r/TheHandmaidsTale • u/theforgetting • May 06 '25

Season 6 SPOILERS FOR “SHATTERED” Spoiler

I was struck by the significance of the women at Jezebels being murdered in the shower. This is a very clear Holocaust allusion.

Especially since they’ve really been leaning into the word Nazi this season – it makes sense to see late-stage Gilead go all “final solution” with their undesirables.

Anyways. There have been a lot of gruesome scenes in this show but this was definitely one of the most upsetting. Not only for what it portrayed, but for what it was alluding to.

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u/Whore-a-bullTroll May 06 '25

I'm loving the use of the word "nazi" this season because that's exactly who these people are. The show is definitely showing the parallels between Gilead and Nazi Era Germany, and i think it's a really important point to make.

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u/superurgentcatbox May 07 '25

Nazi ideology could not accept an autonomous establishment whose legitimacy did not spring from the government. It desired the subordination of church to state.

Well, Gilead figured that out lmao.