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Thursday, November 8, 2012
PERIOD 4 - THE GESTAPO
You have been watching the BBC documentary, The Rise of the Nazis - A Warning from History. Please share your thoughts about the segment on the Gestapo that you saw today. What did you think of the interview with Resi Kraus?
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Ooh am the first one today :) The woman was unbaleveilbe I think that she was obviously lying, not wanting to be accused of murder, that she was different from other people and other girls at her age she didn't go the girls camps. She did acknowledge her name, signature and address, but showed confusion on the letter. I thought that it was dispicable of her and so low to deny evidence rather than acknowledging her mistake and face face the concenqueninces.
Ooh am the first one today :) The woman was unbaleveilbe I think that she was obviously lying, not wanting to be accused of murder, that she was different from other people and other girls at her age she didn't go the girls camps. She did acknowledge her name, signature and address, but showed confusion on the letter. I thought that it was dispicable of her and so low to deny evidence rather than acknowledging her mistake and face face the concenqueninces.
I was very surpised when watching this sgement at how easily the woman denied any information of her writing that letter to the gestapo, not wanting to be punished for it. The woman did not hesitate at all to say that even though that was her address, and signature on the paper, she did not know where it came from. The woamn claims that she did nothing wrong and she didnt kill/murder anyone. The woman did participate in the murder of her neighbor, because she was the one who wrote the letter which ended up murdering her neighbor. The woman should have just told the truth in the first place, and faced the consequences because thats the right thing to do.
I was very surpised when watching this sgement at how easily the woman denied any information of her writing that letter to the gestapo, not wanting to be punished for it. The woman did not hesitate at all to say that even though that was her address, and signature on the paper, she did not know where it came from. The woamn claims that she did nothing wrong and she didnt kill/murder anyone. The woman did participate in the murder of her neighbor, because she was the one who wrote the letter which ended up murdering her neighbor. The woman should have just told the truth in the first place, and faced the consequences because thats the right thing to do.
I think that the women felt like she truly didn't have anything to do with the placement or her neighbor. What she didn't realize was her actions led to her death as everyone in Germany was involved with the Nazi's. Whether everyone wanted to believe it or not even was associated and were killing innocent Jews also other people that had associated with any Jewish people. I was extremely surprised she acknowledged it was her name, address, and signature but dint know what the meaning was. i believe the women was trying to take the blame off her as she was a coward.
I felt like the women in the interview didnt want to have to say that she had a part in killing her neighbor. she admitted that the signature on the paper was hers and that was her street address, but she kept saying she was confused about the letter. It was as though she didnt want to admit that she knew something was going to happen to her neighbor.
I thought the woman was so ridiculous when accused of sending that letter.However she didn't have to admit to sending it because the guilt and confusion was all over her face. Although the woman was in the wrong and indirectly murdered her neighbor; I wondered if she truly new that the neighbor would be killed. Overall not admitting to it looked worse because the truth was on her face and in the evidence. Other then this section on the woman i thought the film was decent.
I was pretty disgusted at the fact that Kraus wouldn't just own up to clear evidence. It was obvious that she was lying, and it was only because she has always been afraid and wanted to fit in, whether it was under Nazi control or in today's society. She somewhat pictures exactly what I think this class is teaching us not to be like. Not only was she a bystander, but in order to fit in to the times, she gave up one of her own neighbors. In my opinion she was very cowardly.
I think that Kraus was obviously lying when she said she had no idea about the letter. She did a pretty terrible job lying, considering it was her signature and street address. However, in defense of Kraus, I dont think she realized that what she did would ultimately kill her neighbor, and she was clearly embarrassed that it did so she denied it.
I think that the woman knew what she was doing but couldnt own up to it because it was against the law. I think she wanted to report her neighbor but did not want anyone to know which is why she denies it. She accused her neighbor of having Jew friends and being a lesbian and never answered saying Heil Hitler. I think now she regrets it but cannot say so because she would be arrested
In the interview the woman said that that was her name and her signature, but she kept saying that she was confused and didn't understand. i think she was lying because she didn't want to admit that she had a part in the murder. i think she should have told the truth because even though it would be bad and there'd be consequences, at least she would be honest. i thought the film was decent.
I think that the woman was ridiculous to decide to lie about the letter because it was clearly hers because her signature and address were both on it. She should have just accepted what she had done and apologized, instead of making up a story that was clearly false. However, it is possible that she knew what she was doing, but did not realize that it would have resulted in her neighbor’s death.
