Jan Carrick

“The Nazis,” Edward said, “had a term for it, ‘Lebensunwertes Leben’. It means ‘life unworthy of life’. We faced an enemy led by a cabal of people whose perverted morality had deviated so far from any accepted norm, that it was unrecognisable to civilised humanity. The irony of their unspeakable depravity was that in holding up a mirror against the tide of humanity, what they perceived as unworthy of life was their own reflection. Perhaps what terrifies me the most was the fact that the evil they espoused became accepted by so many. I would remind you of Voltaire. ‘Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities’. “That’s a terrifying indictment of humankind, Edward.” “It is, and it’s why we have to remain vigilant with our politicians and leaders. It all starts with the first untruth. Get the masses to believe that and the following lies sound more credible. The next thing that happens is that ‘truth’ is portrayed as the enemy of the people.”
― Peter Turnham, None Stood Taller - The Final Year