a little thought

Maiya 2022-04-23 07:01:19

I was attracted by the famous scene of station B, but I watched all the plots carefully. In the process of watching it, one question I always thought about was whether these German officers in the movie deserve sympathy. Say no to sympathy, I saw the pain they suffered from the plot of the movie, both physically and mentally, with the pain that their beliefs were about to be destroyed, but on the other hand, it was these German officers who killed so inhumanely. Many people, including millions of Jews, and civilians who died in the war. Just seeing the pain of these German soldiers with my own eyes made me feel sympathy, but I didn't see the sacrifices of the Soviet people, and I didn't feel anything about the Soviet Union's efforts. This is too impersonal, and during World War II, Those ordinary Germans, are they really innocent? They hate the Jews from the bottom of their hearts, and they think they are the most superior nation, and all other nations should die. Such people cannot be said to be innocent. Yes, they are also guilty, so ordinary people are not always worthy of sympathy. They have kindness and innocence at the same time, but also ignorance and prejudice. They also need to pay for their faults, although this price may be right It's a bit heavy for them. In the end, I just want to say that war is ruthless. May there be no war in the future and no people who die because of war?

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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]