jhowerton-13071

I watched it twice. Although the movie was primarily about a tragic time in this mans life, for me personally, it made me reflect on how the same things in 1945 are current events in April 2017. Hardly a year can go by that some one does not complain in the media etc that it is just unspeakable that not only Germany but any of the Axis powers had any citizen that did not know about some mass murders or some kind of torture going on. When some one speaks up and makes a comment like this guy in this film, that he didn't know about any concentration camps etc why is that so hard to believe ?? He was 15 years old. He witnessed the worse fire bombing of a militarily unarmed, unguarded city that was a safe haven for refugees, what today April 2017 is called "Sanctuary City". Research it, the city had no military value, it was just people. Yet it went on for days and it was the worse fire bombing in the history of modern warfare. Of course he was traumatized. As far as everyone must know everything that is going on, that to say you did not know that people were taken to concentration camps .... There are whole generations of American that do not know America has had concentration camps in California and Texas to name on two states. Where people of Asian, German, Italian decent were kept for years. Not only did people in other states not know about, but many in the actual states that hosted these camps did not know about it. Is it fair to say that every one in America knew about the government torture going on in Guantanamo U.S. Military base and was okay with it ? That went on for years and the public had no idea it was happening. That whole concept of blaming a whole group of people for the actions of some is totally wrong. Another perfect example: One bad Indian, so all Indians are bad is beyond discrimination.