It would not operate at optimum efficiency if you abruptly begin a systematic genocide. Rather, change must occur with a precise subtlety so that people adapt rather than question what is transpiring. Maus describes this perfectly in simple terms; “the Germans couldn’t destroy everything at once.” (Spiegelman 74) Before the concentration camps, there were rations on commodities such as fuel, butter, and sugar. Then, Jews were banned from public places in Germany, then elsewhere. During these changes, people were doubtlessly upset, but learned to live with the restrictions. Then came the confiscation of possessions, eviction to the ghettos, and arbitrary arrests. When troubled Jews went to familiar places of refuge, they found closed doors and ostracism as a result of the dangerous stigma associated with their demographic. Desperate rebellion, for the most part, led to torture and death. (“Holocaust Encyclopedia”) As the cycle progressed to death camps and mass murder, you can see that adaptation was a means of survival, not a conscious indifference to
It would not operate at optimum efficiency if you abruptly begin a systematic genocide. Rather, change must occur with a precise subtlety so that people adapt rather than question what is transpiring. Maus describes this perfectly in simple terms; “the Germans couldn’t destroy everything at once.” (Spiegelman 74) Before the concentration camps, there were rations on commodities such as fuel, butter, and sugar. Then, Jews were banned from public places in Germany, then elsewhere. During these changes, people were doubtlessly upset, but learned to live with the restrictions. Then came the confiscation of possessions, eviction to the ghettos, and arbitrary arrests. When troubled Jews went to familiar places of refuge, they found closed doors and ostracism as a result of the dangerous stigma associated with their demographic. Desperate rebellion, for the most part, led to torture and death. (“Holocaust Encyclopedia”) As the cycle progressed to death camps and mass murder, you can see that adaptation was a means of survival, not a conscious indifference to