In the article “Ordinary Germans” and the Holocaust, Eric Johnson discusses Nazi Terror in Germany and different interpretations and evidence pertaining to discovering who truly holds responsibility for these atrocities. Many people such as Schafer, the earlier leader of the Cologne Gestapo, “maintained that he had only adhered to the existing laws” and that it was due to German laws that “the Jews were placed outside of the German community because of the laws” (Johnson 22). It is thought that it was indeed the leadership and philosophy that was to blame, but their actions are undeniably questionable. German society as a whole, as well as propaganda, Hitler personally, the extent of the power of the Gestapo, have also been called to research and questioned. This article also discusses that others besides Jews, were suffering at the hands of the Nazis, such as Communists, Women, religious sects, homosexuals, and the disabled. These German citizens were considered to be social outsiders and a threat to the Nazi party. Johnson continues to argue that despite the fact that the leadership of the Nazi regime began the terror throughout Germany, “its implementation and effectiveness depended on the voluntary choices and local actions of individual German citizens” (Johnson 239). As more time lapses, scholars gain a greater understanding of the Nazi Party throughout Germany, as can be seen by 3 stages that scholars have already been through studying the Nazi terror.

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A.J. Balfour was a British Prime Minister and wrote this statement as a response to an attack on the British promise to Jewish people in this speech. The Palestine Mandate was a British promise trying to ensure people that The Jewish community would have a place to be considered their Home, and part of Palestine should ensure that Arabs and Jews share in government in order to protect the essential interests of each of the two communities. In the long history of the Jewish People had suffered many prejudices and Balfour requests, “Consider whether the whole culture of Europe, the whole religious organization of Europe, has not from time to time proved itself guilty of great crimes against this race.” (pg 83)He uses the Christianity of Europe to help “organize a culture in a Home where it will be secured from oppression.” (pg 84).

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