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YeziLiu
ProfessorWertzOrbaugh
UWRT1102016
Sep292015
ThetopicofmyproposalisHowOtherCountriesreacttotheHolocaust.Iamplanningtobriefly
introducewhatsomeothercountriesdidduringtheHolocaust,forinstance,whatdidtheysupportJewish
peoplesufferfromthedisaster?Andhow?Whatweretheattitudestheyhold?Isthereanyunderlyingpurpose
fortheytomakeanydecisionsthatrelatedtotheHolocaust?Iwillillustratefourdifferentcountries,whichare
America,British,JapanandItaly.Basically,America,BritishandJapanhadsimilarperspectives,whileItaly
hadmuchmorekindnessforhelpingJewish.
ThereasonwhyIpickedthistopicisbecauseIwasconcerningwhatsomeWesterncountriesreactisto
theHolocaust.Asweknowthatmanywesterncountriesadvocatethehumanism.Therefore,Ithoughother
countrieswouldbehappytohelpwithJewishpeople.However,Italywastheonlycountrytoevacuated4000
JewishrefugeestotheItalianmainland,andItalianauthorityhelpedJewsescapefromGermany,andJews
gainedsocialacceptance43.7%ofmarriagesweremixedmarriagewithJews(SavannahO,www.prezi.com).
However,interestingly,JapanasanAsiancountrysawJewishpeopleasaweakergroup.Thus,Ialsodidsome
researchesforthat.Atthattime,JapanbegantobelievethatallWesterncountrieswerecorrupt,andrefusedto
goalongwithNazisplans.IstartedtothinkthatifmajorityofAsiancountriesatthattimewereafraidtobe
partoftheHolocaust,duetotheydidnotwanttogetanytroubles.ThemostimpressivecountriesthatIdidnot
knowtoomuchabouttheirbehaviorstotheHolocaustareAmericaandBritish.IwasthinkingAmericaand
BritishastwokindsofbiggercountriescouldbehelpingJews,buttheydidnot.InDecember1942,US
PresidentRooseveltandBritishPrimeMinisterChurchillgavetheGermansapublicwarningaboutthe
responsibilitythatwouldbelaidattheirfeetforthemurderoftheJewsofEurope(www.yadvashem.org).
Accordingtothetheholocaustexplained.org,aftertheoutbreakofwar,theBritishgovernmentbannedall
immigrationfromNazioccupiedterritories.Refugeeswhohadpreviouslyarrivedfromcountriesatwarwith

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Britainwerenowconsideredenemyaliens.Thethirtywhohadmanagedtogetintothecountrywereputinto
campsinplacessuchastheIsleofManandSandwich,Kent.
Tobehonest,Ididhavemanybackgroundswiththistopic.ThatiswhyIwantedtoknowspecifically
whatothercountriesattitudeswere.
Forthistopic,Idohavetwoquestions.Firstofall,whatandwhytheothercountriesreactionswere,
whichIalreadymentionedthemabove.Whatismore,arethesereactionsinfluencetheirtodayssociety.LikeI
saidbefore,mostofwesterncountriesappealtheHumanisminordertodeveloping.However,theydidnothelp
Jewsatall.Ihavebeenthinkingthatifthiscouldbeconsideredasnonhumanitarian.
Twowaysofthinkingaboutmytopicaresingleandwhole.ThesingleIamsayinghereismeaningthe
whetherthereasonwhytheyrejectedtohelpJewishpeoplewasthepeoplewhorulingthepartydidnotwantto
losetheirpersonalprofits.Theywouldprefertomaintaintheirpositions.Ontheotherhand,Imeanthewhole
asasociety.Forexample,ifthesecountrieswerereluctanttohelpwasbecausetheyneededtoprotecttheir
citizen?Like,theyweretryingtoavoidanywar.

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