When we were studying WWII, I informed my classmates about Operation Paperclip. They confirmed it with the teacher about it being real. Their response was essentially "Well, if they were rehabilitated and were no longer nazis then it's okay....they were rehabilitated, right?"
The look of despair on their faces when I had to tell them that, no, they weren't, and that in fact they continued human experimentation on people of colour and disabled people, up to the current day, was when I came very close to being numb. I try my best not to become desensitized to this sort of thing, and inform people of these tragedies, hopefully to radicalize them, but it's incredibly hard to not be overcome with despair. :desolate:
When we were studying WWII, I informed my classmates about Operation Paperclip. They confirmed it with the teacher about it being real. Their response was essentially "Well, if they were rehabilitated and were no longer nazis then it's okay....they were rehabilitated, right?"
The look of despair on their faces when I had to tell them that, no, they weren't, and that in fact they continued human experimentation on people of colour and disabled people, up to the current day, was when I came very close to being numb. I try my best not to become desensitized to this sort of thing, and inform people of these tragedies, hopefully to radicalize them, but it's incredibly hard to not be overcome with despair. :desolate: