“How did the German citizens allow Hitler to come to power? How did an entire nation drink the Kool-Aid[i] of anti-Semitism and national socialism?”
By Anne Foster, Govt. Relations Fellow, Christian Medical Association
These questions have run through the minds of most Americans upon learning of the atrocities of World War II and the Holocaust. As a child, I remember thinking to myself, “We would never allow this to happen in America,” as if being an American somehow implied I am of a morally superior race, a breed of humans whose innate, well-formed consciences would prevent us from allowing such egregious crimes to be committed on our land.
These questions have run through the minds of most Americans upon learning of the atrocities of World War II and the Holocaust. As a child, I remember thinking to myself, “We would never allow this to happen in America,” as if being an American somehow implied I am of a morally superior race, a breed of humans whose innate, well-formed consciences would prevent us from allowing such egregious crimes to be committed on our land.
