German officials round up Jews for deportation as neighbors look on in Lörrach, Germany, October 1940. Stadtarchiv Lörrach
Explore the vast differences in how ordinary people displayed great courage or willful complicity in the face of devastating violence during the rise of Hitler’s Germany. Neighbors made choices. Some took risks, while others stood idle as friends, neighbors, and colleagues were victimized.
Many people across Europe joined the Nazi regime’s persecution and murder of European Jews during the Holocaust. Even in once-peaceful, tolerant communities, people turned against their Jewish neighbors. Why? And what moved a rare few to help those in danger? Amid the turmoil of war, ordinary motivations—fear, greed, compassion—led people to make choices that had life-and-death consequences.
This exhibition is part of the Interfaith Group Program, led by the Museum's Programs on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust (PERH). Learn more about PERH and its work with interfaith audiences.
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