The European Allies and the United States did not do more to prevent the victimization of the Jews during the Third Reich due to various motives. After the First World War and the Great Depression, the Allied forces did not want any more conflict that would negatively affect or drain the minimal resources they had. Hitler also kept the mass murder under low profile from the Allies. The growth of anti-Semitism was more prevalent and lead to a lack of public support, giving the Allied forces less reasons to help the Jews under Hitler’s regime. After the beginning of World War II in 1939, the Allies and the rest of Europe were simply not in a position to aid those that fell under the Nazi regime. One of main reasons for not helping the Jewish
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In 1941, Allied Forces discovered German officers dressed as Jews in Syria and many others in France, and a majority of these were confirmed to be Hitler sent spies. Having to protect their own countries, Allied nations Great Powers were partly justified in feeling uneasy about Jewish victimization. Britain, the United States, and the Allies were in the middle of a war, and aiding a group of people that was closely tied to Nazi Germany could have been seen as potentially dangerous. There was a possibility that Germany had been fabricating a lie in order to negatively affect their position in the Second World …show more content…
The growth of anti-semitism, the fear for war, and the economic limitations from the Great Depression were just a few of the reasons that prevented the Allies from aiding the Jewish population. From 1933 to 1945, the Holocaust was definitely an event that shook the world. However, mass murders targeting certain groups root back before the Native American genocide staring in the 15th century. Apart from the Holocaust’s magnitude, it was one of the latest reminders of what the human mind is capable of doing. While intellectual movements praised humanity, it was events like these that gave the public a sense of reality. Change is based on the individual, for everthing has to start from
In 1941, Allied Forces discovered German officers dressed as Jews in Syria and many others in France, and a majority of these were confirmed to be Hitler sent spies. Having to protect their own countries, Allied nations Great Powers were partly justified in feeling uneasy about Jewish victimization. Britain, the United States, and the Allies were in the middle of a war, and aiding a group of people that was closely tied to Nazi Germany could have been seen as potentially dangerous. There was a possibility that Germany had been fabricating a lie in order to negatively affect their position in the Second World …show more content…
The growth of anti-semitism, the fear for war, and the economic limitations from the Great Depression were just a few of the reasons that prevented the Allies from aiding the Jewish population. From 1933 to 1945, the Holocaust was definitely an event that shook the world. However, mass murders targeting certain groups root back before the Native American genocide staring in the 15th century. Apart from the Holocaust’s magnitude, it was one of the latest reminders of what the human mind is capable of doing. While intellectual movements praised humanity, it was events like these that gave the public a sense of reality. Change is based on the individual, for everthing has to start from