JETZT mit DEUTSCHE ÜBERSETZUNG!
Reading through “Gulag Archipelago” by Nobel prize author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, I ponder again why elimination of millions took place and how such mass eradication was possible to maintain at all, not only in Soviet Union, but also in other countries of the world, including fascist Germany.
Author writes, that organs used to hire so-called informers among ordinary people, whose secret occupation was to make a report on commonplace events and talks of their neighbors, colleagues and acquaintances, and on the base of such flimsy information people were arrested afterward, send to prisons and camps, tortured and killed.
Some of informers did such work from fear of possible arrest, some – from pure enthusiasm.
Coming back to now, I contemplate, what motivates people to advance in certain professions, joining military troops in Iraq, becoming policemen, subordinate in penitentiary or executing controlling functions in unemployment institution. What drives them, what are their moral rewards?
We often read and talk about violation of human rights somewhere – on the other side of globe, about murders of journalists and activists, who dared to reveal the truth, about wars, corruption and overall decrease of life value there. (more…)