1930's: The Hesitation In The German Citizens

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The Hesitation in the German Citizens Throughout the 1930’s the amount of control that the Nazi government had over Germany and its citizens was rapidly growing. Propaganda of misconceptions of the Jews had also affected why the villages and German citizens did not act against the Nazi’s. The Nazi government structure had also issued the propaganda through media, news, and products and was at a constant flow. The Bystander Effect also contributed to why the people did nothing to stop the concentration camps. Nazi government and military ruled over Germany and its people due to multiple reasons such as the structure of the Nazi government, the constant distributed of propaganda used to distort the Jew image, as well as The Bystander Effect. …show more content…

This had influenced the way the German people viewed the Jews. Due to this view of the Jews that the propaganda had created the German citizens had hesitated to lead aid. The way the Jews had been portrayed were shown through products that were distributed as well as through the media such as movies and newspapers. This is one example of why the people had remained compliant when the military had advanced. The government structure had also lead to hesitation within the citizens. The government had controlled how much propaganda was spread into the society. As well as the separation between the Jews and the non-Jews. Due to the separation, it created distance between them physically and sociologically. Since there was this distance the citizens had then lacked the true perspective of what was happening which in turn produced hesitation in aiding the Jews in the concentration