One of the most troubling questions in all of human history is, “Where were the ‘good Germans’ while Hitler and the Nazis were taking over their country?”
In 1933 there were only about 2 million Nazis in Germany; by 1939 that number had increased to 5.3 million…out of a population of over 80 million people. That’s only six-and-a-half per cent of the total German population. How could such a relatively small number of zealots overwhelm the will of a great nation?
“We didn’t know what the Nazis were doing” is the most-heard answer by Germans. But by 1939, Hitler and his Brownshirts had shown their true colors in their attacks on any opposition (but especially Jews). But perhaps this was a gigantic Asch Experiment, wherein people simply go along with the perceived majority, even if they personally feel the actions are wrong?
It’s not the first time such a small but fanatical group co-opted an entire nation, of course. In 1917 the total population of Russia was 200 million people; of these, about 800,000 were members of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, another 200,000 were Menshiviks and only 350,000 were Bolsheviks. But by 1919 the Bolsheviks had taken complete control of the nation: that’s only .2% of the population. What were the “good Russians” doing as their country was being taken over by fanatical communist zealots?.............. To Read More....
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