Mr. Braham describes some surprisIng facts. and he reaches a startling conclusion. It seems the aristocratic leaders of the Jewish population who comprised the Jewish Council understood the consequences of deportation. but did not forward tile information to lower level officials or any other segment of the population. They were attempting to avoid panic among the Jewish population. and as a result. preserve the relatively humane treatment being given to those who had not yet been deported. Mr. Braham considers this approach to have been a serious tactical error by the Jewish Council. He suggests that if the entire Council had "resigned or committed suicide (emphasis added)" after publicly stating that all the deported Jews were being killed in concentration camps. "they would have created a situation of anarchy which would have awakened the Jews to the reality of the situation. That would have saved the most lives." Now. I do not endorse the concept that the leadership of any religious. national. ethnic. or racial group need kill itself in order to protect the group itself.
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