{"id":1996,"date":"2018-01-09T15:34:46","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T15:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holocaustmatters.org\/?page_id=1996"},"modified":"2018-11-01T12:13:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T12:13:19","slug":"explore-universal-themes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.holocaustmatters.org\/explore-universal-themes\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore Universal Themes"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”2\/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n

Explore universal lessons and themes through Ernst\u2019s words as he experienced unimaginable emotional and physical battles to survive.<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]JTNDY2VudGVyJTNFJTNDZGl2JTIwc3R5bGUlM0QlMjJtYXJnaW4tdG9wJTNBJTIwMTJweCUzQiUyMHdpZHRoJTNBJTIwNjAlMjUlM0IlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0ElMjAzcHglM0IlMjBtYXJnaW4tYm90dG9tJTNBJTIwMTJweCUzQiUyMiUyMGRhdGEtd2lkdGglM0QlMjIyMCUyNSUyMiUyMGRhdGEtYW5pbWF0ZSUzRCUyMiUyMiUyMGRhdGEtYW5pbWF0aW9uLWRlbGF5JTNEJTIyJTIyJTIwZGF0YS1jb2xvciUzRCUyMmFjY2VudC1jb2xvciUyMiUyMGNsYXNzJTNEJTIyZGl2aWRlci1zbWFsbC1ib3JkZXIlMjIlM0UlM0MlMkZkaXYlM0UlM0MlMkZjZW50ZXIlM0U=[\/vc_raw_html][divider line_type=”No Line”][vc_column_text]\n

Bystander<\/strong><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line”][vc_column_text]The vast majority of people in Germany and occupied Europe were aware, to at least some extent, of how the Nazi regime was treating the Jews. Nevertheless, they took no active position on the matter. They did not openly persecute the Jews but they did not actively help them either. This was sometimes due to antisemitic sentiments but primarily because they felt that it was an assault not on them but on another.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line”][vc_column_text]
\r\n
\r\n\r\n
\r\n
\r\n \r\n
\r\n
\"\"<\/div> <\/div>\r\n
\r\n

\r\n Death march \u2013 too weak to wear a coat <\/h3>\r\n

\r\n <\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n<\/div> <\/div> \r\n\r\n

\r\n
\r\n \r\n
\r\n
\"death<\/div> <\/div>\r\n
\r\n

\r\n Churchgoers look on with cold indifference <\/h3>\r\n

\r\n <\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n<\/div> <\/div> \r\n\r\n

\r\n
\r\n \r\n
\r\n
\"arthur-roedl-concentration-camp\"<\/div> <\/div>\r\n
\r\n

\r\n Sniffed out \u2013 fatal error of hiding <\/h3>\r\n

\r\n <\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n<\/div> <\/div> \r\n\r\n

\r\n
\r\n \r\n
\r\n
\"\"<\/div> <\/div>\r\n
\r\n

\r\n First exposure to a crematorium <\/h3>\r\n

\r\n <\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n<\/div> <\/div> \r\n\r\n

\r\n
\r\n \r\n
\r\n
\"death-march-1945\"<\/div> <\/div>\r\n
\r\n

\r\n Death march (day 2) \u2013 Civilians indifferent to our fate <\/h3>\r\n

\r\n <\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n<\/div> <\/div> \r\n\r\n

\r\n
\r\n \r\n
\r\n
\"jews-amongst-german-soldiers-zawiercie\"<\/div> <\/div>\r\n
\r\n

\r\n Crowding in the ghetto; businesses seized <\/h3>\r\n

\r\n <\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n<\/div> <\/div> \r\n\r\n

\r\n
\r\n \r\n
\r\n
\"flossenburg-camp\"<\/div> <\/div>\r\n
\r\n

\r\n Flossenb\u00fcrg churchgoers <\/h3>\r\n

\r\n <\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n<\/div> <\/div> \r\n\r\n \r\n <\/section>\r\n <\/div>\r\n