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To: jlallen who wrote (10050)	10/18/1998 11:20:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

JLA, as a historian, I find myself puzzled by your assertion that "moral decline" facilitated the success of Nazism. Would you kindly elaborate on your thought? As a bare assertion, it sounds a little too close to the line the Nazis themselves took. It was their big pitch that Germany was in a "moral decline," sapped from within by Jews, homosexuals, feminists (there were proportionately far more women in the legislature of the Weimar Republic than there are in the US Congress today), "cosmpolites", "decadent" artists, "mongrel" foreigners, & so forth. Weimar certainly had its problems -- by no means all of its own making. At the same time, it was a period of truly extraordinary cultural vitality, creativity, and productivity - unmatched anywhere else in 20th century Europe, IMO. Moral codes were certainly changing, but that was inevitable, now the German Empire was dead. And change is not necessarily decline. Sometimes, it is progress. Unfortunately those who wished to build a New Empire denounced all of this as "pure filth." The purity of the German volk was in danger!! And so, they cleaned it all up, in their own inimitable fashion. So perhaps you can see why your brief reference to "moral decline" puzzled me. Perhaps I misunderstood you. jbe

To: jlallen who wrote (10050)	10/19/1998 2:10:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

JLA, I am a big supporter of public TV in my area. I also read a lot of books on history and try to watch all the 20th century historical documentaries I can, as I hope to work in that field once I retire from software (which could be very soon the way things are going in enterprise software). The historical documentary filmakers I know of do extensive research work, and try to present all sides to the story. For example take the recent "Irish in America" piece (from wtbs Boston, I think) - in order to create that footage, the filmakers had to go through literally hundreds of pictures and books, interviews with scholars at various universities etc. Try to acquire that same information on your own - forget it! There was an entire staff working on the Irish in America. Same with all the others, the west, etc. PS Just because the "History Channel" says its so, would you believe it? Nope. But by watching the History channel and supporting the work they do, you can be more informed in general. I know I am, as a result of the work of the History Channel and the PBS affiliates.