What Is Janet Tyler's Connection To The Holocaust?

Have you ever read a book that had so many differences compared to the movie? In the Book “Devil’s Arithmetic” by Jane Yolen is completely different to the movie directed By, Donna Deitch. Many Differences were between characters, places, thought, actions and more. Through the use of characters, actions, relationships Jane Yolen and Donna Deitch both use emotion to illustrate the book and movie to show how the Holocaust is important to remember and learn about.

Holocaust film has emerged as its own genre throughout time. Originally, directors ignored the possibility of Holocaust films, then the content started to take form in non-fiction recordings. Eventually, the genre of Holocaust film took off and today there is an abundance of Holocaust related films that appear when one scrolls through movie streaming sites. The Pawnbroker (1964), directed by Sidney Lumet, is a perfect example of a film that deals with both the lasting effect of the Holocaust and the stereotyping of a multitude of characters. Exploring the Holocaust in media through The Pawnbroker and The Pawnbroker’s film techniques, serve as a prime example for not only how Holocaust survivors felt emotionally imprisoned, but stereotypes different groups as well. Critics responded harshly to this stereotypical labeling and this shows how the meaning of the film has been interpreted by society differently over time.

From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany murdered 6 million Jews. They were treated and murdered as if they were pigs in a slaughterhouse. This dehumanization is credited as the Nazi party's justification for the horrors they committed. By viewing Jews as less than human, they rationalize treating them as less than human. Elie Wiesel's memoir Night recounts his experience as a Jew during the Holocaust of being treated as less than human.

There are many tragic events that have happened in history and one of them is The Holocaust. The book Night written by Elie Wiesel is based on him, a Holocaust survivor, and his experience in the concentration camps. There is also an article titled “Wiesel Offers Students First-Hand Account of Holocaust” by Louis Sahagun that is about Elie Wiesel speaking to students on his involvement with The Holocaust. The film Life is Beautiful is based on The Holocaust as well. It tells the story of a family in the concentration camps. The book Night, the article “Wiesel Offers Students First-Hand Account of Holocaust”, and the film Life is Beautiful share a common message of how families were affected during The Holocaust.

How much torture could one endure before telling important secrets during a war? Odette Sansom knew; she lived to tell how much she had to endure. Odette Samson was born in Amiens, France on April 28, 1912. She worked as a radio operator, for a group leader, Peter Churchill. Radio operators was one of the most murderous tasks. Odette had a sad childhood that soon became better, her involvement in the war was unique, and the end of the war was a considerable relief to Odette.

This shows how the Jews had their names taken away and replaced with numbers. In the book the author states “From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was consulting me”(72). This shows that the Jews no longer see themselves as human but as corpses. This shows that the nazis took away the jews

The society of Ember, China, Sierra Leone, and Germany, have fallen due to corrupt leader, resource scarcity, and sickness. The city is experiencing blackouts and the mayor isn’t trying to resolve the problem and tell the citizens of Ember the truth. “And the lights flickered, and flickered again, and went out”(78). “Expects us to believe…,” said one voice. “He’s just trying to keep us quiet,” said another. “Heading for disaster…”(89). Hitler discriminated people by their race, religion, and even appearance. “Hitler’s intentions were to rid Germany of any imperfections and have a perfect race, everyone having Blonde hair and Blue eyes. Hitler’s actions were luckily stopped but while his actions were in place, they resulted in the deaths of millions of innocent people just because they didn’t have blonde hair or blue eyes or just because one man thought that a certain race weren’t human but monsters.” Corrupt leaders are one of the many factors that lead to societies

As the veteran prisoners tattoo the numbers on the Wiesel’s hand, he states that “I became A-7713. From then on, I had no other name.”(Wiesel, 42). By removing their names, the Nazis again dehumanize the prisoners to the level of animals, as animals do not have names or identities like humans do. During the second selection, Wiesel states that the SS doctors would examine the weak and “write down their numbers - good for the crematorium” (Wiesel, 69). The way the Nazis write the numbers that sentence people to death without any consideration displays how they do not attach writing a person’s number for death to actually killing a person. Using a person’s number instead of their name gives them the impression that they are not killing actual human beings. Through replacing the names of Jewish prisoners with numbers, the Nazi’s remove their connection to their human identity, significantly dehumanizing

