Usually i thought i stood above such insults, and more often than not i actually made fun of the nazis. i didn't take them seriously. i considered them funny little brown delinquents, more comic than dangerous. and that was a mistake too many of us made. focusing mainly on their repulsive and obnoxious qualities, we failed to sense how dangerous the nazis really were. what did the author mean when she stated, “we failed to sense how dangerous the nazis really were”? write a paragraph in which you explain this statement. the author, like many in germany, thought that hitler was just saying things to gain popularity, and to get elected. they didn't realize that once he was in office, the nazis would create anti-semitic laws that would persecute jews. even though hitler made his true feelings known about the jewish people in his book, mein kampf, most people did not think that he would send jewish people to ghettos or commit genocide.