Nuance Is Needed

 

 German isn't Nazi ?

 President Trump isn't Nazi?

Israel Defence Force  isn't Nazi?

Hitler was a nasty,evil Nazi! 

 

On 27 July 1945, a funeral was held in an Anglican Church in Brompton, London. This was just after the Second World War, when Winston Churchill had led the English in resisting the force of the Nazis.

Churchill made it clear that Germany was the enemy and England had to stand together to defeat the German army. Imagine what the people of London felt when they heard that the funeral in the Brompton Church was for a German.

The funeral was for Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German Lutheran minister, who stood up against Hitler and was executed in a German prison.

What the English needed to grasp was that not all Germans were evil; nuance was needed in their response.

Over half a century has passed, and nothing has changed. We should never judge an individual, a race or a group by the murderous actions of a few.

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