19.6.04
THE BLANKET
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I WAS ONLY FOLLOWING ORDERS
Fred A Wilcox • 17 June 2004
When I was young, I often encountered strange children on the streets of my city. These boys and girls had huge sad eyes, they never laughed, and they were skin and bones. "Displaced people," said my father, who had seen kids like these in the war-shattered ruins of Europe. Displaced from what? From families that perished in concentration camps. From towns that had been blown to pieces. From mass murderers who, when hauled before a court at Nuremberg, showed no remorse, did not apologize for the atrocities they had committed, and even expressed pride in their contribution to exterminating millions of Jews, Gypsies, Socialists, Communists, and Homosexuals. After all, said these men, "We were only following orders."
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I WAS ONLY FOLLOWING ORDERS
Fred A Wilcox • 17 June 2004
When I was young, I often encountered strange children on the streets of my city. These boys and girls had huge sad eyes, they never laughed, and they were skin and bones. "Displaced people," said my father, who had seen kids like these in the war-shattered ruins of Europe. Displaced from what? From families that perished in concentration camps. From towns that had been blown to pieces. From mass murderers who, when hauled before a court at Nuremberg, showed no remorse, did not apologize for the atrocities they had committed, and even expressed pride in their contribution to exterminating millions of Jews, Gypsies, Socialists, Communists, and Homosexuals. After all, said these men, "We were only following orders."
