Hangman Also Die

After viewing “Hangman Also Die,” I think it is clear that the Czech people were the victims. The film allows American audiences to fully grasp the struggle against Hitler and the Nazi regime by showing people in their own country being persecuted. The anticipation of the concentration camps of ordinary citizens separates the preconceived idea that all that faced execution and torture were Jewish. While a right-minded person would not care about the ethnicity or religion of innocent victims, American audiences, whether anti-Semitic or not, were able to view a regime that encapsulated abusive power that was capable of committing horrifying atrocities. The portrayal of the Nazi’s in “Hangman Also Die” as unbelievably immoral and inherently evil contrast sharply with the innocent Czech victims that were captured and assassinated. Placing Czech women and children in concentration camps convince the viewer of the psychotic minds of the Nazi regime, while also shedding light on the ability of the Nazi party to brainwash their soldiers into unthinkable acts. The film “Hangman Also Die” is a terrifying glimpse into the control the Nazi party had on Europe during the early 1940’s. This sentiment is rooted in seeing everyday Eastern Europeans having no control over their lives due to the takeover of the Nazi regime.