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Mr. Safer tells us of the Lviv reunion of Galicia Division veterans that "Nowhere, not even in Germany, are the SS so openly celebrated,"
and yet does not pause to explain how it can be that in this most open of all celebrations of the SS, not a single portrait of Hitler can be
seen, not a single hand is raised in a Heil Hitler salute, no Nazi marching songs are being sung or played, no Nazi speeches are recorded,
not a single swastika is anywhere on display — not even a single "SS" can be discovered anywhere among the many medals and insignia
worn by the veterans. So devoid is this reunion of any of the signs that one might expect in any open celebration of the SS that one
wonders what led Mr. Safer to the conclusion that that is what it was. Perhaps it is the case that Mr. Safer was so carried away by his
enthusiasm for the feelings that he was sharing with 60 Minutes viewers that he quite overlooked the absence of corroborative evidence.
But if so, then is it not the case that he was taking another step toward turning a broadcast that purported to be one of investigative
journalism into an Oprah Winfrey-style I-bare-my-secret-emotions-to-all-fest, with the secret emotions bared being those of the
correspondent himself? |