Day 5: Response Classwork
Using your prior knowledge, notes, class discussions, etc., please answer this guiding question in a well-developed paragraph with textual evidence: “Who
is the most responsible: Perpetrators, Victims, or Bystanders?"
Through your readings, discussions, etc.., what have you learned so far about the impact of the Holocaust? ...the effect of stereotypes, prejudices, racism? ....the effect of the images on the wall?
(What I am looking for in your response is more than just a basic reflection of sorts, but a DEEPER demonstration of your comprehension of this content. I am looking for impactful and relevant responses to show your unyielding capability of synthesizing information together in providing a well-written response.
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DeleteEven though this is a typical answer, I believe that the perpetrators are the most responsible in any case. Lets take a look at a simple problem to explain why this is.A petty thief takes an old ladies handbag while a business man trying to scrape by enough money to feed his family just sits by an watches. The thief in this case is the purpatrator. The old lady is the victim. The bystander is the businessman. If the thief did not take the hand bag there would be no victim and bystander. Now lets look at the Holocaust. Obviously the perpetrator is Nazi Germany, the victims are their targets, and the bystander is the world. The reason is that it was the Nazis that put the victims (the Jews and unwanted) in consintration camps. The world is the bystander, because they allowed it to happen.There wouldn't be a holocaust in the first place if it wasn't for Nazi Germany. There would be no ignorant victims, and there wouldn't be any ignorant bystanders.
I think the perpetrators are the most responsible for the Holocaust. The perpetrators are the ones who killed the Jews (and Poles and Turks, etc. for that matter). It could not have been the victims' fault because they were defenseless; they were the ones being attacked unjustly. The bystanders had nothing to do with the Holocaust DIRECTLY, but some bystanders (most, I suppose) could have totally done something to prevent the Holocaust. But the perpetrators were definitely the ones to blame because they simply shouldn't have killed so many people just because of their religion or (mostly) non-native-ness to Germany (I saw mostly because some normal, everyday Germans were also killed).
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ReplyDeleteI think the bystanders are the most responsible for the holocaust, because the Nazis said they resorted to the final solution which was the Nazi plan to exterminate all Jewish people. No country would take the Jews from the ST.Louis. So they returned to Europe, and most of them died to the final solution. If other country's were to take the Jews in, they could have potently saved millions of lives, but instead they sent the Jews to their death.
DeleteThe bystanders or country's most responsible for the start of the final solution were Cuba, and the USA because they turned the Jewish people away sending them to their death. The united states also had an idea of what was happening at the time within Europe but decided to do nothing.
I believe that the perpetrators and bystanders are the most responsible . The perpetrators were one of the most responsible because they were doing all of the killing. For an example the Nazis were trying to kill off all Jews only because Germans felt threatened. They were the reason this all happened in the first place. If it wasn't for their cruel actions this part of history would have possibly never been created. The victims couldn't have been guilty because it wasn't their fault and they could'nt change who they were. I believe the bystanders were also responsible because they didn't even try to speak up and use their voice nor did they try to help. In the poem the little polish boy an innocent child was being pointed at with a gun and the people around him did nothing. This is a prime example of a bystander doing nothing when they could have stopped the situation or protected him. Also as the St. Lois ship was trying to flee to a new life, no country wanted to help them and allow them to come into their country. Instead they ignored the passengers of the ships' request, because no one accepted the Jews into their country, they were forced to go back home and was killed. Being a bystander affects the victims as well as being a perpetrator does. Every voice, every action, and every stand matters. The more people come together to fight the more change we'll have. Being a bystander is basically being apart of the perpetrators because you don't speak up and fight for what's right. The bystanders were responsible because of their cowardness and lack of hope.
ReplyDeleteI argue that the bystanders are most responsible for the Holocaust. The bystanders in this situation would be all the countries that gave the extermination of the Jews a blind eye or refused to help, like the Voyage of the St. Louis incident. Since these countries like America, Cuba and Brazil knew what was going on and the prejudice actions the Nazis were forcing upon the Jews, and anyone they didn't see worthy of living, they are just as responsible for the Holocaust in my eyes as the perpetrators are. If there were outside input from other countries, I feel like the Holocaust would not have been successful at all. It's one thing to agree with what was happening but its another to not have a say or pay attention to it at all. Peoples racism, stereotypes and prejudice towards the victims of the Holocaust already had them feeling like they didn't belong but for the whole world to not want them or want to help them either made them feel unwanted and hopeless of their future. Just because something doesn't directly hinder you isn't a good reason to not help out. Yes, these other countries were going through depression but it just doesn't and never will compare to the 60 million lives lost while these countries were on stand by.
ReplyDeleteThe Perpetrators, Victims, and Bystanders tare all responsible. The victims have many warning signs, such as Moshe warning them and being them being sent to the ghetto. The victims chose to be content with the way they were being treated because they thought that everything was going to be alright but it wasn't. The bystanders knew that the Jews were being treating unfairly by the Nazis but they denied the Jews because of financial difficulties. Money should never be worth somebodies life, given that there was a financial situation going on throughout the world I can understand why the Jewish people were denied. The perpetrators caused this entire problem by being close-minded. The perpetrators targeted a select group of people because the didn't agree with who they were as individuals. The victims, bystanders, and perpetrators were all responsible because they were all shown ways out of a situation that could get dangerous, very quickly but all 3 groups denied this way out.
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