Saturday, May 31, 2008

Should modern Germans be held responsible for payments caused by Nazi terror

The Nazis' reign had ended about 63 years ago, following the deployment of World War II. The deed had been done and the cost of human lives cannot be payed, and the destruction caused by this war is irreparable. Do you want to pay for millions of private and governmental properties destroyed during the war or can you reincarnate the trillions of soldiers lost during the time of the war or those that are dead or the Jews that died form the Holocaust of 1938? In my own opinion, modern Germans should not be held responsible for payments caused by Nazi terror. Why? Most of the modern generations in Germany are innocent of the war crimes and the atrocity committed against humanity. In fact, the Nuremberg trials had done its duties. Most of the leaders that committed crimes against humanity are prosecuted; after Adolf Hitler executed himself, the remaining Nazi leaders faced trials and payed for their committed crimes. I don't think there is any other reason for why the modern Germans should be held responsible for payments caused by Nazi terror, is like pouring hot water to a burn scar.

The fire of revanchism is still burning in minds of those who read, watched through a media source, or witnessed the Nazi acts of terrorism in Europe and in the World. We feel like punishing the whole country of Germany for their deeds. But there is something that we haven't considered, those who committed the atrocities and the acts of belligerency on humanity had paid for them some years back. The generation that committed those sins had been wiped out. These present generations are totally pristine to the Nazi terror. Do you know a saying that says that, "the way that the father thinks is different form that of the children." Do you ponder on what might have happen if the modern generations in Germany are around before the war started? Do you think that the world will be peaceful uptill now, with the exception of the Japanese? What action or business sank Germany into a huge financial and humanity debts that they can't pay uptill now? I will give you the answers to the questions.

One of the major problems that Germany was confronted with before the start of the wars was the huge debts that it owes to the nations that lend her money, especially the United States, Britain, and France. The debt is so massive that Germany had to print huge amount of paper money to pay the debt on the ground. As a result, the country entered the Great Depression. German money due to overprint, was turned into a paper towel. You will see kids playing with the money like they are playing with toys. The economical issue was scaled as a worst case analysis. After the Great depression ends, the people are not willing to elect for the former government before the Great Depression. They wanted an intelligent leader that will speed up the growth of the nation. The people wanted economy stability and they do not want the tragic and devastating incident to repeats itself. The same idea also spread across the rest of Europe. A new political ideology emerged from the need of the German people-Fascism. Historically, Fascism started in Italy under Benito Mussolini, also known as IL DUCE (the leader). It started because of the same political aspirations of the National Socialist German Workers' Party [Nazi].

Adolf Hitler (the Fhrer), the dictator of the decades, used this opportunity to seize power 'legally'. Some conservatives in Germany thought that they could use him for their political purposes. The conservatives convinced President Paul Von Hindenburg to elect Hitler as his Chairman, not knowing that Hitler is overfilled with his own plans. Through these process, Hitler became a dictator. *Another reason for the misbehavior of latter Germans was the revanchism that stemmed out of the dismemberment and the jurisdiction decisions of the League of Nations after World War I. The league of nations is created to give justice that will fulfill its law and not to create peace between or among warring leaders. Also, these decisions of taking all of Germany's possessions as way to pay for their crimes, did not prevent the re-militarization of Germany. The League of Nations is like a scare row sculpture on the Farms to scare birds and rodent away; the animals that are scared by the scare crow will begin to realize that the figure is just an ordinary statues made for foolish bird and rodents like them.

The first movement that Hitler emulate was Italy's invasion of Ethiopia. The League of Nations refused to react. When Japan invaded China, it also refused to react. Why? The League of Nations leaders-US, Britain, France-are tied down by the neutrality acts. This neutrality acts states that country must not involve in the war concerning another nation, as long as it does not affect them, that is, they remained non-aligned. Also, the countries are not ready to enter another war, considering the lost of World War I. Therefore, Hitler saw this unresponsively actions of the so called-League of Nations as a factor of morale. If not, as peaceful as the World is before WWII, it should still be peaceful uptill now. What about the test for weapons of destruction and new military strategy e.g the blitzkrieg-"lightening war" invented by Hitler or the spirit of expansionism of other nations, such as the Soviet? With all of these requirements, WWII is truly inevitable.

With the points drawn so far, modern Germans should not be held in any means responsible for the sins that they did not commit.They are not the people that committed the crime, so why are they going to be the people to suffer for it? In my own opinion, Justice must be served for those who committed the crime. In the case of Germany, the justice had been served-Nuremberg Trials.

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