Nazi Opposition and the Holocaust Summaries of Three Articles In “Opposition and Resistance in Nazi Germany , Frank McDonough explains that the Christian Church was the only organization in Hitler ‘s Germany that opposed Nazism . For this reason , the Church was vehemently opposed by Hitler for Nazi opposition . The chief opponents of Nazism within the Church were punished by the Nazis . Nevertheless , the Church refused to bow to the Nazi regime seeing as the values of the Church differed widely from Nazism . Samuel P . and Peral M . Oliner write in “The Holocaust : Problems and Perspectives of Interpretations ‘ that there were around 50 ,000 to 500 ,000 non-Jews with altruistic personalities that came to rescue the Jews during World War II . Although the period was marked by extreme violence and bloodshed , good was meant to overcome evil in the form of countless people that risked their lives for the Jews , despite the fact that they were not related to the Jews by religion , culture , or ethnicity . Peter Hayes mentions several such people by name in his article , “Lessons and Legacies : The Meaning of the Holocaust in a Changing World ‘ According to the author , although the Nazis believed that it was a crime to help the Jews , the brave people who helped the Jews refused to submit to Nazi pressure and injustice .NAZI OPPOSITION AND THE HOLOCAUST Page 2 Analysis All of the articles summarized above provide evidence to back up the authors ‘ theses . While Frank McDonough provides historical examples of the conflict between the Church and Nazism Samuel P . and Peral M .Oliner provide research evidence to show the altruistic characteristics of the brave non-Jewish rescuers that came to help the Jews without expecting a monetary reward in exchange for their help . Peter Hayes uses the case study method to describe the altruistic personality of the non-Jewish rescuer . Hence , all three articles provide enough information for the writer to understand the respective topics in depth . What is more , all three articles present information in a logical manner . After introducing the topics of their articles , the authors present evidence to support their thesis , connecting each of their sentences and paragraphs to the previous ones . At no point does it appear that the authors are digressing or providing little in terms of reasoning . Rather , the articles are complete in terms of logic .Personal Response to the Readings In my opinion , the most important fact to infer from the summarized readings is that good and evil can be interwoven even in terms in great distress . Indeed , it is good news for humanity that everybody would not submit to evil despite all odds . So , even though the Nazis were a great threat for the good people in their area , innumerable such people refused to be afraid of Nazism ,NAZI OPPOSITION AND THE HOLOCAUST Page 3 and instead made an effort to help the Jews . The Church refused to bow to Nazi dictatorship to boot . I believe this is a victory for religion ,even if the Jews…