Originally Posted by Dylan

Hon... You may not have noticed this, but I'm Jewish. I've been reading about this stuff since I was old enough to wrap my head around the concept of genocide.

I happen to think Grynzpan was totally justified. However, he also gave the Nazis another excuse for violence. I don't think 'good behavior' would fix anything. That's why I think fighting back is pointless. It's just another way to die, and another excuse to get killed.

It doesn't matter how you die. When you're dead, you're dead. The best anyone could try to do is survive, and for those who didn't, we mourn.

The fact of the matter is that fighting back just gave the Nazis an excuse to kill more people. One desperate Jew shoots a minor official because his family is going to die, and thousands are killed in a single night. Fighting against that was pointless.

Furthermore, the general populace didn't know what was going to happen. It's not like they had an itinerary or anything, that explained that they were going to be gassed like animals.