History of Sorts

It is easy to blame the Germans for the Holocaust and of course for the most part they are to blame for it. However there were many in the occupied countries who were very happy to lend a helping hand.

There were even more who did something worse then helping out. There were those who did nothing, they were just complacent and turned a blind eye. They didn’t realize or just didn’t want to know that by being complacent they became complicit. I don’t want to judge them because I don’t know how I would have reacted in the same situation, but that doesn’t mean I can be critical about it.

The picture at the start of the blog was taken some time in 1942.It is a picture of Jews in Amsterdam packed up and ready to be deported. These scenes happened a lot all over the Netherlands. As you can see in the photograph, there are 2 tea cups on the window sill, The occupant of that home, probably an apartment, took this picture of his or her neighbours.

Rather then helping them out he or she took a picture of the neighbours in distress, while the photographer him or herself was enjoying a cup of tea together with a friend, family member or spouse.

It was as if they were watching a play and they put down their cups of tea for the interval. The normality of this picture is just very disturbing, especially when you know the fate of those whose picture was taken.

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