Why did the jews go to the concentration camps?

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[–]IMissPorn 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

A lot of them did flee Germany. But I suppose some didn't realize how bad things were until it was too late.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Or they ignored what was happening to other people.

I was widely known early on that political prisoners were being sent to concentration camps and neighbours would threaten each other with Dachau during minor disputes.

[–]Musky 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Or they ignored what was happening to other people

Everyone knows about Guantanamo prison and it's still operating.

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Indeed.

We are talking on a bit of a bigger scale in Nazi Germany though.

Most people legitimately thought they could write a nasty letter and get their neighbour carried off if they wanted. That's not the case in the modern West. This also happened in countries when the Germans took over like France, even though they were giving people over to the enemy.