They're witnesses as the German government gradually grows more and more lawless, with the approval of a majority of its citizens. They don't even bother pretending to tell the truth about their activities because the population is either intimidated into silence or champions the lawlessness and intimidation as beneficial to the society.
The parallels in the book to today's America are eerie. The level of violence is not really comparable, but the tactics and the consent of the majority are.
“”non-fiction book called “In the Garden of Beasts””
Thanks for that - I’ll look for it in the library.
In case you haven’t read Bonhoeffer - Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas, I highly recommend it also. He was witness as a young man to what was coming in Germany and spent his time to expose it. Excellent.
You really do get a sense of just how it can happen here!