Heydrich's Film: The Jewish Question

The main character, a young, German man named Peter Muller, was very traumatized by what the Nazi's and Gestapo (the terrorist political police of the Nazi regime founded by Hermann Göring, whose purpose was to persecute all political opponents of the Nazi regime) did to his father. Over the course of the movie, Peter went through a change; he saw his father in a new light, and realized what really mattered in the world around him. Peter's father was a violinist and professor at the university. He spoke out against the expulsion of the Jewish professors and the entire Nazi movement. Because of this, one night, in the middle of dinner, he was taken away by the Gestapo. He was brought back home

At the “Wannsee Conference”, which took place in Berlin, on January 20, 1942 the German regime with its main protagonists Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler planned the ‘final solution of the Jewish question. Even if massacres of about one million Jews occurred before the plans of the Final Solution, with the decision to eradicate the entire Jewish population, extermination camps were built and industrialized mass slaughter of Jews began in earnest. The scene where a train of Schindler’s workers was wrongly sent to Auschwitz shows such an extermination camp were the Nazis systematically gassed thousands of Jews. Another example for the organized genocide is the mass cremation after the mass execution during the eviction of the ghetto in Krakow.

The Holocaust is, if not, one of the largest and most important events of European academic history. This event was the systematic killing of Jews by the Nazi regime from 1933-1945. The Holocaust was based on the idea to create a “perfect race”. The perfect race involved eliminating anyone who was considered a threat to the Nazi Party. This included: the Jews, Gypsies, handicapped, the mentally ill, and anyone with an “imperfection”. Today there are various representations available, which adequately convey thoughts, opinions and information about the Holocaust. And with such a variety of resources, it poses the question, about which, is the best representation available to understanding this tragic event. While it’s hard to determine what

The Holocaust was a dark time in humanity’s history; a time that should be looked back on in shame. People lost their compassion and empathy towards one another. These emotions are essential in keeping peace and harmony throughout the world, and give mankind a natural kindheartedness towards one another. Having the innate sense to feel for one another and understand the trials and tribulations others go through is what truly makes us human. This is what was lost during the Holocaust. The inherent good that humans are born with, was taken away by Adolf Hitler and his Third Reich. It led to the deaths of entire cultures and millions of innocent peoples’ lives were changed for the worse. However, the Nazis did not carry out the mass killings of

Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor, once said, “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” Hitler used words to create hate and intolerance toward Jews. Because of this about 6 million European Jews were murdered by Nazi Germany during WWII. There was a lot of hate and intolerance during the Holocaust, but there were people who were able to fight against it. In different books and movies people overcame hate and intolerance during the Holocaust by giving bread to a Jew, hiding a Jew in their house, sneaking into a death camp to help a Jewish friend, and never giving up during hard times.

Over the last two and a half millennia, the Jewish people have faced hardship and intolerance from various groups living beside them. A number of historians however believe that of all the atrocities committed against the Jewish people, none parallel the Holocaust. While these historians believe that the Holocaust was a unique occurrence, history rejects this notion of Nazi anti-semitism being an special incident.

The Holocaust occurred because of anti-semitism being taught, racism against most, rationalizing decisions through law, and fear. During this era of terror, authorities didn't just target Jews, they targeted other groups as well. Holocaust is a word of Greek origin meaning “sacrifice by fire” (Holocaust Encyclopedia). Legal work was done to rationalize the Nazis and what they were doing to make it systematic. Many people were displaced and targeted because of their looks and how they acted. People of this time went through deplorable conditions that were at the time deemed appropriate.

Chaim Chefer wrote, No other event in current history created so many stories of atrocities and horror as the Holocaust. Much has been written on the victimization of millions and the senseless murder of 11 million human beings. It is rare to find any sliver of goodness during that horrible time in history. Yet there are incredible stories of courage and humanity that are just beginning to be told… Just as we should never forget the horrors of the Holocaust, we should also never forget the heroes of the Holocaust... Most of the victims unfortunately had no control -- no choice in their destiny. The rescuers, on the other hand, had choices. They could have chosen to have looked the other way -- as many around the world did. But not the heroes.

The year was 1942, and many Jews were living in Paris, France. The French didn’t have a problem with the Jewish people, but the Germans did. Germans had ended up taking over the French Administration, and the Anti-Jewish Policies were all worked up. July 16th was the night that everything changed. Around 4,500 French policemen began a huge arrest on the Jewish people. There was around 11,000 Jews arrested and placed into the winter stadium. The prisoners were kept in crowded conditions without food or water.

In Eternal Jews, Jews are demonized in several ways. To begin with, Jews are described as people who are lazy and uncivilized, yet greedy. According to the film, they seldom voluntarily work and leave production to German workers. In order to get money, they are willing to do anything. For instance, the film states that Jews make business out of the failure of host nations.

This film is about a man named Oscar Schindler, who during the Holocaust did the unthinkable, and defined the Nazi resistance by undermining them, and ended up saving about 1,300 Jews. Schindler who was a business man before the war, worked as an Industrialist

Jewish people and culture are portrayed as violent, rigid, and uninviting to (American) change while American citizens and culture appear to be relaxed, easygoing, and gleeful in the film. These respective traits are exhibited in the opening scene of the film as Jakie is singing jazz and loosely dancing in a saloon until his father arrives. The film cuts to silence as his father interjects himself into Jakie’s performance. Then the camera focuses on the trek home from the saloon and we see that Jakie’s father keeps a firm and rigid hold onto his son before taking him home to whip him. His father’s fixed hold on his son is an allegory for uptight and rigid Jewish tradition. Additionally, the film associates either silence or solemn songs with

With the emergence of World War II and endless propaganda campaigns, Jew Suess was able to successfully distinguish itself as one of the most popular German propaganda films. Premiering at the Venice Film Festival in 1940, the film is considered “one of the most anti-Semitic films of all time” today. It is notorious for embedding countless anti-Semitic themes through the portrayal of the main character, Suess Openheimer, in which he exploits the city of Württemberg. Collectively, the countless anti-Semitic themes built through the character of Suess Openheimer boil down to one central idea: when a society is freed from the presence of Jews it prospers and becomes a place that is just for all; eliminating greed and corruption. Jew Suess also warns society against the dangers of the

Therefore, this film is not only a testimony about the German past but also the German present. It displays the irrational annihilation of six young Germans at the end of WWII, summoning up a very agonizing recollection of Nazi Germany’s futile effort to turn back the Allied invasion by hurling teenage boys into the

This film was drawn to show footage shot by the British Army in Nazi concentration camps in 1945. They found unspeakable horrors which are still with people all over the world today. The term concentration camp refers to the camps that people were treated in harsh conditions. They were people imprisoned for being born into a family of Jews. People were forced to work and abused. If the people different work, then they were forced to die. The first concentration camps in Germany were established by Hitler in January 1933. Hitler thought at the beginning the camps were for those who opposed the Nazi policy. These “prisons” were then built in Germany, Poland, and other parts of Europe. By 1941, they began to use the camps to kill those who were not ideal blond hair, blue eyed Christians. He began with the Jew descents. He would target the disabled people, Roma or Gypsies, Catholics, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, and others were also considered worthless races, although Jews were by far the most targeted. Europe had over 9 million people considered themselves Jews. In the end, less than 3 million survived. Many of those who survived moved to the United States or other