The following is an excerpt from the book “Corrupted by Fear: How the Charter was betrayed and what Canadians can do about it” by John Carpay, president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, released on Jan. 21.
‘What You Need Is Your Head’
The movie “Forbidden” (1984) is based on the life of Maria von Maltzan, who risked her life as an activist in the German resistance against the Nazis. Born into a wealthy noble family, Maria von Maltzan took Jews into her home, fed and protected them, sometimes right under the noses of the Gestapo. Throughout the war, she helped dozens of Jews, German army deserters, and foreign forced labourers to escape to safety.My favourite scene is when the heroine (played by Jacqueline Bisset) speaks candidly to her friend Krista on Sept. 1, 1939, the day when Germany invaded Poland. The dialogue in this scene shows how people can easily fall under the spell of propaganda, believing something to be true because they have heard it so many times:
