I just finished reading this book by Martha Hall Kelly. It is a story based on real events during and after WWII. It is about the Polish "rabbits" who were experimented on in the only Nazi woman's camp. Here was also the only woman doctor tried at the Nuremberg Trials. Finally, it is about a NY socialite who helped get the story out about the Polish women and got them the medical help that they needed.
The Nazis plowed through all of Europe, taking over their countries and installing the Nazi regime. This included imprisoning or killing anyone who stood in their way. They had no respect for non-Germans, and thus seeing them as objects, had no qualms about killing or torturing them, including the medical experiments. The Polish women had one leg operated on, inserting foreign objects in the legs, and allowing the legs to be infected and eventually killing some of them. After the war, Germany didn't have to treat them as they didn't help those who were part of the communist regime of Russia. And Russia didn't have the means or the desire to help them.
The socialite in NY helped the Europeans in Americans during the war, and after the war, she was asked to help these Polish women. With a donation drive throughout America, there was more than enough money to bring them here and get them the help they needed. She also eventually got them reparations from Germany.
The female doctor who experimented and killed prisoners was let out of jail after only five years. She set up a family practice, obviously never repenting of her heinous actions. The socialite and the Polish women were able to get her license revoked.
I always think I know all about what the Nazis did during WWII, but I should know by now that I don't German women were considered breeding machines, and were encouraged to make pure Aryan babies that were taken after birth and brought up by the regime. Christianity was replaced by some weird worship of Nazism. Everything was done "for the good of Germany," including the invasion of Europe, takeover of governments, installation of Nazism, and the murder and torture of millions of people.
I don't suppose we will know the full extent of what happened during that time. It is shocking to me that there are still neo-Nazis out there still today that hate all others, and want to take over Europe. They are the most evil of peoples that I have ever known of, and I can't imagine anyone with a sane mind would want to follow them. What kind of messed up mind thinks it's OK to kill and torture others? How did they manage to have so much control for so long in Europe, with no one to stop them? It just boggles the mind.
I hope that we never forget, we must never forget. I suppose I am preaching to the choir here. But I feel like as we get older and the survivors of this horrible time die, it is easier to forget. We get consumed with our own problems, including myself, that we forget how good we have it here in America. We are all free and equal, we have rights of speech and religion. We have plenty and are safe. Granted, there are some major problems, but these can be fixed, if we have the will. We have the Constitution to protect us. And whether people want to believe it or not, we are a Christian nation, founded on Judaeo-Christian principles. We have Christianity everywhere, from the crosses by the side of the road, to the many churches that dot the countryside.
I am thankful that I live in the greatest nation on earth, whoever our leaders are. God bless America!
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