Explanation of the Holocaust in Freud's "Civilization and Its Discontents" Each individual member of society is governed by certain rules that serve to restrict their behavior. An example of one of these societal rules forced upon the individual is the belief that murdering another human being is wrong. We know that this act is wrong because of strict prison sentences that follow such courses of action. Yet, how was it that the world could sit idly by as millions of innocent people were removed from their homes, transported in cattle cars to concentration camps, and gassed to death? There have been many explanations for the Holoc