An Introductory Paragraph On The Holocaust

Introductory paragraph
Everyone thought slavery was horrific but what Hitler did to the Jewish community was just as bad, if not, worse. A lot of us are oblivious to what really happened; the Jews were just another minority that got the short end of the stick. Millions of innocent Jews died due to Hitler and his rules.
Thesis
Many who lived during the Holocaust kept quiet when it came to anyone harassing the Jews. It 's not right to just sit back and watch these tragic events happen to other people; we can 't just brush this one under the rug.
Testimonials
It did not matter whether you were a good person at heart, if you were a Jew, you were scum. The hatred of Jews went on in schools, the streets, and in homes. Kids in school would get talked down on by teachers; they would even tell other kids not to talk to certain students just because they were Jewish. One writer gave a personal example about her experience the day she was made to seem less of a person, while in school, “Even later that day I couldn’t remember what he actually said, but at some point while he was talking he pointed his finger at me and he said, ‘Get out you dirty Jew’,” (Smith 52). This was something that took everyone by surprise. Even when people would be walking along the streets, Germans would run over Jews with their cars.
No one stood up to the Nazis or wondered about the heinous crimes they were committing. They would just acquiesce and not even dare to open their mouth. Jews were to turn in any valuables or anything they had owned, no questions asked (Greene 47). They were to give up all jewelry because most of the rings and necklaces were real gold. The Germans would go as far as attacking Jews not only physically but also mentally. “The Germa...

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Even though the past is in the past, we can not let something like this happen again. If a genocide occurs in America, then we have officially failed as a country. This is not something we can forget, this is something life threatening. It comes down to people being too afraid to say anything to stop what was really going on in Germany. Many experiments went on outside Germany by a psychologist named Milgram; his findings were spot on with how the people of Germany went about everything during the Holocaust. Milgram 's experiment shows that when someone has authority, everyone else will do what the person “in charge” says, regardless if it’s right or wrong (Staub).
Concluding sentance
If we keep this in mind, we will have a better chance to end something serious like another Holocaust. We need to do something about this, we can’t just brush this one under the rug.