Sunday, April 26, 2009

Philip Adler: Armagh, Ireland

I interviewed Philip Adler today. He was a soldier, but also a West German. The significance of being a West German was that they never forgave themselves for the atrocities committed in World War II. In East Germany on the other hand they were told that they were not responsible for the atrocities and that they were good communists. This had a direct impact on Philip because he was given the order to leave hundreds of refugees alone to act as fodder for the zombies while the unit pulled out. He didn't want to comply with this order though and hated General Lang for ordering him to do it. What made him hate General Lang even more was that he admitted to everyone that he couldn't live with himself and handle the burden of remembering this and killed himself. Philip lost all respect for him because of this, he ordered mass murder and killed himself because he couldn't handle what he had just done. He couldn't have even waited for him to let him kill him. This order was given under the Prochnow Plan, which was the German version of the Redeker Plan, but even after Philip had learned of why he was ordered to do what he did he still hated General Lang. He hated him because General Lang knew it was the beginning of a long war and that he was one of the people needed to make it successful, but gave up. I don't take pity on General Lang either, but I find Philip's attitude towards his commanding officer to be slightly disturbing.

1 comment:

Sean Cahill said...

That's a good description and I also think that Philip had a disturbing point of view towards the general