During a time of Nazi oppression and tyranny, the Jewish people decided to resist Hitler by either using passive or active resistance. The Jews that used active resistance chose to sacrifice their life to actively fight against Hitler’s party and avoid dying in humility in the gas chambers; whereas those who choose passive resistance choose to try to save their family, themselves, and the identity of their culture by hiding and keeping diaries. In the “The Diary of Anne Frank” and “Violins of Hope” we see how well passive resistance worked for some Jews because it preserved their lives and identity. People can best respond to conflict by passively resisting because by passively resisting you persevere a culture, survive, and keep hope alive.
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In “The Diary of Anne Frank” Anne describes how Miep Gies hides the Franks from the Germans and the Franks still do regular human things. For example, the Franks still did schoolwork, went on dates, and even celebrated Hanukkah all while they were hiding from the Nazi’s. The Germans are trying to stop the Jews of their lives and culture but on Hanukkah the Franks rejoice and Anne even gets everyone presents to make it as normal as possible; “she runs into her room...grabs a satchel balging with parcels and comes running back” (Frank 316). Anne is preserving the culture she has known and the traditions she has taken apart of ever since she can remember. She is not going to let the Germans take her culture. In partaking of passive resistance, the Jews are able to keep their culture and traditions away from the Germans to take and end. You wouldn’t your culture and traditions to die with you. However, some may say that would rather choose how they die and not be lead like a lamb to the slaughtering. By fighting the Nazi’s you are just killing more human beings. By passively resisting you keep your culture and everything you have enjoyed for your whole life. Also, by actively resisting you are not only giving up yourself, you are giving up your identity and family. The passively resisting Jews got to keep their culture and
In “The Diary of Anne Frank” Anne describes how Miep Gies hides the Franks from the Germans and the Franks still do regular human things. For example, the Franks still did schoolwork, went on dates, and even celebrated Hanukkah all while they were hiding from the Nazi’s. The Germans are trying to stop the Jews of their lives and culture but on Hanukkah the Franks rejoice and Anne even gets everyone presents to make it as normal as possible; “she runs into her room...grabs a satchel balging with parcels and comes running back” (Frank 316). Anne is preserving the culture she has known and the traditions she has taken apart of ever since she can remember. She is not going to let the Germans take her culture. In partaking of passive resistance, the Jews are able to keep their culture and traditions away from the Germans to take and end. You wouldn’t your culture and traditions to die with you. However, some may say that would rather choose how they die and not be lead like a lamb to the slaughtering. By fighting the Nazi’s you are just killing more human beings. By passively resisting you keep your culture and everything you have enjoyed for your whole life. Also, by actively resisting you are not only giving up yourself, you are giving up your identity and family. The passively resisting Jews got to keep their culture and