Base on psychologist today, “the bystander effect occurs when the presence of others discourages an individual from intervening in an emergency situation”. Its basically, if they are not doing it why should I do it kind of mentality. During the Holocaust, base on yadvashem.org, “The vast majority of people in Germany and occupied Europe were aware, to at least some extent, of how the Nazi regime was treating the Jews. Nevertheless, they took no active position on the matter.” These people didn’t harm or try to also persecute Jews but they didn’t help either. The fact that they knew that Jews were being persecuted in their own country, could have saved them yet they just stayed quiet and done nothing. Therefore, the Jews that who had survived the Holocaust, their number one thing that they will talk about in their writings and in their speech is that no one should be quiet when circumstances like this come up. If no one says anything it will be too late once they do and will leave people with regrets. That is why we must teach our young ones about not being an inactive bystander because it won’t just hurt others but it will also hurt them in the long
Base on psychologist today, “the bystander effect occurs when the presence of others discourages an individual from intervening in an emergency situation”. Its basically, if they are not doing it why should I do it kind of mentality. During the Holocaust, base on yadvashem.org, “The vast majority of people in Germany and occupied Europe were aware, to at least some extent, of how the Nazi regime was treating the Jews. Nevertheless, they took no active position on the matter.” These people didn’t harm or try to also persecute Jews but they didn’t help either. The fact that they knew that Jews were being persecuted in their own country, could have saved them yet they just stayed quiet and done nothing. Therefore, the Jews that who had survived the Holocaust, their number one thing that they will talk about in their writings and in their speech is that no one should be quiet when circumstances like this come up. If no one says anything it will be too late once they do and will leave people with regrets. That is why we must teach our young ones about not being an inactive bystander because it won’t just hurt others but it will also hurt them in the long