Kristallnacht

http://www.pzg.biz/poster_clever_fox.htm - The picture to the right shows a Jewish man and woman that are fat, rich and the enemy while you see an innocent german boy in the corner this is what Hitler said and showed images of so that it seemed like he was getting rid of all their trouble and and atrocious group of people.

1938 November 9th-10th Crystal night. Nazis take their first physical offence towards the jewish people. Nicknamed Kristallnacht because nacht is night and kristal is crystal referring to the amount of broken glass lying in the ground, in fact in such large numbers that it looked like large peaces of crystal. On the 10th the second day of the attack Goebell a Nazi with substantial power ordered for the end of the attack. No charges were pressed towards anyone of the Nazi gangs yet the Jewish people were fined 3 billion marks for the damage done to their own homes, synagogs and businesses. With a small estimate of 30,000 jews taken to concentration camps 100 killed, 275 synagogs, 75 businesses and 1000 homes destroyed it was surly a brutal attack. Some fled while they could to anyplace that would take them in others weren't so lucky. But why so many participated was all going to rely on what type of information Hitler would feed the public therefore propaganda. They would illustrate all the Jewish people as fat, greedy crooked noses and sinister looks. Not the type of character you would like. Feeding the public more images like this some soon believed it.

Hitler, Adolf - " If you tell people a lie enough times they will believe it."

This was a turning point both the Nazis and the Jews knew that after this it was never going to blow of and peace was not an option. My reactions are how could people let it escalate to this level. Countries say what was happening yet they didn't attempt to stop it, merely because they thought it was to much trouble and it wasn't their problem. Some Germans didn't participate but fled, why? Because they would be viewed as if they were in the "plot" that the Jews came up with to destroy Germany. I say they could have stopped it at the very begining, I speak such brave words yet I know I would have just sat there and let it happen. I would like to think that I could have stood up and been brave but that's very unlikely. I know what's right but I just watch out of fear not because I am on the Nazi side but it would ruin my life and end my existence. But would you stand up? Honestly if you were it that position barely a handful of us would.

Martin Luther King Jr - "He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetuate it." As bystanders we are all guilty . We should try to be the hero but not all of us can.