Holocaust Reflection

The Holocaust was the mass murder of six million Jew and millions of other people. Those who have tried to write about the experiences of the Holocaust have failed. These survivors have tried to convey their involvement in the Holocaust by using words as symbols, imagery and simply retelling their experiences.

There were about 500,000 living survivors of the Holocaust in 2014. It is vital for students to be taught about the Holocaust in school. The article, "combating" shows that the students need to be aware that the event did in fact happen. The article "Genocide" shows students what happens when hate against one group or culture becomes too much. Elie Wiesel's Night shows students an eyewitness account of how much violence, brutality, and abuse to the prisoners had to go through in the Holocaust. Though some people are against the subject of the Holocaust because it is too graphic or mature for the students, it is important that students learn from a trusted adult instead of letting other students try to teach it to themselves. The students should learn about the subject of the Holocaust in school because it teaches the importance of equality, about the events occurrence, and teaching about the dangers of discrimination and abuse.

The Holocaust was a time that left a big scar on the culture of our world as a whole and there are still people suffering from it still to this day. In my investigation I will be looking at to what extent did the Holocaust affect the survivors, both mentally and physically upon return home from the concentration camps. I will be looking at books, both present and from the time period that talk about how they felt and what happened when they got home. I will also surf the internet, find interviews with survivors, look for articles, and newspapers from the time in order to get a better idea of what was going on in their life. I will then compare and contrast the facts at hand and pull out and mix what is the same and

As Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel once said, “To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice,” that is why we are called to remember. Many movies, novels, and story representations of the Holocaust have been created in order to spread the memory of the past. An important part of remembering is learning, and therefore not repeating the same mistakes once again. Movies may find it difficult to represent the Holocaust accurately, while also giving it meaning and artistic expression. The writer, Edwin de Vries, and the director, Jeroen Krabbé, strive to represent the legacies of the Holocaust and Jewish culture in the film, Left Luggage (1998), based on a novel by Carl Friedman through a portrayal of the daily lives of Holocaust survivors and their children in late 1960s Antwerp, their direct confrontations with their memories of the Holocaust, and character development. The film shows us many examples of the legacy of the Holocaust as it is passed through the children of survivors, and how it continues to affect their daily lives. The audience understands the intentions through depictions of muteness and the necessity to remember.

The Holocaust, a morbid atrocity that made people question humanity, was the cause of millions of deaths. One of those victims of this brutality was Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who hid from the Nazis along with her family. Although she was merely ordinary, Anne Frank kept a diary which became a significant, historical artifact in the modern world as it details her account of concealing her identity from the outside world. Her story, told in an innocent perspective, allows individuals to reflect the dreadful events of the Holocaust and acknowledge how far we have come since then. Even though she died along with millions of other victims from the Holocaust, her spirit still exists thanks to her articulately written words in her diary which is now considered one of the most famous works of literature. Anne Frank’s legacy still lives on today because her story provides a primary source of a dark period in history, insightful contemplation of humanity, and motivation for people to stand up against unjustified persecution.

During the reign of the Third Reich, the symbolization of the pink triangle was used to identify the thousands of gay prisoners who were sent to extermination camps under Paragraph 175, the law that criminalized homosexuality between men. Researchers say that an estimated 5,000 to 15,000 gay men died in these camps, however this figure does not include those who were interned and later released, let alone those who died undocumented and forever forgotten to history.¹ These thousands of men were forced through excruciating cruelties with little to no reprieve or recognition of the atrocities perpetrated against them. It is because of this that while they are not a distinct racial, ethnic, or religious group, the treatment of those who bore the pink triangle during the Holocaust follows the genocidal process and as such gay Holocaust victims should be considered sufferers of genocide.

It’s about the jews and how and what happened to them after the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the time where about six million jews and one million other people dying. Most people were killed because they belonged to different races and religions. The Nazis wanted to kill people that weren’t from their same religious group. The Nazis also killed people who disrespected Hitler. Hitler was the leader of the Nazi party.

When someone sees a person that they know and love die in front of your eyes this will usually change the way they see the World. This was most evident during the Holocaust during world war two. The individuals that did not have to endure this painful event often wonder how the Jewish people could stay so strong knowing that their people are being killed. Individuals will usually come to the conclusion that the victims who survived the holocaust, most have lost their faith in humanity, in each other, and also in God. Others will come to the conclusion that they did not loses at all but the survivors of the Holocaust gained strength though faith. Many Jewish victims of the Holocaust that believed in God did not truly lose their faith in the end. They either gained faith that they did not know they had or their faith that they had grown stronger.

Being high school students, it is hard to connect to anything involving the Holocaust, but the way the story is written we get more of a connection to the people inside the

An Honest Depiction of the Holocaust There are moments in history that we wish we could erase, events so horrible many choose to forget them. The Holocaust is widely regarded as one of the lowest points in human history, but there are plentiful lessons to be learned from it. The events of the Holocaust should be depicted honestly in literature without sensationalizing “heroes” or neglecting victims for the sake of the stories entertainment value.

E. However, Transfer Agreement was enacted in which Jews could buy German products, ship them to Palestine and sell them through the Jewish Agency there.

During the Holocaust Unit, my thinking about this subject was molded and changed in many ways. At first, I knew very little, and I wondered what happened to the victims as well as who they were and how many of them there were. I wanted to know what the Nazis motives were in terrorizing so many people. I also wondered whether the effects still rippled through our society today and if it was necessary for this reason for us to learn about it. Before starting the unit, I thought that the only or main way people were affected were through Concentration Camps. I also wrongly thought that only Jews were targeted. I understood that many people suffered during this time due to the cruelty of Nazis. My interpretation was that there were many pieces

It is imperative that students are taught about the history of the Holocaust, and in the age of cold numbers and bleak statistics, memoirs are the key to fostering understanding for tragedies like the Holocaust because they take advantage of human nature and .

The next reflective question is: “How, if at all, did reading Night influence your idea of how best to discuss, imagine, and conceptualize the Holocaust?” It is important to honour and respect the people who have gone before us and sacrificed their lives for all of the generations who will come and have come after them. With heavy topics it is often hard to find the line of respect and yet staying historically factual and honest. I think that it is important to remember that first and foremost, we want to be honourable to the people which whom we are talking about. Studying the holocaust helps us to understand of racism, prejudice, stereotyping in societies and it also helps us to develop an awareness of accepting diversity and to think about

It all started just as a project so that the students at Whitwell Middle School could learn more about the Holocaust. The assignment was to show the kids that not everyone is the same as the people in their town. Everyone is different and different can sometimes be good. Everyone has their own opinion on things like clothes, food, religion, and many other things. And the Holocaust mainly started because Hitler and others saw that the Jews had different beliefs and religions. When the project first started, the kids had already probably knew that the Holocaust killed a lot of Jews. And also that Jews had to get tattoos of numbers on their arm, but there was still a lot more to learn about.