Lies In Nazi Germany

The award winning author Jay Mullings once wrote, "Complacency is man's biggest weakness. It creeps upon us when we least expect it." Complacency is a feeling of uncritical satisfactory with oneself. Many of the townspeople in World War II remained silent about the acts of Nazi Germany because of fear, as well as false hope. Throughout the war the townspeople were in complete denial and they did not want to believe what was actually happening. There were many lies fed to the citizens as well. During the reign of Nazi Germany in Europe many of the citizens remained silent about the terror that was occurring because of lies that were told by Germans as well as fear because the ones that knew what was going on had trouble accepting it, causing false hope.
Lies were very common during the time of World War Two, one example is the videos that the actual citizens would see showing the "lives" of those in the camps, but the videos showed complete lies. Most people today know the horrifying truth where the concentration camp occupants were starved and beaten and worked to death, but the videos showed acceptable living conditions, available food, and some recreational activities. The Jews in Wiesel's community were warned about the truth of the camps but they didn’t not believe what anyone was …show more content…
The citizens that lived in fear were usually the ones who knew the truth about what was going on in the camps contrasting to the people who believed in lies. Wiesel wrote, “It is obvious that the war which Hitler and his accomplices waged was a war not only against Jewish men, women, and children, but also against Jewish religion, Jewish culture, Jewish tradition, therefore Jewish memory.” This quote explains the point because anyone who had a connection to Jewish culture or tradition was immediately sent to camps, even if they were not Jewish