r/Judaism • u/justjust000 • Jan 20 '26

We're what's left 😄

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u/Remarkable-Pea4889 Jan 20 '26

I wouldn't wear a shirt like this, but it's actually somewhat true. Research has shown that to survive the Holocaust people needed to be selfish rather than selfless.

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u/Swimming_Care7889 Jan 21 '26

From what I read, the people who survived the Holocaust weren't necessarily selfish but they were willing to take risks and defy orders from the Nazis or if they got caught and ended up in a Concentration Camp were clear eyed enough to realize this wasn't a mistake and that all they needed to do is find somebody responsible to speak to. Jews who followed orders for whatever reason tended to end up dead. I've also heard that one reason why the number of Roma victims was lower were that Roma were more likely to act up even when surrounded by Nazi soldiers and SS people while many Jews just silently resigned themselves to their fate.