The Holocaust : The Negative Aspects Of The Holocaust

Horror struck on January 30, 1933, when Germany assigned Adolf Hitler as their chancellor. Once Hitler had finally reached power he set out to complete one goal, create a Greater Germany free from the Jews (“The reasons for the Holocaust,” 2009). This tragedy is known today as, “The Holocaust,” that explains the terrors of our histories past. The face of the Holocaust, master of death, and leader of Germany; Adolf Hitler the most deceitful, powerful, well spoken, and intelligent person that acted as the key to this mass murder. According to a research study at the University of South Florida, nearly eleven million people were targeted and killed. This disaster is a genocide that was meant to ethnically cleanse Germany of the Jews. Although Jewish people were the main target they were not the only ones targeted; gypsies, African Americans, homosexuals, socialists, political enemies, communists, and the mentally disabled were killed (Simpson, 2012, p. 113). The word to describe this hatred for Jewish people is known as antisemitism. It was brought about when German philosophers denounced that “Jewish spirit is alien to Germandom” (“Antisemitism”) which states that a Jew is non-German. Many people notice the horrible things the Germans did, but most don’t truly understand why the Holocaust occurred. To truly understand the Holocaust, you must first know the Nazis motivations. Their motivations fell into two categories including cultural explanations that focused on ideology and

Since the start of the Nazi occupation in Europe, Jewish communities and individuals were struggling with survival, and fought for their existence. Many Jews tried to evade or overcome the degrading Nazi decrees, that stripped them of civil and human rights, triggered isolation and denied them a livelihood. The Nazis simply wanted to create a condition in which no human being, particularly Jewish, can live or even exist. For a long time, the Jews’ view on the sanctity of life, a duty to protect one’s life, encouraged them to endure the period of intense pain and suffering. From past experience, the Jews thought that the terrible events of the Nazis would pass, the same as the pogroms. Over a period of centuries, from the Crusades to the

While saving Jews under Hitler’s regime was an important cause/objective for some, finding and providing safety in order to rescue the lives of Jewish children became an earnest and critical humanitarian mission for others. When we consider the child rescue efforts during the Holocaust, we most often think of the Kindertransports. The Kindertransports are the best known but, there are other efforts that should be recognized. Initiatives from the Youth Aliya and German Jewish Children’s Aid (GJCA) are not as well known, but deserve key remembrance.  At the time of the Holocaust, many world governments were hesitant to allow refugees into their countries. After Kristallnacht, this all changed. These endeavors helped save the lives of many Jewish

When we think of the child rescue during the Holocaust, we think of the. are the best known but, there are other efforts that should be recognized. Efforts from the Youth Aliya and German Children's Jewish Aid are not as well known but, deserve recognition. At the time of the Holocaust, many world governments were hesitant to allow refugees into their countries. After Kristallnacht, this all changed. These efforts helped save the lives of many Jewish children in Europe. The Kindertransports efforts included people like Nicholas Winton who’s bravery saved people who he didn’t

What is the first word that comes to your mind when you hear the word Holocaust? Some of the words you generally hear are genocide, devastating, sad, and evil, just to name a few. How often do you hear people describe or talk about the acts of compassion and good that came from the Holocaust? Not very often. It is a crazy concept to think that something good could come from the Holocaust where “five to six million Jews were systematically murdered by the Nazi regime, its allies, and its surrogates” (Jones 223). However, there were still people that stood up for what they believed in and did whatever they could to make a difference, even if it meant death for them. There are many different people who are heroes of the Holocaust such as Oskar Schindler, Raoul Wallenberg, and Giovanni Palatucci. This paper will focus on a hero that was not as well known. Her name is Irena Sendler. Sendler’s constant courage every single day changed the fate of at least 2,500 Jewish children during the Holocaust. Throughout this paper you will learn a little bit more about Sendler, her background, what she did during the Holocaust, the four girls that first brought attention to Sendler here in the United States, and how she is remembered today.

The Holocaust is arguably the most terrifying demonstration of the extent of what human beings can do to each other. The tragedy and pain the Jewish faced in those solemn years would take more than a mere paragraph or two to describe. However, even in the darkest times, there are those that continue to defy; from small, secretive acts of kindness, to the largest sacrifice of laying down their lives. While Nicholas Winton did not die for his causes, his actions have memorialize him as the man who saved 669 Czechoslovakian children, most whom were Jewish, to the shores of Great Britain, before the brink of World War II.

