Anyone feel sorry for those people trapped beneath the hand grenades? - The Dirty Dozen (1967) Discussion

[–] leeritter 9 years ago

I think the scene is supposed to be a reference to what the Nazi's were doing to people in the death camps.

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[–] N2Far (52) 6 months ago

It is 100% a reference to the gas chambers. Every one of those officers would have been high enough in rank to know what was being done to the Jews & other “impure” people by the Nazis. Keep in mind, the Nazis murdered countless children in this manner as well. It’s probably why Lee Marvin famously stated that he had no qualms shooting the scene after John Wayne had refused to do it.

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[–] wyanddeb 9 years ago

No.

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[–] andreaswae 9 years ago

Just like the Jews they were responsible for sending to the gas chambers. It's one of those glorious moments of justice. ;)

This sentence has nothing to do with what I just have written above.

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[–] kevin-bergin 9 years ago

Just like the Jews they were responsible for sending to the gas chambers.

Weren't these army regulars NOT Nazi/SS officers?

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[–] Luis (187) 5 years ago

The name of the country was Nazi Germany. The name of the regime was Nazi Germany. Therefore, whether they were Waffen SS soldiers or not is immaterial. In the end they were fighting for... NAZI GERMANY! So that made the Nazis...

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[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

No, that attitude makes you the Nazi.

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[–] manage-932-700755 9 years ago

No. Jefferson was smiling.

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[–] N2Far (52) 6 months ago

He was smiling because of who the Nazis were. In the beginning of the film he talks about almost getting castrated by racists, and Reisman tells him that the Nazis are the “real master race merchants.” Jefferson was more than happy to drop the grenades onto them considering what he’d been through.

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[–] etabacek 9 years ago

Ask Vladic and Pinkley.

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[–] shar913 8 years ago

yes..I know they were Nazi soldiers, but there was a lot of women. I did feel bad
for them.

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[–] bobbo-30 8 years ago

No way; if that was the intent, I'd have picked it up from the tone and style of the scene. As it was, I only equated it with part of their mission. No?

"Only a fool would say that." --STEELY DAN

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[–] brettweir3 8 years ago

There were probably few if any officers from the Nazi party. The Nazi party had their own military branch which was the Waffen SS. A lot of ww2 uneducated people assume all Germans were Nazi's which was not the case. These officers were from the Heer, which was the regular German army. A lot of them did not buy into Hitler's Nazi ideology, but they still had to serve their country regardless.

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[–] JurijFedorov 8 years ago

I felt really sad for the women. They were not playing an important role in the war. They should not have been killed. But I guess they died because they were there.

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[–] Washingtonnative (2613) 5 years ago

Yep, I second that.

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[–] kenburke (2383) 6 years ago

Why? They were Nazis and Nazi collaborators. They deserved death.

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[–] Colorado_Kid (215) 6 years ago

The chateau that Reisman is ordered to destroy is a meeting place of high ranking German officers who are planning the defenses for the D-Day invasion. It isn't some private getaway for officers and their families to have a party but an actual military target.

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