Perhaps you think that any fool could become a member of the SS. Do you really know what an SS soldier is? He is a superman. He is a professional chosen personally by Hitler. A soldier whose antecedents are analyzed for four generations back before he is given the honor of being allowed to join this elite organization.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Barbie dehumanizes victims and glorifies SS members as an elite, carefully selected breed.
- In plain terms
- SS soldiers were not fools, but carefully chosen supermen.
- What can you take from it?
- Nazi rhetoric dehumanized enemies while glorifying their own.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do dictatorships dehumanize?
- What is propaganda?
Another view
It reflects a false and dangerous worldview.
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