Why was the world silent during the Holocaust? By: Mary Katherine Mayes and Sarah Grace Whitt Gadsden Middle School Hitler had an invincible ally without whom he could have never flourished. His ally was the world that chose to endure silence as Germany kept challenging the boundaries of the universal acceptance for its evil actions. The Holocaust didn’t begin with crematoria. Hitler moved gradually‚ carefully intensifying his anti-Jewish guidelines. In 1935‚ he approved
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were regarded as purish people‚ even the Holocaust itself‚ because they never gave up the faith that one day they would be free to live as Jews without fear”. Six million Jews were captured‚ harshly treated at concentration camps‚ and most of the Jews eventually died. Jews were taken away from their homes in various ways. Jews got handled horribly during the Holocaust‚ Lastly ‚ Most Jews died in very tragic ways. The Jews had a trouble life during the Holocaust. Jews got taken from their homes in various
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Gross-Rosen Gross-Rosen was once a concentration camp during the Holocaust. The Holocaust was an act of Genocide. In this case‚ genocide is a mass of killing a group of people. Gross-Rosen was one of many camps affected by Genocide‚ people in the camps were dying daily because of this. One of the more well-known victims of the Holocaust is Anne Frank. Gross-Rosen was a concentration camp that was established in Rogoznica‚ now known as Poland. In 1940‚ Gross-Rosen was first established as
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A Genocide is the planned mass killings of a certain type of people based on religion‚ ethnicity‚ or some other determining factor. The biggest genocide of all time was the Holocaust. During the end of World War II it was Hitler‚ Chancellor of Germany‚ that came up with a plan he called the “Final Solution”. This “Solution” was to rid Germany and her neighbors of a plague they called Jews. It started out with massive shootings of the Jews‚ a method found insufficient. Soon a more effective method
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when there was a car accident‚ no one stopped and called the police. After the learning about the Bystander Effect‚ I realized that the examples above are the phenomenon that individuals are less likely to help a victim when some other people are present. One of the many explanations of the Bystander Effect is that we like following the group‚ in other words‚ we feel secure when conforming. The Bystander Effect is prevalent in today’s society‚ from school bullying
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fear‚ conduct themselves in a disgraceful way during conflict but there are some who are able to rise above and act in extraordinary ways in times of conflict. This is evident in the history of Oskar Schindler‚ one of few who cared for the Jewish community during the holocaust and managed to save 1‚200 Polish Jews. People don’t need to be known to be motivated to do great things‚ the unknown protester referred to as “Tank Man” risked his life during the
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Bystander Effect In an emergency or crisis‚ the more bystanders there are‚ the less likely it is that any of them will actually help. A lot of the times bystanders will assume there is nothing because nobody else seems concerned. Bystanders will notice the event‚ realize the emergency‚ assume responsibility‚ and know what to do or not and last but not least act. John M. Darley and Bibb Latane claim even if a person defines an event as an emergency‚ the presence of other bystanders may still
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who we really are. There are different categories people can be seen as: victim‚ oppressor‚ and bystander. Although each can have negative results‚ being a bystander demolishes‚ strikes‚ and demoralizes. Bystanders are very different from either victims or oppressors mainly because they make a decision to stay on the outside of the situation. Whereas victims and bullies are directly involved‚ bystanders think that avoiding the conflict altogether is either the right move or the best thing for them
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A Bystanders Responsibility Choosing to stand up for what you believe in is a very respectable trait. It is a quality each one of us should strive to acquire and use in our everyday lives. So‚ whenever an event occurs where this trait is needed‚ society as a whole will know what to do. Ghandi once said‚ “ Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Therefore‚ to be a respectable bystander you need to report an incident‚ act when you see wrongdoing‚ and stand up for what is right. In today’s world
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Atrocities during the Holocaust‚ orchestrated by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis‚ began in 1933 and continued until 1945. In 1940‚ the Warsaw Ghetto located in Warsaw‚ Poland was created by Nazis to isolate the Jews off from the outer population. This began a time of fear and uncertainty for the ghetto inhabitants‚ which eventually sparked an uprising. Personal accounts help illustrate this disturbing time in history. The stories shared by survivors are critical for appreciating this dark time‚ which
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