I have thought of times like that. Look at the period of WW2. We had Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin leading murderous regimes. The Japanese had become members of a Bushido death-cult, and Mao was lurking in the wings in China. An entire race of people was almost wiped out. I would think a Jew who survived the death camps, or a German who survived the rape and pillage of the "liberating" Russians would think it was the end of the world. I am sure many people felt that "God died at Auschwitz".
I don't think God died, but I have to say I don't think God answers prayers. I think He has a plan, and it is what it is. He is in control, and he lets history unfold the way he sees fit. We think that God has withheld His wrath until some future date, but maybe He has poured it out several times in world history.
Where is God in times like these? I would say He is where He has always been, offering salvation to those who believe in Him. But bad things still happen.
**I don’t think God answers prayers.**
I disagree with your statement.
God ALWAYS has three answers:
Yes
No
Not now — maybe later