Organized Guilt and Universal Responsibility Sen te As ai 1 the beginning of the war Rear enctent of wat criminals wil tar out to be empey threats ar note ropa te apy es the pat seve ea Te ening ony por ho ou he prpednes vi fade Pe ban on ary menibesp head rele ve alas been pate ofthe dl one wees camps since the Bening of toe Naz ree were 2 iy ofthe SS ond Geto, toaay memes “hes of mae mart The crimes wera ft het ectt by every pole means and any publ however, sich reports wee spend By Nas-oypnned whperng cam fiom and ody the rine! are openly prochimed unde the eo fcc of orion rade imponsle to induct ou “Volks Nass nord to appreciate the decsve chang of pol ronan it Geman ss the ob fin, one mas nent etl he wa, aval snl umes of cove aac ely nc what wo lng fn All others, whether German or non-German, ai the mal nea ly sal roporton kre hel th sa enemas feb as rpised to ea the od of enpopulantynvelved in teling the wet fered rom "quid cl of where anni If he panned New Order of Fue i seed we woul ave Leen wanes of tn ner Europe ego of tev under Geman leadeup. The seo would hve been esc by member of al European mona ue would no hive been sed bye Minne war away fe inion dc authority i Esope should ben the hands a cal lt Temas only thi dete bch fred th Naito abandon this on- cept and pretend to retro od nationale dpa The aca dene ton ofthe whole Geran people withthe Nara was pt ef th uring the frre depend on no one's tong abet Know any tng wh here teil ae no diferenes between Germans Teng ts dout atTe SeP a ce war the ee was eshbly "mainimon ee rowided they semaine pecs OF tpponent Fo feng for the sein that for Yea see ther hand ese Frese fe sl fd Fe : syn an sposeae aot cond Tundred peso Rison oe een bores. 04 7 teed wo by fame 2" P os bel ee ad bors with sar document for mobi ka prec Ive aeady provided the ia msec lion, he Nes com aly te bi tae a ccpe inthe dipole even of tee sora de he oh Pen cher mt ee Pa rl nox be posible to Wenify mason in Germany is Nat ora Nas can Be He ec eo Knows theses of he human BE a na ey ed to ata lk precy Hke Nei cou dere hi no Dpeey death fhe ‘Bon tommand oto bea ret accom i ou slogan which this wat bs evoked among task Tn gon enon is "dead Garman” hs hs mach be tan tace the only way in which we can idemify an anti-Nat is when hs Sun Shanahan Tee ino other rable token rhe ae the wel political conditions which dee the charg of he To the German people, Tey ae the comeuenes of 2 Sua inte deep sen, apart Pah ate seer conrlers ad whic lr} cont so Flan py, th a ome Peer ee daly Hc of oman Gens orinanly bed, achieved hereto miking the exienee of ech individ in Gemany ‘Kpond eer upon commiting comes oon compan crimes The "frat fgneal war propaga and someting ite spre or he Jpecie modern poll phenomenon dered above. All he doct- ‘Rose and predochgtoril demonstrations of thi tendeney sound ike ‘Zhately innocent paganism of he French rte of ee at wand anaes no esentalifrence thats fe of those wes who twenty five pens go epee pecs rong wth hei ack on “perfdiows AT bron hove nove paced thei expenence athe Aes spor ‘Yer sven the beseineeddacuson betwen the defenders of the good" Commun and the sess ofthe bad” tony mis he ene the gue, bt abo pny fil wo append the magscue of the uo an bad peopl, and into» nati overetimaon ofthe power of Econ or they sly ado an inverted ven of an race don Thorens ecm cnet nal thoy ects, since Charl Ean {icra the Ales have wefan fon igi meals a and fave dus nconseiondy given an adtanage tothe Naz (eho, without fegar to Churchill ne ongainng tee detest Jealgily) anda chanee ‘tau oll cl eos The te probleon however isnot to prove what i seiden, ramely. tht Germans fave not been potential Nazis ever since Tacit Times, or wat imposible, ttl! Germans far Nua ews, Te Tate, to come how to conduct oureler apd ow wo bea the wl of cnonting 2 people among whom the boundines dining cin from normal persons, he guy fen the pleey ced hat il bese owl