Silver Tongue

sashayed:

cumaeansibyl:

sashayed:

[Denmark] is the only case we know of in which the Nazis met with open native resistance, [and] the result seems to have been that those exposed to it changed their minds. They themselves apparently no longer looked upon the extermination of a whole people as a matter of course. They had met resistance based on principle, and their ‘toughness’ had melted like butter in the sun; they had even been able to show a few timid beginnings of genuine courage.

That the ideal of ‘toughness’…was nothing but a myth of self-deception, concealing a ruthless desire for conformity at any price, was clearly revealed at the Nuremberg Trials, where the defendants accused and betrayed each other and assured the world that they ‘had always been against it’–or claimed, as Eichmann was to do, that their best qualities had been ‘abused’ by their superiors. (In Jerusalem, he accused ‘those in power’ of having abused his ‘obedience.’) …The atmosphere had changed, and although most of them must have known that they were doomed, not a single one of them had the guts to defend the Nazi ideology.”

Hannah Arendt, “Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil.”

I want everyone to go read that link about Danish resistance, please, because it’s a very good example of what to emphasize:

  • Economic disruption
  • Independent press
  • Defense of marginalized people by word and deed

Yes, PLEASE read up on Denmark. the link is short & super basic, but gives a solid overview.

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