did they feel shame?

I would never get the wrong idea, it looks cool.

i think it's very well done, the cap is a little 2 dimensional looking and the nose and eyes are a little close, but other then that i like it ^_^. it did scare me at first glance till i read it ^_^ that i must admit. and as for the Nazis, there were some cases of a few turning around and secretly trying to save the imprisoned. and i'm sure there were far more who realized just what they were doing and undoubtedly went insane, but considering the German politics wouldn't much want to document that and Americans were dead set on the thought of all Nazis as soulless murderers, i'm sure not many were recognized if not already killed. but yes, just as troops to our own country will realize that killing is killing no matter what cause you think it's for i'm sure so did men that fought under the Nazi flag. I hope I was helpful after all i’ve gone through this topic at least three times in my high school life ^_^

Nicely done.

I think maybe the Nazi's THOUGHT they were doing the right thing and didn't ever think they were doing something wrong.

Whew...for a second there I was all "Whoa whoa whoa hold the phone!" but now that that's all cleared up this is a good lookin' pic the shading is well done.

Haha, I saw the picture on the homepage and thought, "What the-?" so I clicked, and now it all becomes clear. Yes, I'm starting to enter WW2 in my History class, and I can't wait! It's the one thing about history that doesn't bore me to sleep! I'm not much of a history buff, you see.

I have a lot of opinions on Nazis. I believe that they didn't really think there was anything wrong with what they were doing in the beginning, because their leader said it was okay to do. Then later, some saw otherwise and tried to rescue the imprisoned, some continued for their own safety even though they knew it was wrong, and some continued to kill for the sake of it. Whoo, lookit me ramble. This is what I get for not sleeping.

Anyway, as I said, very nice job!

Wow, this is really powerful. I really like your use of lights and darks (thank you for using the full range you could, lol, no one does that).

I think WWII is fascinating myself. I don't understand how human beings could have been so callous to each other. But, then again, Germany was in a huge depression. Hitler, who was a very charismatic speaker, found a scapegoat. People were desperate, so they believed him.

yeah. its incredibe! at first glance I was like: "woah... Wait a sec."

But what caught my eye was it being Nazi themed

This is a very moving piece of work. Bravissimo.

I think posting this picture was very brave of you. I am also interested in WWII and have done a bit of research. To understand Nazi thinking, I would suggest a book called The Trial of Ikeman. I can't remember the author, but it was written by a Jewish Holocaust survivor who was sent as a reporter to cover the trial. it is amazingly objective. There was also a study done some time after the war inwhich scientists took people into a room that had a button and told them to push the button and when they did it would deliver an electric shock to someone in another room. (of course no one actually recieved a shock, the point was to see if people would actually inflict harm on another person simply because they were told to by and authority figure i.e. a guy in a white lab coat). The amounts of electricity were gradually "increased" or at least the participants were told they were. The person "recieving" the shocks would begin to shout louder and louder and say things like "My heart! I have a heart condiditon! OMG that hurts! Please stop! I can't take this! etc" The person pushing the button could hear all of this. If the button-pusher looked up at the scientist or asked if they should keep going the scientist would tell them to keep pushing the button. The button-pushers were also told that they could quit at any time and would still recieve their pay. so what they were doing was strictly voluntary. Eventually there would be silence from the person "recieving" the shocks. The participants recieved a small pay for their participation. The study showed the people will hurt others simply because they are told to by someone they percieve to be in power.

I had to do about the same thing in my last year of school, it was going but wrold war 2 and king herny the Viii was all we did about oh and the zulus, by the way the pic is really good and i don't think they did feel any shame then but i bet some of them do now (poor jews)

I felt the excate same way in grade 10, when we study about the Holocaust. I like this picture, although his face seems a bit squashed. I went to a Holocaust Museum with my school and it realli moved me. I always wondered "What if it were you left in those ghettos with no food, shot one by one?" I guess we'll never know.

it´s a great picture, the WW2 is an interesting topic. i´m german and i feel shame when i think of things which happens. but in school i learn lots of things about the time. i think lot´s of people thought they do the right and if they don´t think so the governmant carried them of thinking doing the right. ( i hope you understand what i mean ._. ) lot´s of people had fear. but special when i´m thinking about killing the jews i become hate for the people who do that and i think about the hole world i think of the past when the indians were killed or the blacks who must work for the whites i hope for the future it will never come a terrible time like in the past.