THH_Conspirators_6-9-14_6457185.mp3
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June 9, 2014
Carolyn looks at the members of the anti-Hitler faction in Germany, dominated by high-level military officers, and asks how they got away with their assassination plots for so long. She also asks: Can a consensus of opinion ever be reached, even among similar people? Some ideas covered:
- What makes a traitor?
- Of 30 top leaders, 20 held high military rank (Colonel or above) and 10 were diplomats and Chiefs of Police;
- It's all in how you view it -to them, they were the loyalists and Hitler was the traitor;
- While they didn't want the Jews around, they also didn't want to harm them;
- They believed Germany's enemies were only against Hitler, and wanted the same things they, as Germans, did;
- Their efforts to remain undetected may have hampered their success in achieving their goal.
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