Austria didn’t issue a warrant for his arrest until 1961. In 1951, he moved to Brazil, where he eventually worked for Volkswagen of Brazil. He was briefly imprisoned in Austria in 1947, then in mid-1948 helped to escape to Italy He was then helped to move to Syria, where he was joined by his wife and children. At the end of the War (April of 1945), he fled without concealing his name. He worked for the Nazis in Trieste from 1943-1945. Although it is a very complex topic to think about one thing I can say is that perpetrators, such as Stangl, go through stages of loosing respect and dignity for a group of people which fuels their hate for certain individuals which can then led to them to horrific acts of murder and torture.From interviews of former Treblinka commandant Franz Stanglįranz Stangl had been commandant, first of Sobibor extermination camp for 4 months in 1942, then of Treblinka extermination camp for 11 months in 1942-43. Many have asked the question: How was it humanly possible that this could occur? After reading the interview, do you have any thoughts on this? If not, explain.Īfter reading the interview, I was given a little more insight on how it could ever be humanly possible for people to carry through and commit such acts has many did in the Holocaust against the Jewish people. One of the purposes this name could have served was to show the hate people had for them after the Holocaust and war were over.ħ. What were the possible reasons for people to regard the perpetrators as “beasts?” What purpose did it serve?Ī possible reason the perpetrators were considered “beasts” at the time is because of the destruction of human life and culture that they caused. From the interviewer, I feel sadness and confusion as she listens to Stangl’s responses.Ħ. In the past, some regarded perpetrators such as Stangl as “human beasts.” Today, we realize that they were human beings. ![]() The other emotion I feel come from the interviewer. From Stangl, I feel sternness and unforgiveness. There are two main emotions that I can take from this interview. Are there any emotions expressed in the interview? If so, what are they? If not, how might this lack of emotion be explained? The system was invented and the system worked it was impossible to stop or undo.ĥ. Stangl that working for the system was inevitable. Many people all over Europe chose to not get involved in the hate and helped people while instead many others, like Stangl, chose to become involved and spread the hate.Ĥ. How does Stangl explain working for the system? I definitely believe Stangl had a choice during this time. ![]() I think there is a connection between this two different views because it shows how situations and perceptions can alter the viewing of a group of human beings.ģ. Do you think Stangl had a choice along the way? ![]() With this, I would be able to assume that Stangl saw his own children as individuals in a loving and fatherly way. ![]() Stangl was able to differentiate between the children that arrived on transports and his own children because he viewed the Jewish children “rarely as individuals” and he saw them as a “huge mass” never as people. Both of these events which, therefore, altered his view on fellow human beings.Ģ. Why isn’t he able to connect between the children who arrive on transports and his own children? Do you think there should be a connection? Explain. Stangl says this developed after visiting a camp with gas chambers that were used. Stangl also admits that he thinks of human beings as cargo at times. Stangl connected the image of the cows looking through the fence to images and his thoughts on Jews in the concentration camps. There were cows in a nearby enclosure on the side of the tracks that came up to their fence and looked at the train as it was passing by. Stangl’s ability to identify human beings as cattle comes from a train ride through Poland that Stangl was on.
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