Holocaust Bystander Effect Essay

“Heil Hitler!” Used as a motto, a command, and the words of a bad dream. Whether we have learned of the Holocaust through school, family, museums, art, or by our own curiosity we conclude that this event should always be remembered throughout the history of the entire world. We usually never hear about how the rest of the world reacted to the Holocaust and how inhumane other countries were while this disaster was happening. Everyone should know how to deal with upcoming situations relating to the Holocaust even if these events are not as serious as the Holocaust itself and especially the governments that cause these situations to happen. These governments need to learn how they can get their countries to be on the good side of history instead …show more content…
America, Palestine, Cuba and Britain stopped Jews into entering their country leaving hundreds of thousands of Jews abandoned and without a secure government. The U.S was probably the worst bystander of this event, the country at first did not know at all what was happening in Germany because America was fighting against the Axis to keep America safe but then the government found that many Jews were coming to America from Europe which made our selfish government policies disgusting to look back to today. Because of the devastation that the Great Depression was creating in America with the economy the American government decided to refuse to grant temporary refuge in their country so the people who were already arriving in America and all of the families that were hoping to come to America for a better life were refused entry and they had to go back to a place where they were not wanted. They did this because they did not want to make another enemy while fighting the Axis at the same time, so they stood aside as many Jews were killed in the masses and the government did not decide to go against Germany until Britain and Russia started to fight against