Its confusing to watch Resi see the letter she admit that it’s her signature but doesn’t understand where it comes from. I think this shows that many German people acted the way they did because they had a mob mentality during the war. They thought that because everyone else was guilty of a crime that it was ok that she was too. Resi was totally ok with turning in her neighbor at the time because everyone else was doing the same thing. She thought that because she was one of many that she was doing the right thing or that she wouldn’t get caught. I think a lot of the Germans and Nazi’s did what they did because they had a mob mentality.
I think that the women that they interviewed was a liar. She clearly remembers doing what she did but not wanting to admit it shows that she is a terrible person. When you cant aknowledge your mistakes it really shows what type of person you are.
Resi Kraus shocked me. She openly admitted that she signed it and that was her address, but claimed she had nothing to do with it. It seemed like she just went with the flow. When it was acceptable to accuse your neighbor of something, and send them to die, she did that. But when it was unacceptable, she denied doing it because of fear that she would be judged. It was people like her that kept the Holocaust alive and allowed it to happen.
As we seem to all agree, it is very strange for Resi Kraus to deny the fact she signed the letter, especially after admitting that it was her signature. I think that the reason she denied the situation was because she wanted to forget the past and not be reminded of any decisions she may have made that she could have been forced into, that she afterwards regretted. Since so many people were pressured into doing things they would not have done if they had not been told to, they would understandably be embarrassed by their actions and would not want to bring it up in their future. Also, when tragic events happen to people like car accidents, abuses, etc. it is common to hear that people cannot recall specific details on what happened because they tend to shut out those memories as if they never even happened. Kraus will have her own reasons, although if she does have an explanation and just decided to lie about it, I think she should have owned up and admitted to it so that the story would not look as suspicious as it does now.
I was actually very surprised by the interview with Resi Kraus. I knew that the people during that time would do whatever it took to keep themselves out of trouble, but for her to blatantly lie about writing that letter now is terrible. She knows what she did, and that what she did ultimately caused a woman to die, and she still tries to deny it, even though her signature and address is on the letter she wrote.
I think that the women was lying about the document and I felt that she was very embarrassed by the situation. I think that many Nazi members got away with murder just by denying reports and this is just the latest example. Its ridiculous to think that she got to live 50 years and probably didn't think twice about sending her neighbor off to concentration camps until the interview.
When watching the interview of Resi Kraus, I thought she didn't want to be looked at as a murder. So she lied, I think that she wanted to believe she did nothing wrong even though she clearly wrote the letter. I think she should of owned up to writing the letter and just told the truth how she did something wrong and said sorry.
I thought that it was amazing that after all of the evidence presented to her she could still deny her involvement with her neighbors death. I can't imagine how she doesn't feel tremendous guilt. Even though she didn't directly kill anyone, she was the cause of her neighbors death and that means she's just as responsible.
I was stunned by how the women said that she had singed all the papers and told the police about her neighbor, but how she didn't understand what was going on. How does someone get to that point to have proof that they have done something but still denied it. I thought it was mind blowing on how she felt that she had done nothing wrong.
I thought that this was very shocking ans horrible. I don't understand why the women could deny something like this. She was clearly guilty of this all and it was terrible of her to deny it. She was indirectly the cause of her neighbor's death, yet she cant admit to what shes done. Its awful.
I thought that the interview really showed the embarrassment and shame of those who followed Hitler and the Nazis. Resi was not even able to admit that she had made such a terrible mistake not only for fear of punishment, but also in denial of her own gullibility at the time. After the fact, it seems as though she is showing the same conformist qualities that the people had before and during the Nazi party's rule, because she is following the peoples' hatred for Naziism just as quickly and ignorantly as she supported it.
I found this video very interesting. The reason iot was so intere4sting was simply because the way that one lady replied. She knew in the beack of her head that she wrote that letter however when she is being blamed of something that she did wrong in the past she denies it and she does not want to be assoiciated with that. This is aastonishing that someone can act so ignorant and not take credit. After being involved with something so awful I would expect them to at least own up to it. The excused of these people is not believable and it is almost as if they are guilty for what they contributed to.
I think that the woman who was interviewed may have actually forgotten that she had turned in her neighbor for acting differently than the standard of the Reich. I believe this because she did acknowledge her name and signiture but did not acknowledge that she remembered writing the letter. I think that if she had wanted to avoid punishment she would have all together said that her name was not on the letter and that she knew nothing about it. I think the fact that she could not remember writing it shows that what she did was not that big of a deal to her. Maybe she felt no remorse turing in her neighbor to the Nazis.
