My wife and I went to see "Cabaret" last night. She had never seen the play, and was a wee bit disturbed by the ending. It is pretty amazing to think that an entire country stood by an let itself be hijacked by a fanatical faction. And the Jews, who must have thought "I am German AND a Jew, so everything will be all right".

Appeasement = Surrender. Surrender to fanatics = death of who you are, or just death. Not much of a choice, either way you look at it.