Can someone tell me why they hung that girl they called a traitor and a whore? Maybe I missed something, but all I remember about her was that German thought she was pretty and Cage asked her to dance with him (the German), but she said no.
shareAt some point later she kissed him (on the cheek) in public. I think that was all the excuse they needed to hang her. There was much hatred in those days.
shareShe kissed the German captain to whom the island goverment surrendered. It was just a peck on the cheek, but she was seen by two partisans.
shareYes, she was Greek and she was regarded as a German sympathizer by the Greek communists (partisans - fighting the Nazis) for kissing Gunter on the cheek during a street dance party. Seemed mighty trivial thing of an excuse to hang a woman, though, at least to me.
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yeah, that made no sense. Does anyone know what the note said that they left on her body?
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if i remember right it said something like traitor whore.
I guess you have to put yourself in the shoes of the familys who lost loved ones during the war, if you suspect one of your own as a traitor rage and anger will make you do the most terruble things.
They did these to all the German sympathizers and if you watch 'Malena', you can see a scene where they dragged her out and beat the crap out of her. Can't really blame them - wartimes bring out the best/worst in people.
shareOf course if we cannot criticise the locals for killing and abusing people that they call traitors, we cannot criticise the Germans for killing hostages either. War crimes are war crimes, murder is murder. Neither can be justified - or both must be.
sharethe sign said "slut"
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Things like that happened everywhere, after the war, from the shaving of heads of woman who fondled with the enemy to mass killings of political opponents. Millions of Germans, but also Croats, Cosacks and what more were killed to consecrate the New Order with their blood.
shareThey were probably paying her back for not going out with any of them (the Greeks). One excuse is as good as another.
shareThe Germans of WWII needed no help to "look like the Bad Guys". After all, ve vere just following orders".
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because she is a traitor, she kissed a invader just like a slut can do.
http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=24795200
take a look:)
''because its jewish propaganda *beep* ^^ same as the scene when they execute the italian prisoners of war. that never happend.
this movie is same as schindlers list just a piece of propaganda to make germans look like bad guys''
germans executed many prisoners of war including any 1st generation italians serving in the american army with the excuse that they were traitors to there people same as they executed homosexuals communists jews gypsys partisans any one they decided may have helped a partisan or sometimes just to terrorise the population happened in france an holland poland (especially bad in belarus where they burned down close to 700 towns) towns chosen at random an burned to the ground with many people murdered not even jews but just ordanry people to put people off resisting towards the end of the war. schindlers list also actually happened what are we supposed to do pretend 11 million people werent murdered in death camps. my partners parents came from a town in poland where the ss locked the whole population in a barn then removed those who looked fit enough to work as forced labour in germany then baracaded the rest in the barn an burned it down with 28 people inside includin elderly an children. this was done because 4 rifles had been found near the road to the town an so they decided the people were helping enemy forces. anyone who turns round an says it didnt really happen doesnt know the facts. i thought the film was pretty balanced portrayl showed wrong doings by germans italians and greek partisans its just showing what happened to these people an tryin to tell a good love story. wasnt best film in world but was entertaining well acted an enjoyable
I'm sorry, but you are wrong about the Germans not executing Italian soldiers.
Ever since I was a child I have heard stories of the Germans killing Italian soldiers after the fall of fascist Italy. My mother was from Lefkas (near Kefalonia) and she says that on one occasion Italian soldiers were marched into a cave and then blown up.
On another occasion a boat load of Italian soldiers was sunk by the Germans after they were promised safe passage back to Italy.
She says that the killing of locals only started after the Germans took over the occupation and that not a single local was killed under the Italians (they actually suffered far more from the Greek communists during the Greek civil war that followed the end of WWII, but that's another story, watch "Eleni" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089079/).
My grandparent even gave refuge to an Italian soldier until it was safe for him to return.
''because its jewish propaganda *beep* ^^ same as the scene when they execute the italian prisoners of war. that never happend.
this movie is same as schindlers list just a piece of propaganda to make germans look like bad guys''
another thing theres no jewish element in this film an of the 11 million who died in death camps 6 million were jewish another 5 million were not jewish were slavs politcal opponents etc not counting elderly an disabled an mentally ill who were euthanized, we're not talking bout an army or a war like the current iraq an afganistan situation were talking bout a nation invading others not just to secure its borders or for teritory or profit but also to actually enslave an ethnically cleanse whole populations to stop certain people reproducing an teach others that science says 1 person is inferior an has less right to live than another the whole reason for the war was to commit atrocities against more people there were too many horrible incidents to count worse than any other conflict even if u put others on the same scale denying it is just pointless. sorry to preach but defending the events that happened or turning a blind eye paths the way for it to happen again if people understood the reality wed try a lot harder to avoid blood shed rascism etc as they say in russia if u keep one eye on the past you are blind in one eye if u dont keep an eye on the past ur blind in both.
Stalin and Mao were on an even grander scale. Obviously the redeeming thing was that they did it to their own populations.
It was that time of the century. The racism and antisemitism of Germans of that time was not very different from any other European nation, the difference was that it channeled the aggression from chaotic times and uncertainty and they allowed a party to come into power whose messianic agenda was the social darwinistic approach to politics and society.