25 comments:
Ooh am the first one today :)
The woman was unbaleveilbe I think that she was obviously lying, not wanting to be accused of murder, that she was different from other people and other girls at her age she didn't go the girls camps. She did acknowledge her name, signature and address, but showed confusion on the letter.
I thought that it was dispicable of her and so low to deny evidence rather than acknowledging her mistake and face face the concenqueninces.
Ooh am the first one today :)
The woman was unbaleveilbe I think that she was obviously lying, not wanting to be accused of murder, that she was different from other people and other girls at her age she didn't go the girls camps. She did acknowledge her name, signature and address, but showed confusion on the letter.
I thought that it was dispicable of her and so low to deny evidence rather than acknowledging her mistake and face face the concenqueninces.
I was very surpised when watching this sgement at how easily the woman denied any information of her writing that letter to the gestapo, not wanting to be punished for it. The woman did not hesitate at all to say that even though that was her address, and signature on the paper, she did not know where it came from. The woamn claims that she did nothing wrong and she didnt kill/murder anyone. The woman did participate in the murder of her neighbor, because she was the one who wrote the letter which ended up murdering her neighbor. The woman should have just told the truth in the first place, and faced the consequences because thats the right thing to do.
I was very surpised when watching this sgement at how easily the woman denied any information of her writing that letter to the gestapo, not wanting to be punished for it. The woman did not hesitate at all to say that even though that was her address, and signature on the paper, she did not know where it came from. The woamn claims that she did nothing wrong and she didnt kill/murder anyone. The woman did participate in the murder of her neighbor, because she was the one who wrote the letter which ended up murdering her neighbor. The woman should have just told the truth in the first place, and faced the consequences because thats the right thing to do.
I think that the women felt like she truly didn't have anything to do with the placement or her neighbor. What she didn't realize was her actions led to her death as everyone in Germany was involved with the Nazi's. Whether everyone wanted to believe it or not even was associated and were killing innocent Jews also other people that had associated with any Jewish people. I was extremely surprised she acknowledged it was her name, address, and signature but dint know what the meaning was. i believe the women was trying to take the blame off her as she was a coward.
I felt like the women in the interview didnt want to have to say that she had a part in killing her neighbor. she admitted that the signature on the paper was hers and that was her street address, but she kept saying she was confused about the letter. It was as though she didnt want to admit that she knew something was going to happen to her neighbor.
I thought the woman was so ridiculous when accused of sending that letter.However she didn't have to admit to sending it because the guilt and confusion was all over her face. Although the woman was in the wrong and indirectly murdered her neighbor; I wondered if she truly new that the neighbor would be killed. Overall not admitting to it looked worse because the truth was on her face and in the evidence. Other then this section on the woman i thought the film was decent.
I was pretty disgusted at the fact that Kraus wouldn't just own up to clear evidence. It was obvious that she was lying, and it was only because she has always been afraid and wanted to fit in, whether it was under Nazi control or in today's society. She somewhat pictures exactly what I think this class is teaching us not to be like. Not only was she a bystander, but in order to fit in to the times, she gave up one of her own neighbors. In my opinion she was very cowardly.
I think that Kraus was obviously lying when she said she had no idea about the letter. She did a pretty terrible job lying, considering it was her signature and street address. However, in defense of Kraus, I dont think she realized that what she did would ultimately kill her neighbor, and she was clearly embarrassed that it did so she denied it.
I think that the woman knew what she was doing but couldnt own up to it because it was against the law. I think she wanted to report her neighbor but did not want anyone to know which is why she denies it. She accused her neighbor of having Jew friends and being a lesbian and never answered saying Heil Hitler. I think now she regrets it but cannot say so because she would be arrested
In the interview the woman said that that was her name and her signature, but she kept saying that she was confused and didn't understand. i think she was lying because she didn't want to admit that she had a part in the murder. i think she should have told the truth because even though it would be bad and there'd be consequences, at least she would be honest. i thought the film was decent.
I think that the woman was ridiculous to decide to lie about the letter because it was clearly hers because her signature and address were both on it. She should have just accepted what she had done and apologized, instead of making up a story that was clearly false. However, it is possible that she knew what she was doing, but did not realize that it would have resulted in her neighbor’s death.
