Monday, September 14, 2009

Notes and HW 9

  • "What I am proud of is that I openly confronted the Jews and clensed German lands of Jewish poison." -Hitler. One of Hitler's aims was to clense his country of impurities, and as Hitler displays here, he has done just that.
  • Another aim was to glorify the military and rebuild German strength in the world. They believed that in order to do so (they being the Nazis) they would have to make their army as strong as possible.
  • The ideology of social darwinism is re-touched upon in this segment of the movie. Hitler says "life never forgives weakness." 
  • Hitler tells those who have joined him for dinner that he never permits himself to feel compassion. This is how Hitler says he ruled...but I can clearly see Hitler showing compassion. When he told those two people (for the life of me I cannot remember their names) that they are to board the next flight out the country, they tell him that they have decided to die in Berlin along side him. He tells them in turn that their loyalties are much appreciated, but still wishes them to get on the flight any how.

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