in Gray whether in aby ne he dealing witha secret eso or ith fer mas mare. fs sation we lt be led eter by 4 defnton of hore repo “coe bythe pmshment of war minal,” Sch detinons by her try mare ca apply only to thee who not ony took reponsey Upon themes, bt sho prsiced hie whol inerio—and yet sangely “hugh ar sl not to be und on helo wa rnin The number tien hear epee nd ay wl bevels mal There ae any share espnslitywithoue any vile root of gk. There Me many more whe have become guiey without being in the ler “pomutie.Armong the wsponable a reer se mate sca al Thos ho continued o bestest Hider slog ss pose hide hs rae wo pes ad who applauded hii Germany and inover Faropean counties. Who would dae to band al these ais ad fevemen of high sociy war xa? And a 9 mae off th Felly do not deserve sch 2 tle: Ungeiomably they hve proved thei Iraliy eo joge modern poi organization, some of then becas they rege all principe in poli orale nonerse, hes be ese they wete afte by 2 ramanticpresion for gangsters whom they confsed with “pitas” ofan older time. Ye dase people, who seer conresponste for Hier cies in 4 broader seme, dl ot incur Shu thi bos sy ay dnt now wha hey were dag nor with The extreme hott ith whch prion of good wil ect whenever the ce el by thow response reopomies, nor even by hepatic crimes ofthe Nazis dees. {Sete the prot af that ra michine of amnsrae mas murder, tn wae serece nor oy thousand f eons, no eer scores of thou Sins af elected mere bats whole peoie could be and Ws em (rmistion which Hiner har prepared sean the Hoyed: In dar fea, ere searching Ins ortiaaion. That everone wher ot not hee ace ings of ht icine of tas muerte the horble hing. Fors oder solos which peach ha night i ghee onl th frmgiation of han beings, ut abo the fare ‘ur pies thought and atom, Whatever he tot be dete by anything ore ean the ieviabe consequences of Ther no pla method for dealing wth German mis crimes, 0d the desraston of seven or eighty mult Gens o even thei i i den throug sara ft which, of coame, nobody excep 2 ew Dchotc Fair deem), woul spl ream thatthe egy of the Ni ha wom ever i power nd the gs of ight hal len eo oer popes a ther i no political solution within man capaci forthe find nosasfctory reply tote ttl mbileton of» people or tht pur pose, Where all ate gui, oa in the hs ana ean be jaded oe {it gts not accompanied by eve the ee appearance, the mee re seo of responsi. So lang 2 punishment i the righ ofthe ei ral-and ths prign hs or more than reo housing yeas been the boss ofthe eae of atie and night of Ocean gui amples the consciousness of al, andponthnent evidence tha he emia Ye sponse penn How tt inthis mater hasbeen well descbed by av Arpercan coespondet in sory whan daloga worthy of he Imagination an creative powcr of rst pot {Di you i people in the camp? A Ye. Did you poo them with ga? A Ye. Did you bay them ave? AI semetnes happened. Were the cin ike om all ever Europe! 1p Did you personally el il people? A. Abo not "@. What di you thnk of what war ging on? A. Ie was ad atin we ot edt {Qo you know the Russ wl ang you? A. Busing taco tan) Why should they? Whe haw I doe? [ales mine 2a, Sunday, Now 12,1944], Really he had done nohing He had only ccd out ord and Sine when hast been see teary cde? Since when ast ee 2 vite to rebel Since when could one oly be deen by welcoming ‘kath? What ther ad he done? Tn bi play The Lr Days of Mnkind, about thet wat, Rad Kes tang down the crane Wil had eed “1 no want th ‘And the ombly comic pr fi wa that hs was dhe Bet. When the ara leh ime, el hve to sen fon whole chorus alg et ‘We di noe do his” An even thgh me shal resin the comic clmec. the ger be obey ie pat of wil il be hat ei tn eying to undentand whet were the ri ative which cased people to aceas cog inthe man-made chine, we sl not be sided by see aon abou German hiro, andthe soiled Geman nacional che ter whose potetale thse who knew Germany mos inate had no he alight iden fice ye