Because in Berlin in 1935 numerous people were murdered in their homes by government agencies and nobody would have dared film such a beating as this. The person being beaten up would have been killed as would have the person filming it. Probably their families too.

Surely you’re joking. Jews (and others) were routinely beaten up, killed in the street during daylight.

The thing that made Berlin in 1935 Berlin in 1935 was the role the state played in enabling and encouraging the violence. Not every street fight is the Nazis, even when it's horrible, and I think it's alarmist and irresponsible to suggest it. Still love you, Rabbi @marwilliamson!

I think it’s neither alarmist nor irresponsible. It was in fact a state actor – no less than the President of the U.S. – who initiated and perpetuates this malevolent trend. This was not just a “street fight;” it was a marauding gang of thugs. Thus my reference to Berlin in 1935.