Bystanders: Conscience and Complicity During the Holocaust

by Victoria J. Barnett

Book Overview

The Holocaust did not introduce the phenomenon of the bystander, but it did illustrate the terrible consequences of indifference and passivity towards the persecution of others. Although the term was initially applied only to the good Germans--the apathetic citizens who made genocide possible through unquestioning obedience to evil leaders--recent Holocaust scholarship has shown that it applies to most of the world, including parts of the population...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275970450
• ISBN13: 9780275970451
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.3"