wrong.).
All of this has to do with the specifics events in World War II, and the.
reactions of the people, or filmmakers, that followed. Everyone has some type of.
emotion that can explain how they feel about World War II and Hitler's genocide.
The filmmakers of the film Open City felt that the guilt lies in the German.
officials as shown in the movie. This is a very interesting point of view. For.
the most part the German officials in this movie seemed ruthless and cold.
However at one point, the colonel broke down and showed his feelings of guilt.
for what was taking place. This may or may not have actually taken place. The.
Nuremburg Trials put the blame on these officials, but even then they claimed no.
wrong doing. Certainly any human being of sane mind would feel the worst guilt.
imaginable for such acts. This is probably where the filmmakers are basing their.
display of guilt in the German official. They must believe that these people.
were human too and had to have realized what they were doing, and how wrong it.
was. While the German's should feel the guilt of killing millions of innocent.
people, this was not shown very often. Many people believed, and still believe.
that they felt no wrong doing in what they did, and thought that they were right.
in cleansing the world. It is quite likely though, that in their stone cold.
faces, the Germans were feeling not only guilty but scared. This is often the.
reaction of men to fear and guilt. This could be a hidden display of guilt in.
the filmmakers minds. While the men knew what they were doing, they may have.
been so terrified of Hitler that they decided they had no choice but to follow.
orders. Any emotion would then have to be suppressed or the task would not get.
done. This may have been a point to be shown countless times in both film and.
fiction.
While there is no doubt that the majority of the blame and guilt should be set.
on Hitler and his Officials, his allies must take part in a good portion, just.
