In addition, the Jews had no military for centuries. Thus, they had to resort to pacifistic means to get ahead. Another factor that results in much of their anti-war mentality today.
“Nonetheless, it would have been impossible even for these Jews to have been unaffected by the Holocaust as most would have friends and/or family who would still have been in Europe.”
A more revealing sample of Jews impacted by the holocaust might be the european jewish immigrants to palestine/israel post-WWII.