It all starts with Marian Karolak becoming the town’s mayor and bringing his plan to light, “He issued orders to others and was himself otherwise, more practically, engaged throughout the pogrom. He is certainly the evil spirit of this tragedy.” (44) He came up with a master plan to kill these innocent Jews, and the Germans were the only people who could stop this plan from happening. Gross mentions that, “(Germans) They were the only ones who could decide the fate of the Jews. It was in their power to stop the murderous pogrom at any time. And they choose not to intervene.” (47) This is a very interesting part of history because the reader could still claim that the Germans are still responsible for the actions of the Poles. Instead of doing anything to stop it, they just stood there and watched it happened. Gross discusses this topic more in her next chapter titled, “Who Murdered the Jews of Jedwabne?” The next part of the pogrom is the actual murder, as they try to find the most horrible ways to kill a
It all starts with Marian Karolak becoming the town’s mayor and bringing his plan to light, “He issued orders to others and was himself otherwise, more practically, engaged throughout the pogrom. He is certainly the evil spirit of this tragedy.” (44) He came up with a master plan to kill these innocent Jews, and the Germans were the only people who could stop this plan from happening. Gross mentions that, “(Germans) They were the only ones who could decide the fate of the Jews. It was in their power to stop the murderous pogrom at any time. And they choose not to intervene.” (47) This is a very interesting part of history because the reader could still claim that the Germans are still responsible for the actions of the Poles. Instead of doing anything to stop it, they just stood there and watched it happened. Gross discusses this topic more in her next chapter titled, “Who Murdered the Jews of Jedwabne?” The next part of the pogrom is the actual murder, as they try to find the most horrible ways to kill a