Remember The Holocaust

There are many forms of monsters in today’s society; however, today’s monsters are not mythical creatures more so inhumane, cruel, and wicked people. These people disturb the little peace our society does have; causing havoc that directly affects people and people around them. Gangs, serial killers, and politicians are perfect examples, these people may say or do something that cause conflict and worry among our

Have you ever met someone who survived the holocaust. They are broken; They have seen things that would make people from this era run into a corner, cry, and hide. They have weathered storms you could not imagine, and it destroyed them mentally. Now there are also people who got broken in a different way. Those people fought in gangs and were shot at on a daily basis. It made them have no care for their family or their education. Both “The Diary of Anne Frank” and “Freedom Writers” teach us that people will always find some way to survive.

The Holocaust was the result of the cumulation of years of racism and pure hatred. The Holocaust’s legacy has to be preserved if there is any chance to eliminate racial genocide. Learning about terrible events like the Holocaust helps to promote a sense of responsibility and a fight for human rights. Knowing that blind hatred can lead to genocide will help to eliminate genocide because knowing that something horrible is preventable forces a sense of responsibility for those who can to stop it. Remembering the Holocaust is a way to ensure that anything like it is never repeated because if something so terrible is preventable, everyone should help to prevent

To Kill a Mockingbird is a witty and well-written account of the realities of a “tired old town” (4) where there was “nothing to buy and nothing to buy it with” (4). Purposefully, it comes across not merely an innocently portrayed, yet eye-opening, story of a young girl start to grasp the inequalities of her society. Rather, it is accompanied by recollection of the unfortunate pillars of hate of the places Harper Lee matured in. We now perceive this account as an ‘archaic” and “ancient” recount of some historically frowned upon mindsets in an enthralling atmosphere upon which we pin historical quantities of prejudice, racism and most of all, bigotry. The unfortunate reality is that we look at history in a vacuum and ignore the occurrences of our own times. So although we, like Scout’s teachers teaching about the horrible acts of the Holocaust while being outspokenly racist, are able to analyze social inequalities in other places in time or the world yet refuse to open our eyes to the same prejudice, racism and bigotry today. To instance, when reading To Kill a Mockingbird , we often frown upon citizens for judging “folks” based on their family name and race, although, everyday, some member of our current society, such as police officers and employers, do the same thing and no one bats an eye. Alternatively, the issue which we definitely desperately desire to avoid, racism, is explicitly tackled in To Kill a Mockingbird to the point of viral awareness of the problem in

I’ve found that there’s many creations regarding the Holocaust; it’s never letting us forget the atrocities of it’s past. It’s something we should recognize because it had an enormous impact to us and the ones around us. Not only should it be recognized for the impact it created, but it should be taught to us because we wouldn’t want this such tragedy to be repeated.

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.

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.

Let me answer a similar question first similar question “Why do we still care about the Holocaust? Why we teach the Holocaust in our history books?” Person from United States Holocaust Memorial Museum said “The Holocaust was not an accident in history; it occurred because individuals,

As someone may ask, how can a literature help us remember such a horrific event such as the Holocaust and help honor those of many victims? Well, some evidence I have from this comes from three different sources.

“There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention: victims of hunger, of racism and political persecution.” (Wiesel, 119) Throughout this novel, Night, Elie and his father, must endure the pain, and the abuse that the Nazis did to eliminate the Jewish population. Both men got sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp which tested Elie’s faith in God. Nobody should ever forget about the Holocaust because it is a part of history and everyone should learn from their mistakes and never repeat them. The following paragraphs will talk about how to avoid having history repeat itself all over again.

The Holocaust was an example of extreme institutional racism and remembering the events is a good way to ensure that it doesn’t happen again. This requires an understanding of tolerance and why people lack it. If we figure this out, we can teach against these habits and rehabilitate those who have them to make the world better.

Textbooks refuse to display how appalling life was inside these concentration camps. It is a miracle for Mr. Steinberg to still be alive today to communicate his story. Life inside these concentration camps was unpleasant, carcasses would be positioned all over the floor. If an individual in the camp was fortunate enough to avoid homicide by either being placed inside a gas chamber, or by gun shot, they had to worry about the spread of disease. Auschwitz did not employ a janitorial crew to clean and sanitize the camp, blood was being shed on the walls and floors and then left there.

Such lives have to be acknowledged to show respect. Not hundreds, not thousands, but millions of people, trying to live, had been suffered, aching, and murdered. Such a thing cannot go unnoticed. In order to recognized what had happened there are many memorials to see. As well as museums. People are willing to share their knowledge of the Holocaust and provide it to young children. We can never stop remembering the background knowledge we have and it should forever be passed down. Memorials, museums and even survivors are there to go to. Children from school can learn from their teachers. Many people are willing to keep the idea of the Holocaust going. We can appreciate the struggles they all went

Have you ever seen something that you will never forget? How about an idea or a feeling you will never forget? Some things that I will never forget while reading and learning about the Holocaust are how Hitler's plan could have been carried out without killing millions of Jews, how all the bodies of Jew that were piled up like bones, and how I feel the Holocaust was devastating and shouldn't have happened.

The passage of time affects our memories of the past by the memory content that we experience in life which shows us that the more changing experiences we have, the longer subjective duration lasts for. The bigger and more intense memories have a greater impact on the memories that we tend to hold on to and remember for lifetime. For example, a weekend spent at home doing our usual routines passes very quickly. In contrast, a weekend when we travel to a new destination with a friend lasts much longer or like in novels that we have read when the Nazi regime took over Europe and cause 60 million people to lose their lives. By stating this, I understand that we can recall many different, new, and catastrophic events. This "memory load" expands over time. Also, if we look into Maus when Vladek was once a wealthy man before the war, is brought to having to garner and reserve even the smallest of items, such as the wrapper from cheese, or the cigarettes from his rations. These items took on a huge importance to Vladek, and even years later, he feels unable to dispose them cause of what he had to go through. Vladek also has had a tough time asking for help doing daily chores around the house because of how his skills and determination proved his survival during the Holocaust.