Im doing this as a project for history and i need some pointers on how to defend them. I dont agree with this but its just a grade : )
2007-05-09 12:16:23 · 6 answers · asked by ny_rican_14 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Im doing this as a project for history and i am defending the german guards. THERES NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. it just giving us a chance to see it from both sides.
2007-05-09 12:30:21 · update #1
OK for those who arent quite getting it ITS NOT REAL> it iis just giving a look at the other side. ITS NOT BRAINWASHING!
2007-05-09 12:43:04 · update #2
Real life examples are going on right now as the guards at Abu Grahib are being punished while the men who gave them the orders have gone unpunished.
Your defense is that these guards were assigned this onerous duty against their will, (and there is some historical proof that the SS had to rotate their boys in and out of this duty as it messed with some of their minds (the good ones at least)).
The focus of the defense must be on the leadership who gave the orders that the guards followed.
2007-05-09 14:31:25 · answer #1 · answered by KERMIT M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would depend on what our fictional guard did ( or was accused of doing). If he was a simple gatekeeper whose task it was to prevent unauthorized escapes, he was simply a soldier doing the duty of his assigned post. Did he volunteer for guard duty or was he stationed there by the Army? If our guard did any act of kindness or in any way acted humanely toward any one of the prisoners, those judging him should be made aware . Was there ever a time when he refused to carry out an order to commit an especially heinous act...even if he didn't verbalize his refusal to his superior but simply didn't do what he was ordered to do he gets looked at differently than those guards who were brutal and sadistic to the inmates. Probably other approaches to be taken, but the question is a little vague.
2007-05-09 19:37:38 · answer #2 · answered by edsquire2001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They used the only defense they had, "I was just following orders." Interestingly enough, that WOULD have been a valid defense if those who did not follow the orders were punished.
But the prosecution was able to show that if a German soldier refused to take part in the Holocaust, no punitive action was taken against him. They were also able to show that every time the German people stood up to Hitler, he would back down. Those two facts blew away the "Just following orders" defense completely.
2007-05-09 21:55:36 · answer #3 · answered by forgivebutdonotforget911 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like more holocaust brainwashing in the public schools.
2007-05-09 19:39:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell them to plead guilty.
2007-05-09 19:30:57 · answer #5 · answered by redmarc316 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this what schools are teaching these days?
2007-05-09 19:24:09 · answer #6 · answered by newyorkgal71 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