The reading 'Taking a Stand' is located on moodle under "Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" section. Read it, and respond to the following: Describe the choices that were made by Germans in response to Kristillnacht. What choice might you have made?'
The majority of people in Germany chose to be a bystander. They were aware of what had happened and they felt terrible for a moment, but they decided to ignore it by trying to not think about what had happened to the Jews. But not everyone reacted this way. In the reading it said Andre knew what was going to happen beforehand, and for Andre didn't want to participate in destroying the Jewish people's shop, they decided to flee from Germany. Some of the members of the Nazi Party resigned in objection against mob violence. Some other people secretly helped the Jews to give the message that they were not part of this pogrom. If I was in the same situation, I would feel terrible and disagree with the violence at first. However, I would be aware of what might happen if I spoke out, and I probably wouldn't have said much. I would have felt like these actions were wrong, but I would be too scared to speak up.
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