The Third Reich

@RubyHawk (99367)

Atlanta, Georgia

July 25, 2016 8:30pm CST

I watched the documentary today of the Third Reich. I thought I had heard everything to be said about the atrocities committed at Hitlers command. It was almost beyond imagination. Germans who lived near the crematories and concentration camps saying they did not know what was happening. They could not turn their heads away when the allies came in. German citizens were made to look at the huge piles of bodies who were starved or tortured to death. Then dig graves and bury the bodies. Surely we would never let anything like that happen here. I hope we would rise up and fight to the death to prevent such a catastrophe.

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@JamesHxstatic (29410)

• Eugene, Oregon

26 Jul 16

I have been reminded often lately of that evil chapter in history and the rise of an egotistical "strong man" who led his country to ruin.

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@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

26 Jul 16

So have I. the person you refer to could be another Hitler in the making. People cannot see him for what he is. I think Hitler had the same effect on the Germans..

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@JamesHxstatic (29410)

• Eugene, Oregon

26 Jul 16

You have him figured out. There seems to be a rise around the world in personality cult types, with Putin, Erdogan in Turkey, our own wannabe and some growing fringe parties in France and eastern Europe. These are dangerous people.

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@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

26 Jul 16

@JamesHxstatic The scary part is that people cannot see beyond the facade. It's like they are being hypnotized.

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@jaboUK (64346)

• United Kingdom

26 Jul 16

An awful period of history.

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@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

27 Jul 16

@RubyHawk It really was the very worst period of history.

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@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

26 Jul 16

True, maybe our very worst yet. We hope.

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@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

31 Jul 16

@simone10 I can't think of anything worse that effected so many people.

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@louievill (28846)

• Philippines

26 Jul 16

People of the free world will fight together as allies to prevent things like these from happening, be it in the West or in Asia.

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@louievill (28846)

• Philippines

26 Jul 16

@RubyHawk like cancer it has to be stopped at an early stage, this would not have happened if the allies took action right after Germany overrun and annexed Poland, but everybody was reluctant doing their everyday business.

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@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

26 Jul 16

@louievill I think people were blinded and could not see the danger.

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@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

26 Jul 16

It's heartbreaking, I don't want to send our young women and men off to be killed fighting, but what is the alternative ?

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@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

27 Jul 16

It really was a horrendous thing and I can't even imagine how the poor people who lived through it handled it.

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@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

1 Aug 16

@RubyHawk That is so very sad to even think about.

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@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

1 Aug 16

@simone10 It's terribly sad, my better half's grandparents,uncles and aunts were involved. the grandparents were made to dig their own graves and then they were shot and tossed in the grave with hundreds of other Jews..

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@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

31 Jul 16

Most of the Jews never came home, with all the crematories, gassing and killings.

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@norcal (4889)

• Franklinton, North Carolina

30 Jul 16

I am afraid that we would be no more willing to put our own lives on the line for our neighbors now than German citizens were then. It is not an easy thing to do.

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@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

30 Jul 16

It wouldn't be easy but I would like to think we would.

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@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

31 Jul 16

@norcal I can understand why citizens acted as they did, but many more did everything they could to help the Jews. if everyone had done the same the outcome might have been different.

Timothy Roberts

@theBlock (2657)

• United States

26 Jul 16

@RubyHawk I cannot comprehend their wickedness---horrible and shameful.

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@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

26 Jul 16

Many people still deny it, even with all the pictures that were made and documented at the time. In this documentary they had the pictures that were made when the allies came in.

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@Hatley (163772)

• Garden Grove, California

27 Jul 16

\yes that horror was almost unbelieveable and I too hopewewould never allow such things to happen in our USA

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@Hatley (163772)

• Garden Grove, California

31 Jul 16

@RubyHawk yes and not Donald Trump

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@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

31 Jul 16

@Hatley My opinion exactly.

@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

31 Jul 16

We can only stay alert and try to vote for a sane person.

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@SIMPLYD (90717)

• Philippines

27 Jul 16

I think i have seen a documentary at Discovery Channel of something like that . I wasn't able to finish it , because i cannot stand looking at those atrocities .

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@SIMPLYD (90717)

• Philippines

30 Jul 16

@RubyHawk Yes. I would be having a nightmare about them .

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@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

30 Jul 16

it's hard to look at such terrible things.

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@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

31 Jul 16

@SIMPLYD It does bring on nightmares, but I feel compelled to look.

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@skysnap (20152)

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26 Jul 16

Yes they were cruel people. I wonder what happened to fourth reich. Hoping that they dind't spread across the world like hydra.

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@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

26 Jul 16

We still have enough to worry about with ISIS and all the police shootings.

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@sofssu (23660)

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27 Jul 16

Its funny how even today with all the proof we have people adamantly deny that such a thing ever happened. Unimaginable is the word.

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@sofssu (23660)

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1 Aug 16

@RubyHawk True .. we need to keep those memories alive so the world will not have to suffer Hitlers and something like that again.

@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

31 Jul 16

We have the proof with pictures and testimonies of those who were there. But still some say it didn't happen. I would like all our school kids to have to read the truth, many of them hardly know a thing about it.

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@PatZAnthony (14749)

• Charlotte, North Carolina

27 Jul 16

And most realize, there are still some out there saying NONE OF THIS HAPPENED! The churches and governments knew more than they admitted from what we were told.

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@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

27 Jul 16

I Know, I read that some people still insist it never happened. I can't imagine how anyone could live knowing they had been part of the horror.

@marlina (154103)

• Canada

26 Jul 16

It was an awful man, that Hitler, him and his "buddies"

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@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

27 Jul 16

They were too despicable to imagine..

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@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

27 Jul 16

It was atrocious. I would hope we would rise up and fight to prevent such from happening here.

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@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

30 Jul 16

I certainly hope we would.

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@ridingbet (66854)

• Philippines

26 Jul 16

i think i read a book about "the third reich"

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@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

26 Jul 16

It was heartbreaking even to read it.

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