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| They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 (1955) (press.uchicago.edu) | ||
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Just in case you haven't read it, I can recommend this excerpt from "They Thought They Were Free." [1] It describes this exact feeling of "maybe I'm just being dramatic" during the rise of the Nazis.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42943973
As someone who grew up next to a former concentration camp, the main takeaway when talking to survivors was: If you give the benefit of the doubt, you won't believe fascism has taken over until it's too late. You should talk to your friends and close ones and draw a line somewhere. Maybe it's once a US citizen gets send to El Salvador. Just something to agree on. Once this happens normal is over and we need to act. And organize locally don't stay on your own during these times.
I hope the best for the US.