“Even a superficial study of World War II beggars the imagination with the extent and depth of the suffering endured.”
I’ve watched several documentaries regarding the Final Solution where not only Jews where mass murdered, but the resistance folks, Russian soldiers and other classes of people.
What amazes me, is how the victims would just submit to being murdered. Just simply obeying the German command to enter a pit, stand there, and be shot. Or a mother ordered to hold up her baby in front of her, so when the baby is shot the round gets her too.
Or obeying the order to get into a pit filled with corpses, lay down on the pile, and just stay there until it’s your turn to be shot.
These people had absolutely nothing to lose by either running like hell, or trying to grab a gun and kill one of the Nazi’s before they met their own doom.
Every time I watch one of such documentaries I thank the Lord for the 2nd Amendment.
I read a book (I can’t recall the name) that pointed out a number of times when, in a concentration camp, the prisoners could have easily overtaken the guards, and didn’t. In some cases, the prisoners were even armed and acting as guards, and out-numbered the actual guards. I have to think there is a psychological component to it all that we can’t imagine. Still, I like to believe I wouldn’t just give in without a fight.
‘I thank the Lord for the 2nd Amendment.’
Amen to that, Brother.