HIS 2342 Lecture : 02-13-2013.docx
20 Mar 2014
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Government"s made it so difficult that the pace of deportation was slower then in other countries. In many countries leaders and population were willing to hand over jewish refugees. In some cases it was a two-step process. Jews whom had citizenship in a country were handed later on after the jewish refugee"s. In some cases such as romania the nazi"s were shocked by local regimes that shared visible anti-semitism. The reason for these different decisions of deportation and murder of citizen"s. Some historians argue that it was a deeply rooted anti-semitism in europe that led to indifference or enthusiasm for the nazi policies regarding jews. They say it"s important to take into account the lack of action in the second world war. Historians need to remember everyone was concerned with their own survival rather then their neighbours. Any response people had or didn"t take needs to be contextualized.
