The Horror Of The Holocaust

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

The atrocities of the Holocaust placed the German Jewish population in a quagmire of antisemitic persecution, but it also spread beyond Germany to affect Jews throughout Europe. Poland was such a country. The first nation invaded by Nazi Germany and the last to be liberated, the population of Polish Jews was nearly eradicated. How were the Nazis able to accomplish such a feat in a nation where antisemitism had not been as prevalent? Aside from forcibly introducing antisemitic policy into Poland, the Nazis relied on fear and self-interest to accomplish their goals. For the average Polish Catholic in 1943, a decision had to be made on where they stood regarding the “Jewish problem”. Should they sit idly by and do nothing, or perhaps even assist in the capture of the Jews? Or maybe they could risk everything by hiding and otherwise aiding the Polish Jews. If I were such a Polish Catholic citizen living in 1943 and the opportunity arose to help a Polish Jew, my conscience would prevent me from doing any less.

Imagine the skin burning off of a human being, imagine an innocent child walking into a room thinking they are going to finally get to take a shower but die from gas, imagine being frozen almost to death, then being warmed up by a dead body, imagine being put into a burning hot bath repeatedly until you died from the shock, and imagine being torn from your family, home, and the people that you loved. Most all Jewish people in that time had to live through that. There were very few that were lucky enough to have escaped. They were even luckier if they were helped out of camps by other Jewish people and brought home to their families. Now just imagine if all of the Jewish people fought back.

The holocaust was one of the most horrific events in history. Many lives were destroyed and multiple families were separated. Most believed in God until their end was near, but yet some quit believing when they took their first step upon the camps. Over 6 million Jews were slaughtered from the world over the years of 1933 to 1945. And yet their stories are still untold.

The Holocaust, 9/11, wars and assassinations are common events that come to mind when thinking about history. These events tend to make people think that mankind is evil and will always choose to be evil. However, when looking at the people behind the evil doings, are they really killing for a selfish reason? Mankind will always do good for their nation, no matter the cost. While most powerful leaders end up hurting many people, they either have good intentions behind the mask of people suffering or people come together to stop the leader. When Hitler ended up killing many Jews, countries came together as a nation to save the Jews from the camps. Good will overrule the horrible events in Earth’s past, present and future. Pearl Harbor, 9/11, and ISIS all have one thing in common, nationalism.

Speculations about the grim events during the very horrific Holocaust are unfortunately being denied stating it was not as gruesome as many may have stated it was or did not even exist to begin with. This is not only outrageous but disrespectful to those who lost their lives during the gruesome time. History states that the Holocaust was a period in time where a very fascist dictator, Adolf Hitler, killed over six million European Jews who did not fit the criteria of genetically having blonde hair and blue eye or simply mentally ill. Hitler had various strategic ways of murdering a large group of civilians at a time, such as gas chambers. These gas chambers were large rooms that would deposit gases such as carbon monoxide killing those who

The Holocaust was one of the darkest times ever in history. The government discriminating the Jews was torture for them, and unfair. The Nazis treated Jews like animals. Because the nation was allowed to discriminate Jews, more than 6 million

Have you ever feared for your life or worried you will never see your family again because you’re a different race? This happened to 6 million Jews in 1933 when Hitler took over and the holocaust begins. In 1933, May, any books written by Jews, political dissidents and other not approved by state were burned. In 1935 Nuremberg laws passed which meant Jews were no longer considered citizens. Next 1936, August no Jews were allowed to hang Jewish signs. On July 1937 the Buchenwald concentration camps were open. In 1938 November Kristallnacht began. That is where all Jews were forced to transfer retail business to Aryan hands and all pupils expelled from German schools. The hatred toward Jews, and Hitler’s youth are three main roots as to how the Holocaust could happen.

