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Arman · 8 answers · 5y

Would you kill a Nazi in order to escape from Auschwitz?

Morally speaking I would absolutely kill a Nazi or other oppressive captor, but realistically I probably would not. It's not my style. I'm more of a passive acceptance person. I'm physically not strong and not terribly brave.

There’s a lot of argument about people that do terrible terrible things under order - like being a death camp prison guard - and how they’re only doing it to survive themselves. Frankly, anyone who could treat a fellow human being the way those guards did deserves everything that’s coming to them. And while I couldn’t know for sure how I’d react under those circumstances, I don’t think I’d hesitate if it was them or me.

It's hard to know what you'd actually do in such a situation that's so removed from anything you've experienced, but I think I probably would. There'd have to be a large chance I'd succeed though.

When u imprison me in a torture and slaughter camp you will probably face the consequences.

I was gonna say starvation would limit my energy but I was close to death once and emaciated and its amazing the surges of adrenaline that can motivate you. So yes probably though I'd imagine impulsively rather than in a calculated manner which would limit its success.

I would hesitate on citizens and regular Wehrmacht soldiers, I must confess.
An SS officer tough? Undoubtedly!

I'd kill a Nazi for a bag of airplane peanuts. Nazis are the lowest form of "human" there is.

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