I believe that many people stood by and watched the holocaust happen because they were too terrified to do anything about it. While reading my lit circle book I noticed that many of the Jews didn't do anything about them being taken to concentration camps or being tortured horribly. One of the main characters in the story I'm reading, Anita, is taken to a camp along with her little brother. As they go through living their days there, I can see that they go through the worst things you can imagine. So, I believe that this could be a reason why Jews did not stand up and became up-standers.
There were also people that did stand up for what they believed. In my book, there was a woman who stood up to the Nazis and fought for her son to get him back with her because the Nazis had taken him away since he was younger than everyone else. She did take a risky move but she believed she should do anything to save her son. In my opinion, she was a brave and strong up-stander.
I really don't know what I would have done if I were in their shoes. I'm pretty sure I would have been a bystander and do whatever the Nazis order me to do. If I'm scared to be an up stander in easy everyday life problems today, Im sure I wouldn't have done anything especially since I know that the Nazis were very mean and didn't care about anyone but themselves.
Wow, I didn't know that if you were a child during the Holocaust you were with both boys and girls, what book are you reading?
ReplyDeleteI like how you mentioned the women who did everything she could, she risked it all to get her son back. To be honest to me that was very inspiring, In my post I had said I would be a bystander and wouldn't do anything to risk the life of my family members or loved ones, I also said I would mind my own business but if I was in the women's shoes I would stand up and do anything to get one of my family members back. I wouldn't want anything to happened to them.
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