The Holocaust is one of the darkest times in human history. Millions of innocent people were killed for no reason. Although talking about the Holocaust is never a fun subject to discuss, it is crucial in preventing future genocides. Up to 6 million Jews were put to death, which was ⅔ of the Jewish population in Europe. Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany, aided by collaborators, killed those 6 million Jews between 1941-1945. Other groups were targeted by the Nazis like homosexuals, Soviet prisoners of war, political opponents, the “incurably sick”, Roma, and Jehovah Witnesses. In this paper I will be talking about death marches, Hitler’s mentality, and Nazi human experimentation.

Through the years, people have endured drastic hardships through their societal experiences; however, the holocaust seems to be the huge adversity to overcome. The holocaust has taught the society many things; although the world has not exactly learned from the experiences entirely. The holocaust is a learning experience still today, so that this generation will not repeat the same drastic measures. Many people today seem to think that the holocaust never happened; in spite of this, there are those that disagree. I have had the opportunity to listen to a firsthand account of the tragedy that happened several years ago, Marion Blumenthal Lazan wrote the Four Perfect Pebbles, and I had the opportunity to listen to her my freshmen year of high school. Though, I have had the experience of listening to her story, she is not the only one that is telling the experience that was encountered.

The author of Night, a novel documenting the horrible and gruesome events of the holocaust, Elie Wiesel expresses his experiences and observations in which he and his fellow Jews were dehumanized while living in concentration camps (a hell on earth). All Jews, as a race were brutalized by the Nazis during this time; reducing them to no less than objects, positions which meant nothing to them, belongings that were a nuisance. Nazis would gather every Jew that they could find and bring them to these infernos, separating the men and women. Families, not knowing it would never see each other again. Individuals within the categories were divided even more, based on their health, strength, and age. They would be judged by a Nazi officer, which would then decide their fate, if they would have the opportunity to live or if they would be sentenced strait to execution. In these camps, babies became target practice, being tossed in the air like an object with no significant value and shot at with no remorse. The more mature could be sentenced to execution, tossed into pits of fire while fully conscious burning them alive. In addition, the ones who passed inspection received treatment as if they were slaves and dogs, making them follow any command, any disobeying of these demands would consequence them to be shot without hesitation. These dehumanizing crimes were the punishments forced on the Jewish race by the Nazi influence, turning Jewish nationality into a nuisance against what they

From the first moment Auschwitz was being constructed until the moment it closed its doors, innumerable people suffered from it. Many horrific and cruel things happened between the walls of Auschwitz. A countless amount of people had to perform forced labor, were tortured for specific information, had been conducted to lethal or disfiguring medical experiments or starved to death, or had encountered the infamous gas chambers of Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Hundreds of thousands people died while the camp was opened. Unfortunately, compared to the amount of deaths only a handful of people survived this terrible concentration camp and for the survivors’ life will never be what it was before the war.

The Holocaust was the mass killing Jewish people, and other ¨undesirables¨, by the Nazi party during World War Two. The mass execution of Jewish People in concentration camps was so awful that the term genocide was coined to describe the horror (What). The appalling actions of the Nazi party can not be denied because there is evidence from everything that went on. Whether it is from former inmates telling their story, army personnel that personal saw the conditions in the camps, or Nazi officials testimony from trials after the war. The Holocaust is real and one of the most horrific events of the 20th century.

Imagine this, somebody lived in the same country their whole entire life. One day someone new came to power and stripped them of their rights, citizenship, and possibly their jobs. They did nothing wrong, the person in power just thought that they were the superior human beings. So they decided to kill off a whole race because they believed something different and looked a little different. That it is what happened during World War II to the Jewish people. There are many reasons why humanity is cruel, but one that stands out is the Holocaust.

The Holocaust was one of the biggest genocide in the world. Over 17 million people died in it mostly Jews. There where more things to The Holocaust World War 2, Hitlers rise to power, and Anne Franks Diary. These events all happened at the same time reflecting on one another. The Holocaust was one of the worlds worst events in history.