Pearl Angelie Villanueva Mahusay

Student’s Name Professor’s Name Subject DD MM YYYY Can one person be responsible for the horrors of the Holocaust? The world has never fully known the true story behind the Holocaust, and has left speculations as to who’s responsible for the said catastrophe. There are evidences gathered from various directions (Richardson 10). If the question is either why or how, then the answer must be based from the information is perceived and taken from the people who had every opportunity to neglect their involvement in the event. It is apparent that the responsibility may not rest fully on a single person or the Nazi leaders alone, as it is evident that the common German citizen has become a part of the mass murder enforced by the people who served the cause of Hitler. Hitler did not make the Holocaust happen by himself. A number of Germans and other nationalities have contributed and benefited from the so-called “Final Solution,” which is referred to the Nazis plan to wipe out the European Jews (Goldberg 650).  In addition to the German government leaders and Nazi party officials, many ordinary people have played a role in the Holocaust. These ordinary people include public workers, doctors, soldiers, judges, engineers, and construction workers. Although they were not mainly Nazi party members, but perfectly ordinary Germans, men and women who caused pain to and murdered Jews with willingness and zeal. Most people have understood the damages caused by the Holocaust, but failed to hold almost the entire German country responsible. It is difficult to prove that such a case may have focused exclusively within a person or a particular military movement since it appears that the average Germans gladly participated in the annihilation of Jews during World War II. These everyday people delivered just as much torture as any Nazi officials, and must be revealed for the sake of all those who suffered from Hitler’s final solution. This is not to expose the punishment given, but a means to clarify that the Holocaust is an act of a single nation. Works Cited Goldberg, Robert A. “The Bystander during the Holocaust.” Utah Law Review, Vol. 2017, No. 4, Article 2, 2017, pp. 649-659, http://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2017/iss4/2 Richardson, Anna. “The Ethical Limitations of Holocaust Literary Representation.” Borders and Boundaries, Issue 5, 2001, pp.1-19, https://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_41171_en.pdf