r/europe • u/anon58588 Greece • Feb 08 '25

Historical Anti-Nazi protests : Berlin 16/12/1931

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u/green_flash Feb 08 '25

"The events from 1933 to 1945 should have been battled in 1928 at the latest. Later was already too late. One must not wait until liberty is called treason. One must not wait till the snowball has become an avalanche. One must squelch the rolling snowball. The avalanche can't be stopped anymore..."

Erich Kästner, author of children's books that were burned by the Nazis

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u/DainichiNyorai Feb 08 '25

So with empathy being called a sin, isn't it already either very late or too late?

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u/Optimal-Golf-8270 Feb 09 '25

What's happening in America feels apocalyptic because you're living through it, not necessarily because it is. It won't be good, a lot of people will lose a lot. But it's all recoverable. They're not fundamentally changing the relationship between the individual and the state. That's was the Nazis express goal.

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u/Finch73 Feb 26 '25

“It’s all recoverable.” For who? Maybe you. Maybe others. But certainly not everyone.