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Question by Cait
Submitted on 2/27/2004
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How much of the blame should be placed with residents of Auschwitz and other towns near concentration camps who knew about the camps but did nothing to stop them ?

Answer by Bitterbelle
Submitted on 1/4/2005
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If you were living in fear of being sent to one of these camps if you spoke out, would you? The residents must have been living with their eyes shut to not have noticed the camps construction and presence, and yet, many may have just chosen to believe the propaganda, for the chance of an easy life. Fallenfromtheclouds@hotmail.com

Answer by finalz
Submitted on 5/12/2005
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I'm not completely sure they really had any choice about this, Britain, France and its allies new about them to a certain extent so are those countries not also to blame? but if they did complain(the people near by) wouldn't they have also been taken off to them, this was the fear in them that stopped them saying anything, due to this there was a lot of people letting other people dye, isn't this also a form of murder?? anyway back to the question i think that some blame should be placed on them but to be honest if you were in that situation wouldn't you have been scared for your life and wanted to keep quite, so shouldn't we also blame Britain and its allies?

Answer by jonn
Submitted on 6/6/2005
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a lot i think. If we do nothing then surely it is an accomplice to a crime - same as if you didn't report a car accident in modern times. you can say they were scared, manipulated, poor but are these really valid points when you look at what was happening?

Answer by asdf
Submitted on 7/5/2006
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no one is to blame.. it is sumthing in history that happend.. and cuz they sat back and did nothing.. was probably for the better. cuz then they would have just got put in there too.. i went to a concentration camp.. and its not pretty.. but i know.. people now know the cruel things that happend

Answer by LUKE
Submitted on 3/25/2007
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TEN PERCENT SHOULD GO TO THEM

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