![]() ![]() ![]() How might we explain the actions of Hunt's grandfather and people like him, who-during the years of Hitler's rule-"though basically powerless, had made brave attempts at resistance"? (p.4) What might some of those danger signs be? What circumstances might make it possible for "average, law-abiding, middle-class" Americans to support and bring to power a totalitarian, exclusionary government? What could you do to prevent tyranny, a dictatorship, or a politics of exclusiveness? Hunt hopes "that young people everywhere learn to recognize the danger signs" of dictatorships in the making and join her "in the mission to prevent a recurrence" of Nazi rule.1) Which details of the lives that Hunt presents in her book are symbolic and telling? In what ways do they help explain the attractions and successes of Hitler and the Nazi movement? ![]() Of "the average, law-abiding, middle-class German who helped sweep Hitler to power," Hunt writes that "the seemingly petty details of these people's lives are actually often symbolic and always telling." (p.Why might Hunt's parents and others who considered themselves moral and honorable people have so fervently embraced Hitler and the Nazi agenda? According to Hunt, what circumstances and fears prompted the landed aristocracy, the middle class, and other groups to support Hitler? Why did so many people turn a blind eye to Nazi violence and atrocities? ![]()
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