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This tragedy reminds me of how the Germans didn't know that they'd gone too far when they executed Nurse Edith Cavell. I see parallels here.
Edith Louisa Cavell (/ˈkævəl/ KAV-əl; 4 December 1865 12 October 1915) was a British nurse. She is celebrated for treating wounded soldiers from both sides without discrimination during the First World War and for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium. Cavell was arrested, court-martialled under German military law and sentenced to death by firing squad. Despite international pressure for mercy, the German government refused to commute her sentence, and she was shot. The execution received worldwide condemnation and extensive press coverage.
The night before her execution, she said, "Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Cavell
NOTE: Edith Cavell was important enough for my seventh grade history teacher to spend about half our class time to educate us.
calimary
(89,058 posts)Learn something new every day.
JMCKUSICK
(5,158 posts)erronis
(22,690 posts)The cruelty of the Germans when they executed Edith Cavill was likely fresh in the minds of the Allies as they set up to handle the end of the war (WW-I).
The cruelty of the current US "administration" will be remembered for future resolutions.
Blue Full Moon
(3,180 posts)Instead they created one that will be their demise.
Ilsa
(63,855 posts)I really appreciate these stories. The individual stories provide a more honest representation of the culture's psyche, IMO.