Germans weren’t passive.....they supported Nazi nationalism and economic vitality till it was too late
And most of them saw Jews as bolshies same as the Nazis did and SA had
Passive about concentration camps and final solution towards wars end when what could they do anyhow
But passive about Nazi rise to power....not many
Hitler was elected and asked to form a government
Psychological warfare to make some go along with it and the others to do nothing until it was TOO LATE...