Why Iceland Gained Control

Have you ever turned a blind's eye to something you could have prevented? That's exactly what Iceland, and the rest of the world did during the Holocaust. Even though it's a small country, it could have helped stopped at least some of the injustices taking place in Nazi Germany and other places the Nazi's gained control, but there were Social, Economical, and Political reasons to why they stood by.
First off, Iceland had an anti-Semitic community. Iceland has a history of anti-Semitism, and even play hymns full of hatred for the Jewish religion. "Every year, during the period of Lent before Easter, Icelanders get a daily dose of hymns full of hatred and derision for the Jews, broadcast on Iceland's public radio station." The people that
The preferred to stay out of conflict to maintain peace in their country. "Iceland officially remained neutral throughout WWII." If they had tried to stop the injustices taking place, it would mean going to war with Germany and the axis powers. We can all understand the decision to stay out of such a big conflict, but they stood by while millions of people were being killed. Wouldn't just speaking up about the horrific goal of the Nazi's help stop it? While they decided to remain neutral, they had just declared that they were an independent country. "...Iceland dissolved it's union with Denmark and the Danish monarchy and declared itself a republic." With so many political issues during this time period, they didn't bother with the rest of the world's problems. Iceland's attention was mainly on introducing a new government and trying to maintain peace throughout the new country. But couldn't they have helped for the greater good? Wouldn't their voices help just a little? This would have been ideal, but there was still a small Nazi party in Iceland. This may have influenced the way the citizens reacted to this level of hatred toward a religion. Weren't there still good people living