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📜 What People Say They Wish Germans Had Done in 1933

(And What That Looks Like Now)

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Sunshine Love
June 19, 2025

1. Speak up early and often

“I wish they had warned others, loudly, before it got too dangerous.”

🗣️ Now:

  • Use your voice while it’s still safe.

  • Push back on fascist rhetoric at the dinner table, on school boards, in comment sections, at work.

  • Don’t self-censor to avoid awkwardness—awkward is temporary. Fascism is not.

2. Refuse to normalize evil

“I wish they hadn’t adjusted so quickly to new horrors.”

🧊 Now:

  • Don't accept cruelty as “just politics.”

  • Don’t say “I’m tired of hearing about it”—that’s how it gets buried.

  • Keep receipts. Keep outrage alive. Name what’s happening as it happens.

3. Protect targeted groups, even if you're not one of them

“I wish more people had hidden or helped Jews and other targeted groups.”

🛡️ Now:

  • Be a safe house, literally and figuratively.

  • Donate to mutual aid, court support, abortion funds, and bailouts.

  • Step between vulnerable people and the state—physically if needed.

4. Disrupt and disobey

“I wish more people had refused to cooperate.”

⚡ Now:

  • Don’t work for ICE. Don’t build software for surveillance. Don’t make propaganda.

  • Slow the gears: call in sick, jam the system, leak the documents, delay the meetings.

  • Support walkouts, sit-ins, slowdowns, strikes.

5. Don’t wait for permission or leadership

“I wish they hadn’t waited for someone else to organize them.”

🔥 Now:

  • You don’t need a national org to start a local group.

  • You don’t need to be perfect to act.

  • Start small: a food distro, a protest sign, a poster campaign, a voter ride-share group.

6. Push back on propaganda

“I wish more people had challenged the lies.”

📢 Now:

  • Share real news. Debunk false narratives.

  • Teach media literacy to your circles.

  • Print flyers. Make art. Meme back harder.

7. Join or build counterpower

“I wish more people had joined underground movements.”

🌱 Now:

  • Join collectives, unions, antifascist groups, community defense networks.

  • The system won’t save you. Your neighbors might.

8. Leave if you must—but leave in resistance

“I wish they had escaped, or helped others escape, before borders closed.”

✈️ Now:

  • Help people get IDs, housing, legal aid.

  • Consider your own safety plan.

  • If you go, go loud, and use your freedom to fight from outside.

🧨 Bottom Line:

Don’t ask: “What would I have done in 1933?”
Ask: What will I do now that it’s 1933 again?
And whatever your answer—do it now. Loud, loving, and relentless.