The Burden Of Being Blamed

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The Burden of Being Blamed
There have been many genocides in the course of world history, the one that is most remembered today is the holocaust. Between five and six million Jews were killed and 5 million others like the handicapped, homosexual, and gypsies were killed. Should these people be blamed for not standing up for being blamed for the depression.
People who are victims of a mass Genocide shouldn’t be blamed for not standing up for themselves. When having the conversation about massive Genocide in history some might ask the question, why didn’t they stand up for themselves, and why not try to do more to escape. When the Jews were going to these death camps. They weren’t told were they going. Many disable that were killed didn’t know

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