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We Remember the Holocaust

            The Holocaust was a frightening and dreadful period of inhumanity and refers to the almost complete destruction of the Jews in Europe by Nazi Germany. This act of inhumanity caused the death of many innocent Jews and the destruction of any equality. Adolf Hitler's persecution of Jews began as soon as the Nazis came to power in 1933. Hitler was attempting to build a master race of Aryan blood and characterized any other race as dangerous Eventually, all of the people were traced through their family for Jewish blood and any Jew with Jewish blood was sent to a death camp. The primary goal of Nazi Germany was the extermination of all the Jews in Europe. The Holocaust began with Hitler's book Mien Kampf and ended with the death of many Jews, and taught people in the future how not to let an event such as the Holocaust occur again.
             The Holocaust was a time of devaluation of life and demonstrated the consequences of inhumanity. The devaluation of life occurred when the Nazis killed six million Jews and tortured people like beasts. This was German nationalism as its peak because of the thoughts that Hitler had worked into every German's minds. The idea of one race being greater than another is the best example of devaluation of life. Another great example of devaluation of life was "The Night of Broken Glass." "Following the assassination of a German diplomat in Paris by a young Jew, all synagogues in Germany were set on fire, windows of Jewish shops were smashed, and thousands of Jews were arrested." (Encarta Encyclopedia). This event was a glimpse of the future for the Jews and was a signal to leave, or be punished. The inhumanity by the Nazis continued when the Jews were compared to rats, and anyone with Jewish blood was to be expelled from society. The Jews were compared to rats because they were described as dangerous and harmful to other people. Jewish blood was to be expelled from society because they were thought to infect the Nazis perfect Aryan race and Hitler blamed them for Germany's past problems.


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1. Maintaining the Camp at Auschwitz

... remember the past, when a person dies, we do not let their personal stories, histories, traditions, morals, or values die with them. As Neuroscientist Dr. David Eagleman once said, There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time. Remembering the Holocaust ... prohibiting us from moving on and even if it isnt, a visit to the museum is not enough to remember. Tom Hazan, London, makes a reasonable point: "I think it is impo...

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2. Memorial Sites - Legacies of the Holocaust

What happens when the last first-hand witness of the Holocaust passes away, and all we're left with to remember it by are stories and memorabilia? Well, some will deny its existence, although that is already happening today, right now, and in fact has been happening for years. Others will ... wasn't until I visited Yad Vashem that I first realized that truly understanding the Holocaust is more than learning events and dates, it is about viscerally seeing, hearing, feeling and touching the Holocaust, which is the only way to begin to fully comprehend one of the darkest periods in human histor...

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3. Unthinkable Acts of the Holocaust

... of some of the atrocities that took place during the Holocaust. The Holocaust has proven to be the worst, most inhumane act of all history. Approximately 6 million Jews, 1.5 million of them being children, were killed because of the prejudices the Nazis had against certain human communities. Many people would rather not think of the Holocaust because of the darkness of the subject. However, we must remember the Holocaust simply so it doesn't happen again. The Holocaust shows that ... racism's harsh "logic" can ultimately end with genocide. For the sake of humanity, we must remember the ...

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4. Psychological Effects of the Holocaust

... even comprehend thatI thought it was a dream" (Chicago Tribune, "Prisoner of Her Past"). Like the many survivors of the Holocaust, Sonia had not seeked medical help nor was offered one after the war. She decided to keep silence about her experiences like many made vows so they could start a new life. ... own water when going out to eat. Never did it occur to her son that it all had to do with her being a child during the Holocaust. After this incident, she was sent to a nursing home and was later diagnosed with PTSD. It's unbelievable to think that victims just like Sonia ... their past...

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5. Memories of the Past - Elie Wiesel

... by the memories hidden in the minds shadows of the people around him or her. The future is born from the past, and so to forget the past is to ignore the future. Despite this historical cycle, it is human nature to repress and ignore truly atrocious memories to protect oneself. The atrocities of the Holocaust must be remembered, to prevent it from happening again. This need to remember is the basis ... that God had forgotten or abandoned them. In displaying the lack of God's mercy, Elie teaches the reader that forgiveness must come from people, for God cannot depend upon. This is ironic...

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6. Holocaust films: Genre Analysis

... to his cellmates, despite the fact he can't speak or understand the German language. Critics have argued that film falsely conveys that it was possible to survive the war without the loss of innocence and hope as is the case, when at the films conclusion, Guisue survives and is reunited with his mother and proclaims "we won, we won-. However, the fact that the film's main character Guido ... is killed, demonstrates that the film does not completely shy away completely from the seriousness of subject matter. (Nixdorf 2003, pges 285 - 289). Conclusion As George Santayana so eloquently puts...

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7. Holocaust Rememberance

... remember what had happened in Europe. "Holocaust" is a Greek word meaning "sacrifice by fire." The Nazis came into power in Germany in 1933, and believed that the Germans were "racially superior" compared to the Jews. In 1933, the Jewish population was standing a little over 9 million. When "the Final Solution" came, two out of every three Jews were killed. There are more people affected by the holocaust than just the survivors. The ... pain" and inherited his unconscious melancholy. What happened? Six million Jews were killed by Hitler and the Nazis during World War II. 1.5 million chi...

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8. Holocaust

... of her own art in paintings and descriptions of them. It is amazing to hear from the people who have actually survived the Holocaust. It shows us how much we still have to learn about the world and the civilizations and how hard it is to understand the reason why we do such things to our fellow human beings. "By 1945, two out of every three European Jews ... that survivors of that horror wrote, sharing with us all they went through (Ringelheim 26). However, understanding should not be enough! We must be aware of all the hardship, misery and pain that the victims of the holocaust had to ...

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9. THE NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS

... . It was a period to destroy and kick out all the Jewish people living in Germany. Six million Jews died in the Holocaust and we will always remember the deaths and horror. Our elders, who survived the traumatic event, are our key to history. They are the ones who have educated us about Kritallnacht and the rest of the Holocaust. Their experiences have become history, turned into many stories and books which ... keep the people educated. Telling their stories may be just as difficult as living through the Holocaust. The Holocaust was one of the most ... ...

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10. Exterminate All the Brutes by Sven Lindqvist

... Spencer was prescriptive having no scientific evidence but drove imperial moral and created more liberal justification. Lindqvist's novel explores questions uncovering a truth of human nature that often is forgotten with the Holocaust. "We do not want to remember. We want genocide to have begun and ended with Nazism." (Lindqvist) History proves otherwise, genocide has been a part of German military action before ... the Holocaust began in 1933. The Herero genocide of 1904 is responsible for the death of 65,000 south-west Africans in an attempt by the German exterminate policy to rid Afr...

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