And that’s what the attitude I would suggest of most Jewish people in occupied countries, because initially nobody had any idea that they might be sent away anywhere, let along to something called a slave labor camp, a concentration camp, or a death camp.
這就是我一直以來都在尋找的影像紀錄:納粹迫害下出生於集中營的猶太倖存者後裔 Eva Clarke 偶爾幽默且風度絕佳地扼要講述她與母親以及家族成員的親身經歷,敘述生動、充滿細節與生活感,優雅自信更兼佐證齊全地呈現真實境遇,帶領聽眾安全無虞地正視人類共性之中堅持自欺的庸懦——
禮貌地坐視不甚突兀的異常狀況,不假思索便相信只要遵守秩序隨波逐流、服從規範吞忍霸凌就會沒事;
但她從容不迫地揭露獨裁政權分化民眾的宣傳手段與隱瞞惡意的平凡徵兆,娓娓道來失權偏安的表象如何在數日之間急轉直下,當她母親收到徵召令被迫與丈夫分開前往指定地點匆促轉運的時候還準備了一大盒甜甜圈帶上火車。
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He also managed to get a visa for his wife and for his child, but tragically my aunt refused to come.
The reason she refused to come was because basically it was a very unhappy marriage.
And she said to her husband, she said “ no, we’ll be fine. We’ll stay with my parents, ” with her parents, my grandparents.
They just thought if they kept a low profile, more or less stuck to those rules and regulations, they’d be okay.
That is human nature, you hope for the best.
Eva Clarke:
This would not have been mercy killing, this would have been murder.
“ 這不是出於憐憫終結生命,而是謀殺。 ”