How might we explain the actions of Hunt's grandfathe r and people like him, who- during the years of Hitler's rule-"thoug h basically powerle ss, had made brave attempts at resistanc e"? (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 governm ent? What could you do to prevent tyran ny, a dictatorsh ip, or a politics of exclusiveness? 4. Hunt hopes "that young people ever ywhere learn to recogniz e 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 pres ents in her book are symbolic and telling? In what ways do they help explain the attractions and successes of Hitler and the Nazi movement? 3. Of "the average, law-abiding, middle-class German who helped sweep H itler to power," Hunt writes that "the seemingly petty det ails of these people's lives are actually often symbolic and always telling." (p. Why might Hunt's parents and others who considered them selves moral and honorable people have so ferventl y 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? 2.
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