Transcript ContributingfactorsHolocaust

Contributing Factors
 Loss
of “Face” – injured
pride
 1929
– The Great Depression
 Instability
 Uncertainty
 Between:
 Communists
 Capitalists
 Socialists
 Instability
 Violent
 Rule
Elections
by Emergency Decree
 Confident
Message
Charismatic Leader
 NATIONALISM
 Master
Plan
 Propaganda
 Put
People To Work
 Seduction
Powerless
of Power By The
 Message
Person
For the Average
 Emphasis
Morality
on Family and
 Convenient
Scapegoat

VOLK – “people”

German’s duty was to the Volk

Germany primarily baptized Christians

Although Jews in Germany considered
themselves German Jews versus Jewish
Germans and fought and died for their
country for generations, as soon as
they are identified as a threat . . . .
ALL BETS ARE OFF!
 Look
out for the Volk, share
with the Volk, defend the Volk,
and with all others, look the
other way . . .

Those who would inflict harm on others
 Actions
are morally justified
 Germany
protecting itself
 Jews
not considered “Volk”
 Jews
are a danger to the nation

Those who aid the perpetrators

Those who remain “neutral” and refuse to
“get involved
 “All
that is necessary for evil to prosper is for
good men to do nothing.”
 Edmund Burke

Person harmed

Person, who often at the risk of their own life,
aids another
 Knowing
an act, attitude, or
belief is morally wrong, but
not caring.