During The Holocaust: Why The World Was Silent?
Why the World was Silent?
During the Holocaust, where was the rest of the world when Germany and Europe needed them? In any other instance where a part of the world was in distress, allied countries would contribute in aiding them; why was this situation any different? Every country had heard about, as well as seen images of the horrors taking place under Adolf Hitler’s rule. “Germany, Japan, and Italy signed the Tripartite Pact, this pact formulized the Axis. The main purpose of the pact was to intimidate the United States” (Freedman 20). This information may have struck fear in foreign citizens, furthermore making their decision of willing to provide assistance more deeply biased.
Information on the Holocaust had been concealed by Hitler’s attempts of media manipulation in Germany. The world had no power over the massacres because they were unaware. The War Department also vouched to keep all violence related affairs in Germany confidential. “In order to hide the killing operation as much as possible from the uninitiated, Hitler ordered that the killings not be spoken of directly in German documentation or in public …show more content…
“His ally was the world that chose to remain silent”(Blech). Our silence was the key that factored into the success of the Holocaust, in a way the Allies were no better than Hitler himself. Keep in mind, that this is not the only instance where the world decided to observe such terrors instead of acting on them. The world was also silent while the enslavement of Africans occurred in America for over two hundred years. The silence still continues today, the question is, will we ever learn to speak up and rise above? Many people around the world continue to pin the blame on the Nazi regime and Adolf Hitler’s control over Germany. Hitler may have induced the Holocaust, but the world encouraged him with their
During the Holocaust, where was the rest of the world when Germany and Europe needed them? In any other instance where a part of the world was in distress, allied countries would contribute in aiding them; why was this situation any different? Every country had heard about, as well as seen images of the horrors taking place under Adolf Hitler’s rule. “Germany, Japan, and Italy signed the Tripartite Pact, this pact formulized the Axis. The main purpose of the pact was to intimidate the United States” (Freedman 20). This information may have struck fear in foreign citizens, furthermore making their decision of willing to provide assistance more deeply biased.
Information on the Holocaust had been concealed by Hitler’s attempts of media manipulation in Germany. The world had no power over the massacres because they were unaware. The War Department also vouched to keep all violence related affairs in Germany confidential. “In order to hide the killing operation as much as possible from the uninitiated, Hitler ordered that the killings not be spoken of directly in German documentation or in public …show more content…
“His ally was the world that chose to remain silent”(Blech). Our silence was the key that factored into the success of the Holocaust, in a way the Allies were no better than Hitler himself. Keep in mind, that this is not the only instance where the world decided to observe such terrors instead of acting on them. The world was also silent while the enslavement of Africans occurred in America for over two hundred years. The silence still continues today, the question is, will we ever learn to speak up and rise above? Many people around the world continue to pin the blame on the Nazi regime and Adolf Hitler’s control over Germany. Hitler may have induced the Holocaust, but the world encouraged him with their