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In a police state it is extremely difficult to speak out against government policy. The point is not only that it requires courage but that it is very difficult to make oneself heard. Unlike in a democracy there is no forum for discussing such matters. For example, writing to the newspapers is pointless as dissident views are not published, holding protest meeting is usually impossible because the organizers are usually arrested before they can achieve anything, and so on.

The penalties for speaking out were very drastic indeed. Some individuals did speak out in Nazi Germany, but many of them were seized and sent to prison or concentration camps and/or executed. Their "crime" was reported as treason. The media did not report them as having spoken out.

Obviously, people only take such risks if they feel very strongly about things. Certainly, by the time World War 2 had started most Germans had other preoccupations.

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The Holocaust was a very complex grid, like in Tron Legacy. There were gairds at every possible escape and the people outside the camps would rather help themselfs then help others. And because they would be killed...

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Generally because of the human instinct for survival and self preservation.

Just like everyone else, the Jews were unarmed civilians. How much do you

suppose you would resist if a squad of Marines took away the family next door

in the middle of the night?

Also, the Germans practiced deception so that most victims were kept unaware

of what was going to happen.

The better question is: Why wasn't there more objection from everyone ELSE

during the Holocaust ?

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There are probably as many answers as there were 'participants' - both perpetrators and victims.

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some didn't want to, others were scared to.

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Antisemitism has been around for 5000 years. The Jews were blamed for Germany's defeat and humilation after World War One. Plus if you helped a Jew during The Holocaust, you would be killed.

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because they were killed and then everyone just became to afraid

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They were desperate after the economic turmoil after WW1. Hitler promised change and a greater and more powerful Germany.

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