Question

The villagers' lack of urgency suggests how difficult it was for many people to believe that Hitler could and would actually carry out his threat. Why do you think it is difficult for people to acknowledge something bad is going to happen to them? What could this say about the Jewish people living in Germany at this time?​

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

1. People find it difficult to recognize that something bad is going to happen to them because of fear. Fear encourages us to reject the idea of the evil that can happen to us as a way of de-stressing us and preventing us from becoming too anxious. Denial is a way of rejecting evil and keeping us hopeful and confident.

2. The Jewish people were very afraid of what Nazism could do to them and even if their situation got worse by the minute, they believed that it would end at any moment and that it would not reach the point it reached. That thought was a way to stay strong and endure everything that was happening, despite the fear.