I find this time period very interesting, personally, because I feel that a lot of the actions that Hitler took in his early stages have similarities to things that people in our society and even people in government positions still do regarding the treatment of people and the use of propaganda. This is why one of the interesting facts that I built more knowledge upon is that the Nazis killed a lot more people than just the Jews. Almost 6 million Jews were killed, and anti-semitic remarks are still made, whether jokingly or not it is still hard for me to wrap my head around why people would do something like that after such an injustice occurred to that religion. This goes for the others that were killed, like I said before, such as African-Americans,
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A perpetrator can be a single person, or more often a group of people that causes injustice to another group in anyway. In the Holocaust, these people were obviously Hitler, his inner circle, and the different groups that he led (SS, SA...). Collaborators are not necessarily people who support the perpetrators, but they are part of the reason why they get power. These collaborators act as enablers, giving the perps the ability to cause the injustice. An example would be the general public at the time, following blindly without completely understanding Hitler’s grand scheme, yet still supporting him. The victims are the groups of people the injustices are caused to. Examples of victims during this time would be the Jews, African-Americans, disabled, homosexuals, Jehovah Witness, and others. Bystanders, to me, at least, are on or near the same level as collaborators, because by bystanders not doing anything and being passive about what is happening around them gives the perps more power. If one does not stand up, the perps will remain in power and nothing will change. The last role is the upstander. These are the people that made the real difference because they are the ones that stand up to the evil-doers when no one else does. It is important for society to study these roles because studying this makes an event like this occurring again less
A perpetrator can be a single person, or more often a group of people that causes injustice to another group in anyway. In the Holocaust, these people were obviously Hitler, his inner circle, and the different groups that he led (SS, SA...). Collaborators are not necessarily people who support the perpetrators, but they are part of the reason why they get power. These collaborators act as enablers, giving the perps the ability to cause the injustice. An example would be the general public at the time, following blindly without completely understanding Hitler’s grand scheme, yet still supporting him. The victims are the groups of people the injustices are caused to. Examples of victims during this time would be the Jews, African-Americans, disabled, homosexuals, Jehovah Witness, and others. Bystanders, to me, at least, are on or near the same level as collaborators, because by bystanders not doing anything and being passive about what is happening around them gives the perps more power. If one does not stand up, the perps will remain in power and nothing will change. The last role is the upstander. These are the people that made the real difference because they are the ones that stand up to the evil-doers when no one else does. It is important for society to study these roles because studying this makes an event like this occurring again less