“as” in this sentence shows that “sympathizers look on” is happening while “wealthy white girl mourns stolen childhood”.Building a sentence with as requires two things happening at the same time. If “it rained” happens while “I walked to school” you write “It rained as I walked...
but Maple repeatedly and stridently injected his Nazi views. The final straw came at a meeting in October 1940 when he persisted in singing the “Horst Wessel Song,” the anthem of the Nazi Party. He was forced to resign from the club, but he didn’t go quietly. He issued a statement...