'I'm trying to chart. . .the topographical changes that took place
during the first two decades after.' There was no need to clarify
‘after'. 'You see, so far as I know, I'm the only one who
saw it. And the photographs can only tell you so much..... Do you want
me to go on.' She nodded tearfully.
'I want to recreate the full magnitude of the aftershock, as vividly
as possible. I try to do this through maps and computer enhancements,
along with the written account, which I'm afraid I'll never
finish.'
'Are you sure it's worth the heartbreak?' she asked
sorrowfully. 'Why not just leave it in the past, and go on?'
'Because it's important,' he said, 'For the same reason it
was important for the Germans to see the concentration camps after World
War II, and to give an honest account of what happened to them as a
people, that could ever allow such unspeakable atrocities. From my
observations, it was because everything was dealt with abstractly,
through dangerous philosophies and brilliantly sinister propaganda.
They were taught to rationalize the deaths of others as the only means
of caring for themselves: in order for their families to live, all
others must die. And blinded by their desire for this utopian world
they never saw, until it was too late, the true horror and vicious
sadism of the Nazis.
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