In another scene, equally as horrifying but much colder, Rokita explicates how genocide works, how the Nazis groomed Jews and bystanders. Nazis began small. “No one is going to revolt over a sign,” like “No Jews allowed.” But of course that sign is just the first step. “The circle constricts a little more. They get used to obeying. To being pliable. We use them up till there is nothing left.”
You will see this illustrated very well in the movie The Pianist.