The Holocaust: Silence And The Lack Of Words

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Silence is known as the lack of sound: the lack of words. It is also a well known fact that words can be dangerous, as people can spread false rumors and hate speech. However, silence, though it is a lack of words, can prove to be even more dangerous than the words of hate themselves. Reason being, though the silence can not be used to spread the hate, it does not do anything to prevent or stop the hate from happening. One of the best examples of the danger of silence is the Holocaust. This awful event began in 1933 and did not end until 1945. While silence is not what caused the Holocaust, it is what allowed it to go on for 12 years. In fact, many, “. . .Germans did not murder Jews or the Roma, but every person who knew what was happening

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