Moche The Beadle

To clear the stories Moche was telling they began to say that "he's trying to make us pity him" and blame the stories on the "imagination he has". Moche had only wanted to warn the town, the town that had accepted him yet they took him for a madman instead. Since Moche had been the only one to return, it was his word against everybody's and this was not enough for the town. They wanted their life to continue on as normal, to continue as well as it was. .
             The Jewish were very optimistic. They had no doubt in their minds that Germany would be defeated and their worries would all be over. They believed that the Russian army would rid of Hitler and prevent him from being able to harm them. The Jewish were so confident that they "even doubted that [Hitler] wanted to exterminate" them. .
             Holding confidence and optimism allowed the community to feel strong and enthusiastic about life. The Jewish were not to be fazed. Even when "the Budapest radio announced that the Fascist party had come into power" they thought it only a small change to the administration. Though there was awareness of the problem that could be ignited if the German troops were not defeated, they were confident that the Germans wouldn't get as far as Sighet but would stay in Budapest. Sighet had considered the strategic and political reasons behind the path of the German troops and felt no worries. To believe the stories that Moche had returned with would mean that the optimism that had been built by the Jewish would be shattered. Fear and anxiety could break the community and leave a worrying feeling right through the town. In the minds of the Jewish it was easier to believe that they were safe, that nobody could come and harm any of them. The comforting feeling that Hitler was almost defeated and their worries were almost over gave them the strength and hope to be able to not take any notice of Moche's warnings. .
             The Jewish community were led by an illusion.