Yes, the bystanders were (almost certainly) the majority. They were the people who knew or saw what was happening but did nothing: they were neither victims nor perpetrators. It has become fashionable to regard the bystanders as morally even worse than the killers.
A bystander is a person who observes an event which is happening, while not participating in it.
Elie Wiesel, like everyone else who knows about the Holocaust, knows the only way to prevent it from happening again is by remembering. This can be as easy as not being a bystander, and just remembering how many people died. *note* Similar holocausts have happened since, such as Rwanda.
The United Kingdom was at war with Germany from September 1945 till May 1945 - longer than any other country. Obviously, it did not participate in the Holocaust. Between 1933 and the outbreak of war in 1939 the United Kingdom accepted a total of 71,000 refugees from Nazi Germany (and later also Austria). The country could have accepted more.
The Holocaust
The Holocaust wasn't a war. Please see the related questions.
Great Britain was a bystander in the Holocaust.
bystander - onlooker
The opposite of bystander is "participant"
The possessive form of the singular noun 'bystander' is bystander's.Example: The bystander's observations proved invaluable.
Bystander - magazine - was created in 1903.
Bystander - magazine - ended in 1940.
A bystander is a person who observes an event which is happening, while not participating in it.
A bystander is a person who observes an event which is happening, while not participating in it.
The duration of Guilty Bystander is 1.52 hours.
The word bystander has three syllables. By-stand-er.
a bystander is a person who watches somthing happen and is not involved
Bystander - album - was created on 2011-03-08.