Ike was right when he stood tall | The Hays Free Press

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By DONN BROOKS

Ike stands tall.

No, I am not referring to Dwight David Eisenhower’s command of the Supreme Headquarters Allied European Forces during World War II. I am not commenting on his integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, nor his building of the interstate highway system.

He stands tall because he had the presence of mind to insist upon the full and complete documentation of the Holocaust. This is important because there have always been forces that wanted to deny that most heinous event in world history. Some deny out of pride and embarrassment. Others deny because of hatred for the Jews.

I can understand Hitler. His was a sick mind made worse by syphilis. I do not like what he was and what he became, but we have always had lunatics. What befuddles me is the reality that a large number of people let it happen and, even worse, collaborated in the terrible event.

The German people were culpable, but not in the same way of the Nazis. Extensive efforts were made to keep the rank-and-file German ignorant of the death camps. Where the German population lost its way was in allowing the political propaganda to interfere with their sense of decency. They adopted the mantra that the Jewish people were evil incarnate.

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