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A bystander is a person who observes an event which is happening, while not participating in it.

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Who was the bystander in the story diary of anne frank?

There is no specific bystander since most of the people that Anne knew were Jews or people helping Jews. However, without any specific names, the people in the warehouse could be considered bystanders. They didn't help the Nazis nor the Jews, but there are no specific names.


Is there really such a thing as an innocent bystander?

Yes. Imagine that you have a neighborhood with two rival gangs. These gangs engage in a shooting match in a residential area. Someone not affiliated with either gang walks out of his door and is hit by a stray bullet. This person would be an innocent bystander. This situation is not terribly far-fetched and is, unfortunately, quite common in certain places where gangs are dominant.


Who was a bystander in the Holocaust?

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.


What is bystander inhibition?

NOTE: A quick Google search suggests that the term is mainly medical. ___ In the context of the Holocaust the bystanders were the people who stood aside and watched but did nothing. The other groups were the perpetrators and the victims. Reasons for standing by and doing nothing are likely to have included: * Fear * Indifference * Mild approval * Unwillingness to believe what they saw * The attitude 'It's none of my business/nothing to do with me' I haven't heard the expression bystander inhibition before. Note that the neat division into perpetrators, victims and bystanders has its problems. Some people who started as bystanders later became victims, for example.


How does Elie Wiesel state that we can keep the holocaust from happening again?

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.