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How did the holocaust show the dangers of silence?

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Answer:

Indifference helps the enemy win.

Step-by-step explanation:

To start, I highly recommend watching Elie Wiesel's famous speech "The Perils of Indifference." In it he talks about how indifference and silence helps the enemy because it allows them to do terrible things and get away with it. Being silent and indifferent is indeed easier, but it makes the victim hurt even more.

For example when the Jews were in concentration camps, America knew about it. And for years they did nothing. They let the Nazi's burn my people, it was easier and less costly for them to let everyone die. When a ship of 1000 Jewish immigrants came to Americas shores after escaping Nazi Germany Kristallnacht, FDR turned them away because he didn't want to deal with immigration and helping us.

Right now a genocide is happening in China, and for months we have done practically nothing to help them. We might post a square on insta once every few months, but overall we just let them die. We just don't care enough to not be indifferent. We stay silent in their pain, which doubles their misery and helps the enemy win.

I'm not rereading this so I apologise for my grammar mistakes.

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