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Subject: Re: resistance in the Holocaust
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Date: Tue, 1-May-84 01:32:00 EDT
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Nf-From: acf4!vxl5382    May 11 01:32:00 1984


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   It is true that knowledge of the intent to actually kill all Jews
was not widespread among many populations, particularily Germans. What was
certainly known to all was that Jews were stripped of all rights, were being
relocated to destinations unknown, and that people of all nationalities were
being killed as individuals for minor infractions. Furthermore, in places where
the Jews were killed without being moved to a central location, that is just
outside of a town or village, the remaining population knew exactly what had
happened. They would see the entire Jewish population of the town taken by foot
into the outskirts one morning and perhaps hear the machine guns. For the Jews
themselves there must have been a moment when they knew exactly what was about
to happen.

   Another factor that played a role was that the victims were generally
transported as families. Responsibilty to the family forbade a strong individual
to run, and hope that something might miraculously help forbade a parent to
endanger a child's life by fighting.

						Vladimir Lanin