re: #413 Dark_Falcon

Eisenhower forced the people of the town to see what they had been averting their eyes from. The loss of self-deception induced guilt so powerful in the mayor he killed himself.

Sometimes fooling oneself is the only way you can continue. The problem is there were many in Germany who did much more than look away (see “Hitler’s Willing Executioners” for more) and we have no way of knowing what was really on the mayor’s conscience.