Bystanders: Conscience and Complicity during the Holocaust (Contributions to the Study of Religion) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Bystanders: Conscience and Complicity during the Holocaust (Contributions to the Study of Religion) Book

The Holocaust did not introduce the phenomenon of the bystander, but it did illustrate the terrible consequences of indifference and passivity towards the persecution of others. Although the term was initially applied only to the "good Germans"--the apathetic citizens who made genocide possible through unquestioning obedience to evil leaders--recent Holocaust scholarship has shown that it applies to most of the world, including parts of the population in Nazi-occupied countries, some sectors within the international Christian and Jewish communities, and the Allied governments themselves. This work analyzes why this happened, drawing on the insights of historians, Holocaust survivors, and Christian and Jewish ethicists. The author argues that bystander behavior cannot be attributed to a single cause, such as anti-Semitism, but can only be understood within a complex framework of factors that shape human behavior individually, socially, and politically.Read More

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  • 0275970450
  • 9780275970451
  • Victoria J. Barnett
  • 30 July 2000
  • Greenwood Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 208
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