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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Downfall quotes

  • Adolf Hitler: [Screaming after Steiner didn't attack after giving an order] Traitors! I've been betrayed and deceived from the very beginning! What a monstrous betrayal of the German people, but all those traitors will pay. They'll pay with their own blood. They shall drown in their own blood!

  • Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel: The Führer has lost all sense of reality.

    Generaloberst Alfred Jodl: He moves divisions that only exist on his map. Steiner's scattered unit can hardly defend itself and yet, Steiner is ordered to attack! It's pure madness!

    SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein: Then why don't you tell him yourself?

    Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel: He won't listen to reason. You should know that.

    SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein: Something must be done.

    Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel: Are you insane? We'll be thrown out like Rundstedt and Guderian!

    SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein: Yes, and?

    Generaloberst Alfred Jodl: [glares at Fegelein] We are soldiers! We pledged our allegiance to the Führer!

    SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein: So that means we are no longer allowed to think?

    General der Infanterie Wilhelm Burgdorf: All this coming from you? An opportunist? A ruthless careerist?

    SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein: Pardon?

    [Burgdorf takes a swig of alcohol]