As you leave the market, spending the last of your ration coupons and money on a piece of bread and water, you spot another Jewish family get caught by Gestapo. This is the 5th time today you have seen kids and adults squirming and crying trying to escape Gestapo, still finding hope in the back of their head that someone will help. You see this emotion on their face which makes you consider whether you should help the family or not. Then deciding not to risk your life in the situation, you glance back at the concrete and sprint away knowing in the back of your head that as much as you want to help the innocent Jews escape, you sense that your life matters more and Jews being killed is just another day in town. In the documentary Witness to the Holocaust, Miles Lehrman, a Holocaust survivor, writes “A perpetrator is not the most dangerous enemy.

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.

It would be hard to believe that some of the greatest teachers of human behaviour could be the past mistakes, and perhaphs even the nefariousiousness of some. A good example of this would be the Holocaust which could arguably be one of the most inhumane activities ever conducted against humanity; however, the event did teach us a lesson or two about how different individuals face such catastrophe. During such times, most do not consider it easy or “smart” to speak out against the violence, hatred, and atrocities that hurt, and sometimes even decimate people just like them; but there are just a few who dare to use their privilege to help those who are deprived of their’s. The New York Times

Besides historians in area studies, there were two streams of scholars who have developed strong interests in the global Holocaust rescue discourse. One stream is composed of social scientists and philosophers who investigated in altruism as a normative category; the other stream is composed of historians who recognized the Holocaust rescue narrative as a global phenomenon. Although our following discussion would mainly focus on the academy, it is worth mentioning that beyond it there was a huge number of films, literature, TV series, etc. in mainstream and popular culture, which played the key role of forming the public conscience on Holocaust rescue.

I. 6 million people. 6 million innocent people died in the Holocaust. Now I want you to ask yourself, if you were alive to witness this period of mass genocide and had the opportunity to save even one innocent life, even if it meant risking your own, would you have? The answer to this very question is what forever defines Oskar Schindler 's legacy

In this paper I will be going over the ethical views of the Holocaust. I have taken information from the accounts of surviving Jews of the Holocaust. I have also looked at information from those who believe the Holocaust was not a big deal and deny that many of the events even happened. I will bring up some viewpoints that may change people's perception of the Holocaust. Some of these facts were a shock to me and changed my view a little but some are so profound they make you think twice. The biggest impact from all my research was the real life accounts of those who survived through it. Many of this information are hard to read, but I felt that is was a subject that I would like to learn more about. Doing

Locating Jewish rescue in global Holocaust memory, my paper exams how Jewish rescue as a national conduct has been discussed among historians. Looking into these historical debates as parts of the on-going trend of mystifying and demystifying national rescue of the Jews, my paper traces the development of this trend since the post-war period within a global historical context. In term of geographical scope, this paper mainly looks into Europe, the Middle East and Asia. In particular, it does not include Anglo-America, where debates on rescue are far more mature and complex than other places, and therefore needs more lengthy and comprehensive discussions. Although Anglo-America is not exempted from the global myth of national rescue and do fit

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It is challenging to reconcile our belief in compassion and morality with the actions, or inactions, of bystanders in the Holocaust. How is it possible that hundreds of thousands of people stood by while millions faced pain and suffering? For the context of the Holocaust, a bystander is someone who was neither a target of the Nazis or a Nazi themselves. Before exonerating or condemning all of them, it is necessary to consider the differences in bystanders. Putting all of the bystanders in the same group is an oversimplification, for the reason that it ignores the power system in place during the Holocaust and the various positions of bystanders in that system. The wealthy business owner is not the same as the working-class mother of four. In this situation, one has considerable power and ability, and the other is much more limited. It is contrary to reason to apply a blanket statement and call the latter unjust when they are ordinary people in a time of horrific war. It is also necessary to consider the extent of bystander’s actions. Have their actions merely helped to ensure their own survival, or do they directly hurt Holocaust victims? To gauge the morality of a bystander’s actions, they need to be judged on an individual basis, with two qualities in mind: that person’s ability to act and the effect of their actions.