There was, but it would have involved an immense amount of those very virtues that have been in short supply since humankind climbed down outa the jungle trees and started walking upright. Virtues such as patience, tolerance, compassion, cooperation and sharing. Instead, humankind learned, probably even before learning to walk upright, to distrust those who were "different". There was good reason back then; essential resources were scarce and competition for them was absolutely necessary. As man learned to conserve and to produce more of those essentials than appeared naturally, he began to be a bit selfish and greed was thrust into our souls. Not being perfect, man often found that his efforts brought less good than he wanted, and he began to try to lay the blame elsewhere. Laying it on those strangers in the next village became convenient, and so did robbing them: hey, if you could get all you wanted to eat by working your tail off all year, or by spending a couple hours sneaking up on those strangers, jumping them and taking the fruits of their years' worth of labor -which would you do? But what if they had lots of friends? Well, you'd need to convince a lot of your neighbors that those others were no good and that you all should get together and get rid of 'em and take what was left - do you see how it progresses?
People have been all too willing to blame their misfortunes on those who're different. Jews are different enough from Christians that a good many Christians have had no problem blaming the world's ills on Jews. It's only a short step from that to attacking Jews, and from there all sorts of abuse are almost impossible to prevent. Look at us Americans - we've taken to inflicting the worst sorts of abuse on other human beings just because of their religion, the color of their skin, their language, the fact that they wear odd-looking headgear (towelheads). It didn't require a bunch of fools flying airplanes into buildings to be the match that started this latest string of abuses - we were primed and ready for them well before those fanatic freaks did that to the WTC.
So - one suspects that the holocaust and the wars in the middle east were preventable - but it would have taken skills and self-control and patience that, as I said before, are quite rare attributes in the human species.
2007-02-20 03:48:34
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answered by Anonymous
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Without philosophy and historical judgment
1- The world was at war: (People are already getting killed everywhere).
2- Media and News agencies were not as powerful as they are now.
3- News traveled much slower than now.
4- The Jews were not a favorable population in Europe so it seemed like a (Who Cares) situation.
5- The public had real knowledge after all was done. It seems to be a destiny of a sort according to the overall state of the world at that time.
2007-02-20 11:59:05
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answered by Dr. Tamer Lokman 3
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The only ones that could have avoided or ended the holocaust were the German people - yet, they themselves invited that half-breed Hitler into government, so I guess it answers your query? Germany, for a time, was impregnable. Some stories were getting out via spies but individual accounts like that were difficult to act upon. Only when Germany was taught a little lesson, the second in 25 yrs. did the truth emerge. No only that little German shyster should have gone on trial, so should the German people for aiding and abetting.
2007-02-20 11:37:37
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answered by Anonymous
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Where on earth did you get that idea?
Of course the holocaust could have been avoided. It wasn't for several reasons...
First, many other European countries and leaders, although not doing any nearly as outrageous as Hitler's "final solution," harbored anti-semitic feelings. They didn't much like Jews either, and so when they heard about what was happening in Germany they did nothing. Such silence and lack of action is equivalent to complicity. The Catholic church and its leaders were especially guilty of this, as they had reliable information as to what was happening and did nothing at all.
Second, as the stories filtered out of Germany (and Poland, Russia, etc.), they got to be so outrageous that many people figured they had to be exaggerated. Nobody would really round up and murder millions of Jews, they thought. They thought wrong, and underestimated just how serious the Germans were about their final solution.
World leaders were busy with a world war, they didn't care very much, and they didn't really believe that it was as bad as they were hearing. It wouldn't have taken much action to reduce the number killed in the holocaust, but very little action by other countries was ever taken. Such apathy also helped convince Hitler that the rest of the world, even if they were at war with him, secretly approved of his actions with regard to the Jews.
2007-02-20 11:36:42
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answered by Anonymous
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Why is this under Diseases?
The Holocaust could have been avoided if the Nazi regime wasn't in power. They came into power under false pretenses and then it was too late.
2007-02-20 11:38:13
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answered by Charles Dexter Ward 3
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If you are referring to the Holocaust. Who says there was no way to avoid it? That is nonsense.
2007-02-20 11:31:40
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answered by Cerebal 3
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Because nobody was willing to take stand against what was happening the biggest crime of all indifference its more like joining the criminals
2007-02-20 11:33:02
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answered by ladyluck 6
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oK.... Probably because it is was a totalitarian regime at that time and no one dared to oppose the sate because they were sporadically scatterd.
2007-02-20 11:33:24
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answered by James 3
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