Koležnik said her intention with the production had not been to make “liberal, petit bourgeois society in Europe feel good” around a consensus of condemning intolerance, but to leave them scared. “The next wave of fascism, there will not be monsters. There will be normal, nice people,” she said.

But that’s one of the oft overlooked aspects of fascism: it is done by the normal, nice people. It’s done by people who are crushed, hurt, afraid, and trying to survive. They’re told they can be powerful and hurt those hurting them. They’re given the go-ahead to pick an “other” to attack. They’re given a feeling of control by a uniform and a stick. A little power. Nothing real, just enough to attack a neighbor who is new or different in some way. It doesn’t matter who the fascist leaders pick, they’ll just go after whomever is convenient in the moment and it turns at least some of us against each other.

The rank and file of the SS were normal shopkeepers, workers, and common people who wanted to end the pain caused by dictatorship, rulers, and wealth hoarding in the world. The very people hoarding the wealth and causing the pain turn it into fascism to build their own power by turning the common people against each other.