mans. If you would have told anyone about the holocaust before it happened it would have not been believed. You would have gotten a response something like “Germans are too civilized to do a thing like that”. A lot of people always say or ask “ Its still their fault, they should have said something or tried to stop it, its just as much their fault as Hitler’s and his top governmental officials that it happened”. As Americans we must understand some things. Not every country had as many freedoms as ours does, not every country has it where you can express you opinion as easily than ours or make a stand. If a person or group of rebellious Germans would have even spoken a single bad word about Hitler or the nazi's they would have either been killed or sent to a camp. Even if it was a fraction of the Nazi army they would have been other soldiers sent in to crush them. The German people are also brought up to do what they are told with little questions Not to mention when you become a soldier you have to take an oath or loyalty to do what you are told even if it conflicts with you morals or beliefs. Every soldier of almost every army takes this oath. American soldiers didn’t question their superiors when they dropped the bomb on Japan, or when they were ordered to shoot native Americans or to put the Japanese in camps during WWII, because they took an oath to the united states of America. This does not excuse what happened. The holocaust is something that should not be forgotten but remembered and taught to the next generations. It is one of those events that will live on as long as the human race does....