Its confusing to watch Resi see the letter she admit that it’s her signature but doesn’t understand where it comes from. I think this shows that many German people acted the way they did because they had a mob mentality during the war. They thought that because everyone else was guilty of a crime that it was ok that she was too. Resi was totally ok with turning in her neighbor at the time because everyone else was doing the same thing. She thought that because she was one of many that she was doing the right thing or that she wouldn’t get caught. I think a lot of the Germans and Nazi’s did what they did because they had a mob mentality.
I think that the women that they interviewed was a liar. She clearly remembers doing what she did but not wanting to admit it shows that she is a terrible person. When you cant aknowledge your mistakes it really shows what type of person you are.
Resi Kraus shocked me. She openly admitted that she signed it and that was her address, but claimed she had nothing to do with it. It seemed like she just went with the flow. When it was acceptable to accuse your neighbor of something, and send them to die, she did that. But when it was unacceptable, she denied doing it because of fear that she would be judged. It was people like her that kept the Holocaust alive and allowed it to happen.
As we seem to all agree, it is very strange for Resi Kraus to deny the fact she signed the letter, especially after admitting that it was her signature. I think that the reason she denied the situation was because she wanted to forget the past and not be reminded of any decisions she may have made that she could have been forced into, that she afterwards regretted. Since so many people were pressured into doing things they would not have done if they had not been told to, they would understandably be embarrassed by their actions and would not want to bring it up in their future. Also, when tragic events happen to people like car accidents, abuses, etc. it is common to hear that people cannot recall specific details on what happened because they tend to shut out those memories as if they never even happened. Kraus will have her own reasons, although if she does have an explanation and just decided to lie about it, I think she should have owned up and admitted to it so that the story would not look as suspicious as it does now.
I was actually very surprised by the interview with Resi Kraus. I knew that the people during that time would do whatever it took to keep themselves out of trouble, but for her to blatantly lie about writing that letter now is terrible. She knows what she did, and that what she did ultimately caused a woman to die, and she still tries to deny it, even though her signature and address is on the letter she wrote.
I think that the women was lying about the document and I felt that she was very embarrassed by the situation. I think that many Nazi members got away with murder just by denying reports and this is just the latest example. Its ridiculous to think that she got to live 50 years and probably didn't think twice about sending her neighbor off to concentration camps until the interview.
When watching the interview of Resi Kraus, I thought she didn't want to be looked at as a murder. So she lied, I think that she wanted to believe she did nothing wrong even though she clearly wrote the letter. I think she should of owned up to writing the letter and just told the truth how she did something wrong and said sorry.
I thought that it was amazing that after all of the evidence presented to her she could still deny her involvement with her neighbors death. I can't imagine how she doesn't feel tremendous guilt. Even though she didn't directly kill anyone, she was the cause of her neighbors death and that means she's just as responsible.
I was stunned by how the women said that she had singed all the papers and told the police about her neighbor, but how she didn't understand what was going on. How does someone get to that point to have proof that they have done something but still denied it. I thought it was mind blowing on how she felt that she had done nothing wrong.
I thought that this was very shocking ans horrible. I don't understand why the women could deny something like this. She was clearly guilty of this all and it was terrible of her to deny it. She was indirectly the cause of her neighbor's death, yet she cant admit to what shes done. Its awful.
I thought that the interview really showed the embarrassment and shame of those who followed Hitler and the Nazis. Resi was not even able to admit that she had made such a terrible mistake not only for fear of punishment, but also in denial of her own gullibility at the time. After the fact, it seems as though she is showing the same conformist qualities that the people had before and during the Nazi party's rule, because she is following the peoples' hatred for Naziism just as quickly and ignorantly as she supported it.
I found this video very interesting. The reason iot was so intere4sting was simply because the way that one lady replied. She knew in the beack of her head that she wrote that letter however when she is being blamed of something that she did wrong in the past she denies it and she does not want to be assoiciated with that. This is aastonishing that someone can act so ignorant and not take credit. After being involved with something so awful I would expect them to at least own up to it. The excused of these people is not believable and it is almost as if they are guilty for what they contributed to.
I think that the woman who was interviewed may have actually forgotten that she had turned in her neighbor for acting differently than the standard of the Reich. I believe this because she did acknowledge her name and signiture but did not acknowledge that she remembered writing the letter. I think that if she had wanted to avoid punishment she would have all together said that her name was not on the letter and that she knew nothing about it. I think the fact that she could not remember writing it shows that what she did was not that big of a deal to her. Maybe she felt no remorse turing in her neighbor to the Nazis.
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