Władysław Szpilman

I have not read the book nor seen the movie, but an interesting facet of the Holocaust, which I believe, is constantly overlooked is what the everyday German thought of it all. There will always be the standout Schindler’s of the world, but what about your average John Doe that works down the street. Was he in favor of jewish suppression? Did he believe that jewish community were the source of German economic struggles? Did you believe that ousting this population from the earth would be a service to the world? Or was he just a bystander that was to afraid to stand up against the military? All questions I do not have the answer too, but I wish to find out. All of which the rhetoric and diction of the author and director correlate…