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Tonight for class we heard from Dr. Peter Fritzsche who's a professor at a school in Illinois and he talked about the Holocaust and the role of the German people and how they were treated/acted during the Nazi rule. It was a very interesting to see his thoughts and perceptions of how the Germans thought they were victims too.

He discussed how the German people felt as though they were suffering during this time as well. Germans were devoted to do whatever they needed for their country and this is why they were able to still kill innocent women and children because it acted as justification for their own situation. this entire situation can be compared to our current situation in the United states with the War in Iraq. The United states was not only split when it came to election time but our decision to elect George W. Bush led to this country still being split on his decision of sending troops to Iraq but now that we have soldiers over there our country needs to be supportive and realize that those are innocent people who are risking their own lives for OUR country. What is the difference between what occurred in Germany in the 1930's and todays world. Is this war really necessary? What are we going to achieve out of it? How many people are going to die before it is over? These are all questions that could have been asked before the Holocaust happened. What is the difference when any war happens two countries are going into battle and only one is going to come out on top.