That post is inaccurate
You have no idea how many Germans supported exterminating all European Jewry and neither do I really
Few knew the extent of the Final Solution....they were not privvy to Wannassee.....unless they lived near a camp and even they refused to believe what they were hearing....and smelling....they could not have known the extent
Deporting or Segregating them likely had strong support
Guns had to have helped
It’s better than being on your knees
But truth is many Jews simply could not believe the rumours they were hearing even till 43 or so
Some maybe into 44
I think most knew they were in trouble few dreamed what happened would happen
The proxy SS in occupied countries were more clumsy and open about it
Einsatzgruppen
In Hungary and the Baltic states and Croatia and Ukraine...still a Nazi hotbed....you had to know pretty fast after German occupation that you better run
Every dictatorship of whatever flavor wants the populace means to fight back
The left here in the US is no different
Some Jews in ghettos who could get arms did fight back....even if Quixotic it’s far better than just lining up to be murdered
Warsaw
Vilnius
There is no group that is not better off with the means to defend themselves
It’s not the Jews fault they didn’t fight back same as say Scots or Commanches might have
Theirs was an urban intellectual tradition but with notable exceptions and some sure as hell fought it all
I can tell you men with families in an occupation zone with a heavy hand targeting your demographic your first concern is to get your family out or safe and in late 30s Germany they lived amongst the Germans and thought themselves rather German too
By the time you realize the grip of terror you’re in....it’s too late
That’s what’s scary about a new civil war on our soil
It could be the worst bloodshed in human history
And most people in our quiet lives won’t know what hit them
Just like the Jews in Europe in the 30s
But you learn like Israel has and you stay armed
It’s your best shot
Great post!