The Holocaust: A Literary Analysis

Can it be said that sets of real events are intrinsically tragic, comic, or epic, such that the representation of those events as a tragic, comic, or epic story can be assessed to factual accuracy?” (White 38-39). Are historical events categorized as specific genres, and is the representation of them limited to these specific genres? The limit of representation of historical events is a subjective matter that involves the conflict between the preservation of historical authenticity and the author’s narrative techniques such as emplotment and figuration. Several theorists, including Hayden White, Barbara Foley, and Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi, discuss this issue in relation to the Holocaust. They comment on the effectiveness of various narrative

     Throughout history the Jewish people have been scapegoats; whenever something was not going right they were the ones to blame. From Biblical times through to the Shakespearean Era, all the way to the Middle East Crisis and the creation of Israel, the Jews have been persecuted and blamed for the problems of the world. The most horrifying account of Jewish persecution is the holocaust, which took place in Europe from 1933 to 1945 when Adolf Hitler tried to eliminate all the people that he thought were inferior to the Germans, namely the Jews, because he wanted a pure Aryan State.

I am and SS officer. I was stationed at Auschwitz. More Jews were coming in every day. There were eighty to a cattle cart. There were so many families that had to go separate ways from one another. I had killed mothers and the babies and weakest of the men that couldn’t work. It was horrible, I do say. If I could say no I would never do it again. I loved my country and Hitler at the time, so I was willing to do whatever it took to get noticed. I was then stationed at a woman’s concentration camp. They all had gotten shaved, had no gold teeth, and had had tattoos on their arms. It was their identification code. They were so skinny it was just skin stuck to the bones. They looked like corpses, but alive. I wonder how many died soon after.

Anxiety washed over the poor boy. It was dark, darker than Zerdek had ever know. With each second that passed, a low mumble could be heard from the corner. Something or someone else was here with him. Wherever here was. He shut his eyes thinking about the light. Thinking about anything that would make it seem like he was back at home. Home. He tried to remember the faces. He tried to remember each of the tree top building. Yet it was a blur. Everything that had happen with-in the last few hours, day, months was a giant blur from him. He had no concept of time. A click came from afar, as light came barreling in. Zerdek let out a low growl as he covered his eyes, unable to adjust to the light quickly enough. Arms reached out and pulled to two

Although some people may think hope was not an important factor during the Holocaust, hope was an important factor and a powerful force during the Holocaust, because hope helped to make people believe there was still a chance of survival and hope always helped during the worst situations. During the time of World War II, many of the prisoners of war had been through alot and some had given up on survival. But for tons of them, hope helped them to persevere through their toughest obstacles for survival and sometimes gave them life-changing miracles.

Although Holocaust literature focuses on a specific period in world history, it also contains some common themes and symbols that help to define this era. The butterfly, for instance, is a symbol for the ephemeral lives of Holocaust children. A child, Pavel Friedman, wrote a poem titled "The Butterfly" during his time in a concentration camp. Since then, the butterfly has been a Holocaust theme for the large number of children who did not survive. A book,I Never Saw Another Butterfly, compiled by Inge Auerbacher, a Holocaust survivor at Terezín, features artwork, poems (including Friedman's poem), and words from many of the young children who died inside Terezín's walls. Patricia Polacco'sThe Butterfly also connects to this symbol as a butterfly gets crushed in a fist, helping show young children the horrors that occurred during the Holocaust in ways that could easily be understood.

Individuals in this world today, who was affected by the Holocaust in some way would be affected more if they didn’t even know the truth. If history was not recorded, the world would be different than from what it is today. Literature helps people see the damage done by using truth while giving an emotional connection to the Holocaust victims.

Imagine walking through a hallway of pictures and artifacts, feeling so much emotion, reliving the past of the Holocaust. Once a person walks through those doors to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum he or she immediately feel those emotions pouring from the walls and flooding from the visitors all around feeling what it once felt like to be apart of the Holocaust and witness such a horrendous tragedy. Because the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum provides many exhibitions and visuals for visitors, it really gives a person a vivid view into what the Holocaust was truly like.

Holocaust began in 1933 when Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany and ended in 1945 when the Nazis were defeated by the Allied powers. The term Holocaust is derived from the Greek word holokauston, which means sacrifice by fire. It refers to the Nazi persecution and planned slaughter of the Jewish people and others considered inferior to "true" Germans.

survivor who initially worked as a smuggler to get food to help her family survive in the Ghettos, got separated from them after the liquidation of the ghettos in October 4 1992. Dr.Krystyna Sanderson who narrates Wasser’s story writes, “After that day, October 4, 1942, Sima never saw her family again. But she had no time for tears or other emotions; she went into survival mode. She was exhausted, starving, and infested with scabies. She had to find a place to stay, but people refused to take her in” (Sanderson 1).Like many other survivors, for Sima the importance of family abated because the Holocaust progressed to a point where many had either been separated or were many had made the choice of taking care of themselves. She didn’t know

Most Americans know about the Holocaust. But do they really know all of the details that go along with what occurred during the Holocaust? The responsibilities that Jews had before they were transported to concentration camps were rigorous in some ways. Also, the rights that they had were taken away by the Nazis. This topic fits into the theme Rights and Responsibilities because it has to do with the rights that Nazis and Jews had as well as the responsibilities. The Holocaust had a major impact on the world because of all the controversial things that were done during the Holocaust. It changed many things and helped in the creation of numerous laws that have been passed since, not only in the United States, but internationally as well.

In times of oppression, resistance proves itself to be a multifaceted idea. To some, bloodshed is the best form of resistance. In World War Two many Jewish people chose to bear arms to fight their way from the gas chambers and use violence to grasp the freedom taken away from them. However, others resisted passively by creating hope for themselves in spite of the challenges they faced. The texts, The Diary of Anne Frank, Violins of Hope, and Resistance During the Holocaust, provide multiple examples of passive resistance.

The events that this reminds me of is the holocaust. It reminds of the holocaust, because the people were put through the same situation. In the novel, Lina's and her family were sent to labor camps to do work. In the holocaust they also had to do that, they had to do manual labor. In addition, another reason why this novel reminds of the holocaust is because that people died. In the book, the people were sent to the North Pole, because a camp was there. They had to go through atrocious winters which ended up killing an abundant of people. They died because lack of food and temperature. Furthermore, if they even upset or anger the Soviet Soldiers the Soviets would shot them. This resembles the holocaust, because during the holocaust many

Each of these accounts of the end of the Holocaust and liberation have aspects that are similar and some that are different. All three survivors experienced the horrific conditions of the Holocaust. It is very important to not oversimplify the complex events that took place before, during, and after liberation. One has to remember not to assume all accounts have happy endings. Through All But My Life, Maus II, and Survival in Auschwitz, we get to really understand what Gerda, Vlad, and Primo went through. We get to witness the deaths they witnessed, the rampant deadly illnesses, the hopelessness, the fear, and the loneliness that comes from liberation. When studying the Holocaust, these accounts allow us to realize that liberation is not the

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