Bullying and the Holocaust

Bullying and the final solution Competition versus Cooperation When an animal is faced with starvation it often turns to cannibalism and may storm and kill a weaker animal of the same species. The German Nazis followed this system of competition versus cooperation. The Nazis felt they had no other choice to survive than to kill millions of Jews, Gypsies, and disabled people. later on the Holocaust, researchers uncovered many Journals kept by those who were persecuted.Here is a short exert from a fourteen year old girl October 27, 1937 The other girls and I were move for the sixth time today. This time they moved us to a factory closer to Auschwitz. Im beginning to fear that Im at the end and I might scare soon. At some points I wish they would go ahead and kill me so I wouldnt have to endure this pain. Through all of this I keep mum dont understand why the Nazis hate us. We never did anything to them. I often wish someone would speak up on our behalf and save us from this terrib le sustenance. looking at back on the Holocaust people wonder xactly why no one spoke up and fought for the persecuted for so long during the war. It was like they were all students in school who pretended not to notice when someone was getting bullied so they didnt have to get involved in it. Half of the mass slaughter of the Holocaust was due to bullying by peer pressure. People felt pressured by others to turn in Jews to Nazi officials. They wanted to save themselves and let the Jews be persecuted.As this happened more(prenominal) often no one even thought twice about it and had little regret that they probably Just sent omeone to their death. 2 As a part of the Final Solution, the Nazis did everything possible to exterminate the Jews. Through all of the hateful words, excruciating torture methods, and unreasonable forced labor, the Nazis believed that they threatened their way of life and the world would be better without them. World War II and the Holocaust officially ended on May 8, 1945, but only about two-thirds of the Jewish population remained.