Werewolves
Posted By Russ Emerson on December 11, 2003 at 7:56 pm
Once upon a time, there really were werewolves… and I don’t mean lycanthropes.
Tonight on the History Channel: “Nazi Guerrillas,” 9pm EST — check your local listings.
People act as if the insurgency terrorist problems current in Iraq are a new phenomenon. I’ll be interested in seeing what spin, if any, this program puts on the historical record.
Update: Mention of the present situation in Iraq was made only in the last few minutes of the program.
The program was careful to point out a few of the differences between Iraq and Germany:
- German citizens were exhausted after six years of war; Iraq was defeated in six weeks.
- Hitler’s death was announced by German authorities before the surrender, whereas Saddam is still unaccounted for.
There was only one maybe/possibly objectionable quote I caught from the script:
In Iraq, much like postwar Germany, most citizens resent being occupied by a foreign power.
Well, I think the data is still out on that question.
Nevertheless, the parallels between Germany and Iraq are striking.
All in all, a very even-handed and factual program, and not even slightly political or critical.
the Werewolves were one more terrible chapter of the Nazi era. What a terror to remember them. The United States had to deal with the Klan after the Civil War. Both groups were fighting a lost war and both groups formed terror brigades against races, suspected collaborators, occupying forces, and religions. Pray such groups have not formed and will not form in Iraq.
the Werewolves were one more terrible chapter of the Nazi era. What a terror to remember them. The United States had to deal with the Klan after the Civil War. Both groups were fighting a lost war and both groups formed terror brigades against races, suspected collaborators, occupying forces, and religions. Pray such groups have not formed and will not form in Iraq.