the Jews. This layer is most popular with the poor. Berlin became a "restricted zone" for Jews, and Victor's family was expelled (most likely into a concentration camp). The German family Greta saw was obviously poor, and the woman was swearing at the dirty "Jewish bitch" while enjoying the furniture left by the Jews. Jewish hatred has a long tradition in Europe, and oppressed nations do not naturally sympathize with Jews who have suffered the same way. I hate people as much as the Russians, it's better to die than to live." The Soviet army was a powerful anti-fascist force, but it had the same evil nature as fascism. The Soviet army occupied the German field hospital and slaughtered all the seriously wounded German soldiers who had not yet retreated. They are not liberators, they are butchers and beasts. It is no wonder that when victory is imminent, fear still lingers, people worry that if a demon is eliminated, a demon will still come with the power of victory.
War has changed the world, and people also change themselves in the changed world. Wilham once believed that war can promote human growth. When he was ordered to execute Soviet prisoners of war, he began to question it. Everything he saw and experienced since then repeatedly confirmed his younger brother's point of view: "War will make us the worst. present one side." In Smolensk, the captain of the SS commando commanded the Ukrainian auxiliary police to sweep the partisans, in fact, they were searching for and killing Jews. The Winter brothers watched the commando shoot the Jewish girl in cold blood, and Wilham's boss told him that "where there are Jews, there is a security service" because "we are fighting a war." A new war in the name of the Führer". Wilham understood that the war was doomed, and that "we are lost, and God will not help us." He reflected: "When we first joined the army, we fought for the motherland. Later, when we began to doubt this, we fought for our comrades in arms. We can't leave our comrades in arms and ignore them, but if all our comrades in arms are dead, so what? What else can you do? ... Who else can you fight for?" Wilham's transformation from a national hero to a prisoner in a probation camp was his inevitable outcome.
Brother Friedham has always been the most sober and the most painful one. He knew that he was being coerced by the state and that he had to play the role of the executioner. In order to punish the guerrilla attack, Colonel Simon started killing civilians. The soldiers of the firing squad were soft-handed and failed to hit the target. It was Friedham who went up to shoot another shot. At this time, Friedham no longer represents himself at all. He is just a part of the Nazi killing machine. He will not shoot another shot, he will not pull the rope of the hanging, and someone else will do it. , it is impossible to change the fate of civilians or guerrillas being massacred. As the war drew to a close, Friedham chose to end his own life, choosing to perish with the killing machine.
Charlie is a simple girl. She loved Wilham, and she kept blaming Wilham for not understanding the style and not understanding her thoughts. But how did she know that Wilham also suffered the same pain of love as her, because he knew that the probability of a soldier surviving on the battlefield was very small, and love would have no result, like all good things in the world, in the end. will go to destruction. Xia Li is kind, seeing that the wounded in the Soviet army can't use morphine for pain relief, she is heartbroken; helping the privates escape and return to the front line is not only kind, but actually reflects her view of the war that has happened. Variety. Charlie is naive again. She betrayed Lilia out of loyalty to the country, and out of morality, she tried to tell Lilia to escape. "I killed a woman, Lilia, a Jew. She helped me, but I betrayed her. The reality is different from what we imagined." At the critical moment that the Soviet army was approaching, Charlie put her personal safety at risk , insisted not to leave the Russian nurse Sonya, precisely to make up for the debt to Lilia.
Greta is a tragic figure. She is affectionate and righteous, and has the talent and talent of a singer. But she was born in a wrong time, doomed to her tragic fate. One can imagine how happy a couple Greta and Victor would be if it weren't for this hateful war.
Lilia is an idealized character. "When is the time for retribution?" Lilia seemed to entrust the sincere wishes of all those who love peace and pursue happiness. A little pale, but beautiful, let us pray together!
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