The Townspeople In Elie Wiesel's Book Thief

Throughout the book, Elie was always curious why nobody said anything about the whole situation of kicking the Jews into concentration camps. There were many predictions on why the townspeople remained complacent. Of course, this far in time, there is no longer a correct answer. Townspeople may have remained complacent for multiple reasons. One reason may be that they were scared of Hitler. The townspeople may have feared Hitler, and didn’t want to go to a concentration camp just like the less unfortunate ones. They wanted to save their life from danger. They probably felt sympathetic for the many Jews that had to go through this, and several of them could possibly have been friends of the townspeople. Despite what Hitler did, the townspeople …show more content…
There were so many people living in Europe, and to kill so many people seemed unreasonable to them. The townspeople probably believed that Hitler was not able to carry forth such a big task. Hitler’s group is considered a minority to the targeted population of Jewish people, or even the whole of Europe. In the Book Thief, many of the citizens did what they were told without thinking too much of it. I am almost positive that the people who hailed Hitler also felt pity for the mistreatment of Jews. The Hubermann’s in particular might have felt pity for Max and his family because Hitler took Max’s parents away. Max was hiding in their basement, and if the German soldiers were to find him, he would probably be taken to a concentration camp with the other Jewish citizens. The Hubermann’s did a good job hiding Max in the basement. There are numerous reasons why the townspeople of Sighet would have remained complacent. They may have feared Hitler, or did not anticipate for him to execute such a disaster. In the Book Thief, citizens did what they were told, but they may have not enjoyed it. In the end, Hitler’s actions killed many people, and many were not in favor of his