(7) Reported by the man who stole her food, the Nazis arrested her for eight offenses such as “working among Jews”, “weeping when seeing girls wearing yellow stars”, and “listening to news broadcasts”. However, her work was not meaningless. As a result of her hard work to save the children, she changed the lives of many and inspired them to never give

The Jewish Holocaust was a traumatic event that took place from the early 1930s to the mid 1940s. During the Holocaust, the Germans believed that they had racial authority among other civilians. Under the rule of Adolf Hitler, the NAZIs targeted Jews and other groups due to their perceived "racial inferiority". For instance, they persecuted Jews, Gypsies, Elderly, Mentally Disabled, and Homosexuals (etc.) because they believed that they did not portray the behavior of the so-called “social norms”. They were sent to concentration camps and killing camps, to be starved or even beaten to death. This was the cause of death of approximately 6,000,000 Jews. The actions that the Germans took against these innocent people were inhuman. The book,

“ I first got to the United States when I was 5 years old. The only memory of Mexico I have is the small corner of the house that I lived in with my grandpa, that's it. I grew up in the United States. This is my home. Upon hearing the news of Trump ending DACA I was really scared and upset, I've worked really hard to be where I am right now and now that can just be taken away at any moment. How is that fair to me or any other person that was brought into this country illegally? My parents made that decision for me; I had no say so.”

Throughout the film Image Before My Eyes, directed by Josh Waletzky, viewers are shown videos, pictures, and interviews regarding European Jewry from the late 1910’s to the 1930’s. Though this is a film explaining the events and upheavals that led up to the Holocaust, the word Holocaust is rarely ever mentioned. It is through the use of multimedia in this film that the devastating history of the Holocaust becomes illuminated. The film allows the viewer to begin to fathom the destructive events that occurred between the two World Wars as well as the secularization of daily life for Jews throughout this time period.

The Holocaust was a dark period of time, occurring in the 20th century. It had began in the early 1930’s, and grew to become increasingly gruesome up until the mid-fourtees. The Holocaust was a mass murder of Jewish people, Romas, homosexuals, mentally and physically disabled, Jehovah’s witnesses, trade unionists and many other classes of people. Though the Holocaust was a very important part of history, there were many things distracting the German population, along with the rest of the world, leaving the Holocaust in the dark and left unknown.

The Jews had been starved while being detained in forced labor camp. Those who weren’t fit to work were killed and cremated. The most eye-opening description of the Jewish peoples’ state in the concentration camp came at the very end of the book. After being freed, Wiesel looked in a mirror for the first since his arrival at the camp. Wiesel described his reflection as a “corpse” and stated “the look in his eyes… has never left me.” (Wiesel 115). Not only had the Nazis carried out a brutal campaign on the Jews’ physical being, but they had also infiltrated deep into their psyche. Upon arrival at camps, all Jews’ were forced to hand over all of their clothes and wearing matching uniforms. After that, the prisoners’ were sent to the barber. Wiesel described the process, stating, “[The barbers’] clippers tore out our hair, shaved every hair on our bodies.” (Wiesel 35). After this process, every Jew was tattooed with a number. This process lead to the ego-death of every prisoner. They were no longer people: they were numbers. Nothing differentiated one Jew from another, besides the numbers tattooed on them. This horrendous act could only be classified as psychological torture, carried out by monsters who had lost control of their own

World War II had an extensive impact of the United States. In spite of all the battles being fought off America mainland, the war affected all aspects of American life back home. World War II may be known as the worst war in history, but a lot of good came out of it. If it was not for World War II many economic changes, social changes, and political changes may have never happened.