The "silence" in the title refers to the public Silence about that period of history also refers to the parties' silence about the historical facts they witnessed and the crimes they committed at that time.
World War II has become history, but the memory of World War II cannot go away with the wind, especially as Germany is the initiator, perpetrator and loser of World War II, how the Germans will reflect on that period of history is even more eye-catching.
A large number of Germans instinctively choose to forget, choose to cover up. They are reluctant to open up the crusted pustules for a thorough debridement. In the face of Ludman, who wanted to investigate the matter, many people chose to oppose it. In fact, even Ludman himself, when he learned that his father was also a member of the Nazi Party, not only the glorious image of his father collapsed in his heart, but also his power to continue to investigate suddenly disappeared. Therefore, whether to swallow or not to swallow this bitter water becomes a key point of the film.
While the film describes the pursuit of the culprit of evil, it also touches on the major topic of "crimes of ordinary people". The culprits of evil, such as Hitler, Himmler and the like, can be hated by anyone and can be punished by anyone. But the problem is that a huge crime cannot be accomplished by one person or a few people; the crime has to be accomplished by his main accomplice and a large number of people who are completely under his command! Some of these people were blind, but most of them were conscious and willing at the time, as the Attorney General Fritz Bauer said: "The Germans have to see what is going on there, not just Hitler and Hitler. What Murray committed was the crime of quite ordinary people, very ordinary people who volunteered to do things like that because they believed they were right."
Ball had a lot to say about what Ludman was going to do. Soberly aware, he told Ludman: "We're just going to take these people to court, with a big trial. We're going to go down this road. Trust me. And that's your job.
" The enormity of the task.
For the sins of the past, we must face them and reflect on them; everyone who has experienced and participated in these sins should reflect on them, repent for their conscious or unconscious participation, and assume their responsibilities.
The film reflects life in Germany in the late 1950s and early 1960s, more than a decade after the end of World War II. More than ten years have cast a thin layer of dust on some historical facts. A 20-year-old girl in the film, and a guy who looks to be in his 20s, don't know Auschwitz, they haven't even heard the word. Even Radman himself mistook Auschwitz as a "sanctuary". It was for this reason that Konilka shouted out in grief and indignation: "The biggest disaster in human history has been forgotten and kept secret, ... a German prosecutor does not know what happened in Auschwitz? What a shame!" On the
other hand, in China, the catastrophe of the "Cultural Revolution", as well as the three-year famine, anti-rightist and other crimes after the founding of the country, have become a fading past with the passage of time, and I deliberately avoided it. , The result of preventing discussion has resulted in a reality that is several times the state reflected in the film: today's young people do not know about the "Cultural Revolution" and the Great Famine, there are more than 10 million! Moreover, up to now, most of the writers who have reflected on the above historical facts, except for the persecuted, have not reflected on themselves, as if all sins have nothing to do with them. From this, it can only be concluded that China's current reflection on history is not only lacking in breadth, let alone depth. From this point of view, I think it is a bold act for CCTV to broadcast such a film now, after all, it can serve as a warning to us and today's reality.
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