Obedience in the Holocaust

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(1) These reactions are hauntingly reminiscent of the time of the Holocaust. Not just the Nazis, but regular citizens of Europe acted horrendously towards the Jews, simply because they were given permission to. Agnes Hoffman, an Auschwitz survivor, says of her tormentors, "Their only claim to power was authority granted to them by the Nazis, so they embraced the Nazi methods of persecuting us...
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Perhaps they didn't smash Jewish store windows or beat them in the streets, but they made life unbearable nonetheless. They simply watched. They looked out from their windows, saw the Jews being taken away by the officers, noticed when entire families disappeared...
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