The incredible extent of incorrect information about the Holocaust which people have been taught is a severe problem that must be corrected immediately. The only solution is the education of the masses. It is imperative that modern society fully appreciate the terrors of the Holocaust in order to prevent it?s reoccurrence. First and foremost, we must address the fallacies concerning the world?s knowledge of what was happening. It is often assumed and taught that the Holocaust portion of World War II was such a well kept secret that no one knew of it until after the fact, however, this is untrue. There were various ways that the world was notified of these horrors. Various nations and various Jewish communities gained knowledge of the barbarity and did nothing. The powers that be were notified many times of what was going on. On September 29 and 30, 1941 there was a mass killing at Babi Yar, a Russian city near Kiev. Reporters in Kiev were sending the story to their publishers!

went from country to country requesting asylum. All but 22 who were accepted into Cuba, were refused entry into America, Paraguay, Chile, Columbia, Argentina, and Cuba. Finally on June 12, Britain, Holland, Belgium, and France accepted the refugees. The majority of those that were taken onto continental Europe perished within twelve months, the 287 that went to Britain survived the war. In addition to the nation?s ignoring the crisis of the Holocaust, the Jews outside of Europe were relatively inactive. There was very little done by the Jewish communities to help their brethren, and their feeble attempts were not supported by the nations in which they lived. Steven Wise, the head rabbi of New York in this time period, received the minutes of the Wannsee Conference. The Wannsee Conference was the 1942 Reich congress were the Final Solution, the plan to kill all the Jews, was completed. Wise took the minutes, which included the ?Blueprints for the Extermination? to President Roosevelt. They did not do anything, thereby allowing more Jews to die. World Jewry negotiated with the Nazis to buy the lives of 100,000 Jewish children and bring them into British controlled Palestine. Great Britain refused to allow them into Palestine. In fact, a British official is quoted as saying, ?What are we going to do with 100,000 Jewish children?? Those children, whom were so useless to Great Britain were murdered by the Nazis. It is easy, when faced with all of these facts, to recognize that the image of the world as having German wool pulled over their eyes is fallacious. This information makes it no longer possible to claim that the world could do nothing to save the eleven million people who died, due to ignorance of what was happening. The details related here disclose a grotesque flaw in historical character, it brings to light the complete disregard for human life which nations harbored. However, this is not the only delusion of the Holocaust which I intend to rectify. There is also that of the European Jewry?s reaction to their situation. Despite their virtual lack of outside support, the European Jews did not go like lambs to the slaughter as they are often portrayed. In every ghetto and in every concentration camp there was some resistance, whether it be physical, moral, or spiritual. In virtually every ghetto there was a physical revolt. The most well noted is that of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Poland?s capital. It took six weeks for German soldiers to defeat the civilians of the Warsaw Ghetto, two weeks longer than it took them to defeat the entire Polish Army defensive. There were even escapes from death camps, such as the 1943 revolt at Sobibor where an unprecedented 60 prisoners escaped. In addition to physical rebellion, there was moral and spiritual resistance. Moral resistance consisted of remaining a mensch, or good person in spite of the hardships to be combated. Spiritual resistance entailed a persistent fight to maintain your soul and keep your fa

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