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I wouldn't have blamed you, but many didn't... for whatever reasons. They either couldn't, or held onto hope that it wouldn't get as bad as it did, or any other number of reasons.I'm Jewish. I would have left.
I'm Jewish. I would have left.
I wouldn't have blamed you, but many didn't... for whatever reasons. They either couldn't, or held onto hope that it wouldn't get as bad as it did, or any other number of reasons.
Like many people today, I suspect many Germans heard stories, but did not
believe (in 1938) that their modern government was capable of the bad things said.
They may have even know someone who was removed from say a teaching post,
but justified it, somehow.
Hate, and the ability to isolated and blame a group for some real or perceived harm,
is a powerful political tool, we should all be cautious of any who would use these methods.
Any degradation of anyone's rights, is a degradation of all of our rights.
Personally, knowing what I know about the time and place, most of us would have been glad to cart off the Jews, and almost all of us would have played a huge part in making it happen.
That's not to justify it...but, it makes the most sense. Why? Because that is how propaganda works. The Jews were painted as the worst thing since moldy bread. It would have been nearly impossible to resist the urge to hate them.
The bulk of that was later, in 1938 things were bad for the Jews, but it was just the beginning.oh the german people knew about what was going on. there were death camps set up right next to cities and people saw the jews being marched to the camps after they arrived on the trains.
The bulk of that was later, in 1938 things were bad for the Jews, but it was just the beginning.
http://holocaustlearning.org/uploads/resources/timeline of persecution.pdf
Not even close. The anger and hate directed at Muslims here is barely a taste of what I'm talking about.Sorta like Muslims get painted in the current scenario, eh?
If you lived in 1938 Germany... How do you believe you would have reacted to Jewish persecution?
1) I would have supported it fully and openly.
2) I would have fallen in line and said nothing.
3) I would have said nothing openly, but not actively supported it.
4) I would have passively resisted.
5) I would have openly resisted and been outspoken against it.
6) I would have been willing to put myself physically in harms way to protect them.
7) I like to think I would have done #4 thru #6, but probably would have done #2 or #3.
I purposely did not include "Other" as an option this time, as that is a cop-out for this question. If you cannot answer given the range of options above, you're participation is not really necessary.
ETA: Please note that the question is intended to be from a non-Jewish perspective.
I'm Jewish I would have also Left as my Grandparents fled Russia's pogroms around the time of the Revolution .
And the OP is one of the main reasons I support the Second Amendment.
If Every Jewish arrest/round up had taken a Nazi or two, it would have cost them grievously.
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