What is the fascination with Nazis? And why do people want to idolize Nazis?

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57. Film makers, or theater people might buy some of that stuff.

I bet much of the Nazi material in Schindler's List eg, was pretty authentic, or very good replicas.

Other than that, or for collectors for historical purposes, I can't imagine wanting to own any of that stuff. I just read three books about that period of time and I think what strikes you the most, is how ordinary people can be co-opted into supporting anything their leaders tell them to support. The use of 'patriotism' and 'my country right or wrong' jingoism, seems to lull people into a cult-like state of total complicity.

Three of the books are about women who survived the Nazis, two who were incredibly heroic, both joined the French Resistance, one was German and definitely no hero. But all three books were so well written making you feel you were present in that awful time. And also making you question, 'what would I have done'?

One person interviewed said that after the liberation, it was hard to find a Nazi in Germany. Human beings are very weak, and I hope we are never tested the way so many were at that time.

Ron Wyden's father wrote one of the books I read about a schoolmate of his in Germany, who ended up betraying her own people. He found it hard to believe and to understand as he once had had a huge crush on her before his family managed to leave Germany. She probably caused the deaths of hundreds of Jews by her betrayal. But many others chose to die, rather than do what she did.

I have a feeling it could happen anywhere, after watching how easily the Bush Administration used fear to strip away rights with little or no resistance, and vilification for those who did resist, I now find it harder to judge the German people the way I once did. Not to mention Democrats who will defend policies no free person should be willing to defend even now.

We do not learn from history.
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