Word: hitlers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...vigorous anti-Nazi during the Hitler regime, Curt Scharf, 58, was arrested numerous times and was rarely allowed to write or preach. Since 1945, he has been chairman of the Brandenburg Synod and is well known throughout Germany for his work in preparing the Kirchentag staged by the Evangelical Church to draw Protestants from all over the country...
...Remember Me to God. Since World War II, most novels about Jews deal with either annihilation or assimilation, getting out of the Warsaw Ghetto or into the Hasty Pudding Club. The atrocities of the National Socialist regime seem to have had an effect other than that desired by Hitler; they have made the public acutely conscious of the sufferings of the Jews. Auschwitz and Dachau created a wide and sympathetic audience for the outpourings of such ethnic authors as Herman Wouk and Philip Roth. This, however, has not always been kind to the Jews themselves...
...this ethic of resignation persists in the end. It is not the cultural masochism that appears in many novels about the Jews. Rather it is a despairing admission that, absurd as it may be, "that's how it is". Ernie Levy dosen't have a choice. In Hitler's world there is no such thing as "assimilation." Ernie puts his yellow Star of David on with pleasure. "He had no intention of glorifying himself, of separating himself from the humble procession of the Jewish people." He has learned, through his suffering, that he has a moral obligation to himself...
...point at issue is one that plagues all armies: Should an officer obey orders that he believes violate his conscience or his honor? German generals were found guilty at Nurnberg and executed by the Allies because they did not place conscience above orders from Hitler. Soviet officers at Budapest were reportedly executed by the Red army when they did put conscience above orders and refused to shoot down Hungarian freedom fighters. In World War II, Charles de Gaulle's conscience drove him to disobey the orders of Marshal Pétain when he escaped to Britain...
...style of comedy and began to grow into a great performer. He loathes being compared to other comedians, particularly the "sick" ones. Says he of the sickest of them all: "I don't dislike him, but people needed Lenny Bruce for the same reason they needed Hitler...