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« on: 05 March 2017, 20:43:36 »
Does anyone else find this series very chilling?
As an historian who dislikes "counter factual" history, this I must admit, is something else.
If you do the correct thing and place yourself in the context of a Brit ln England during 1941, how sure can we be that we would not have accepted the German presence as the new ruling power.
At this time you would not have known about any concentration camps, the Hollocaust would not have started, and in this scenario Hitler has not invaded Russia. You would know about the "positives" of Hitler as a man who had led Germany to greatness again (echoes of Trump) with full employment, new autobahns, and a impressive military. Could I have been impressed by all that? Would all the banners, flags, and propaganda have convinced me to support the Nazis? I have always thought that as a German woman I would have stood with the other thousands shouting Heil Hitler!
As I am from a Jewish background on one side of the family I know that I would not have been born to the family I did, even though my father was greatly impressed by the German military. We know how terrible it would have been later for everyone if the Germans had won the Battle of Britain and crossed the Channel. BUT, in the context of the time, and perhaps as a Brit from a working class background who detested the ruling British classes, or someone from the middle classes who craved power, could I have joined the SS?
It is chilling just to see images of Nazis flags around London, but that is with the knowledge we have today. Highly intreging and interesting though.
Thank God it IS just counter factual history.