Almost everyone has heard, or knows something, about the Holocaust. The real question is how should the Holocaust be taught to those who don't? The answer to that is simple. Through non-fiction texts, the stories of survivors, and actual artifacts, the tragedies of the Holocaust can be communicated effectively to younger generations. The devastation caused by the Holocaust may be hard to understand, but non-fiction works can better educate our youth about the subject. The optimum way to teach young people about the Holocaust is through non-fiction, as opposed to through fictional novels or movies. The Holocaust is not something a person can paint of picture of inside his/her head, unless he or she actually experienced it. In the editorial …show more content…
As stated in Michael Kimmelman's article “Auschwitz Shifts from Memorializing to Teaching,” the Auschwitz-Birkenstock State Museum uses “piled hair and other remains” from the crematoria and railroads of Auschwitz to demonstrate the horrors it imposed (par. 3). Piotr Cywinski, director of the museum, elucidates, “The new exhibition would go on to describe the process of extermination, leading visitors step by step through what the victims experienced, and end up with a section on camp life, meaning the 'daily humanization and attempts to keep one's humanity'” (par. 6). Learning the actual facts of what the victims experienced, along with visual aids, can allow an individual to assimilate the truth about the Holocaust. As opposed to fictional visual aids like movies, artifacts were actually found during this time period and were not recreated. This type of learning can also leave people feeling the need to live more righteous lives and create a better future, which is something that people will probably not feel after sitting through a movie or reading a fictional novel about the Holocaust. Piotr continues to explain, “But there is another level of education, a level of awareness about the meaning of those facts,” meaning that the museum can teach people at a certain depth that causes them to change their …show more content…
Six million. It is insensitive for anyone to go to the movies and watch a movie about this, or read a fictional, poetic novel about this, and then go on about his or her normal life. It is impossible for one to completely grasp the scope of the Holocaust simply through a fictional movie or book. The best person to explain it would be a survivor, who endured the pain and torture in the early 20th century, whether that be through autobiographies, factual videos, or podcasts. Survivors, artifacts, and other non-fictional resources can pull at a person's heartstrings and teach a person about the Holocaust in a way that fictional resources just
The Holocaust was one of the most devastating events to happen to us a world. On an ordinary day 1,000 people would be plucked from their everyday lives in ghettos. Over 30,000 Jewish people were arrested on Kristallnacht and taken to concentration camps. According to one source, “Over eleven million people were killed and about six million of them happened to be Jews” (“11 Facts”). Producing movies based around the Holocaust is a very controversial topic. There is the ever prominent argument on wheatear or not Holocaust based films can help us understand the different aspects of its reality.
During World War II there was event that lead to deaths of millions of innocent people. This even is known as the holocaust, millions of innocent people were killed violently, there was mass murders, rapes and horrific tortures. The question I will attempt to answer in the course of this paper is if the holocaust was a unique event in history. In my opinion there were other mass murders that people committed justified by the feeling of being threatened. But I don 't believe that any were as horrific and inhumane as Germany’s genocide of the Jewish people.
The Holocaust was a very impressionable period of time. It not only got media attention during that time, but movies, books, websites, and other forms of media still remember the Holocaust. In Richard Brietman’s article, “Lasting Effects of the Holocaust,” he reviews two books and one movie that were created to reflect the Holocaust (BREITMAN 11). He notes that the two books are very realistic and give historical facts and references to display the evils that were happening in concentration camps during the Holocaust. This shows that the atrocities that were committed during the Holocaust have not been forgotten. Through historical writings and records, the harshness and evil that created the Holocaust will live through centuries, so that it may not be repeated again (BREITMAN 14).
For some, it seems that the Holocaust in another lifetime, but for others it will be something they will never forget. Holocaust was a time for fighting. The Jewish would fight for the right to live as they were killed solely for being Jewish. The Holocaust began in 1939 and would continue through 1945. It was introduced by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, although he did not act alone. His mission would be to “exterminate” all minorities, but most abundantly, the Jews. Based on information given by About.com, it is estimated that 11 million people were killed during the Holocaust. Six million of these were Jews.
The Holocaust is considered the largest genocide of our entire world, killing more than 600,000,000 Jewish people during the years of 1933-1945. The memories and history that have filled our lives that occurred during the Holocaust are constantly remembered around the world. Many populations today “think” that constant reminders allow for us to become informed and help diminish the hatred for other races still today. These scholars believe that by remembering the Holocaust, you are able to become knowledgeable and learn how to help prevent this from happening again. Since the Holocaust in a sense impacted the entire human race and history of the world, there are traces of the Holocaust all across our culture today. As I continue to remember the victims of this tragic time period I think of all the ways that our world remembers the Holocaust in today’s society. Through spreading the word, works of media and memorials across the world, I am continually reminded of the tragedy that occurred.
The Holocaust is a very important time in history. With many other time periods and events, the Holocaust was quite gruesome. Five to six millions Jews were killed, making it a mass genocide. The topic of teaching the Holocaust to middle school students is a controversy that has been argued for a longevity. Many think the subject should not be taught, but there is the big question: Why not? The Holocaust should be taught to middle school students, especially eighth graders, with the thought that it was very real, the other advantages learned, and the things the teachers need to know.
“ ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ The gate said as I entered Auschwitz. ‘ I have worked, and now I am free’ I said as I left Auschwitz.” In the book “Night”, you can see the effects of the Holocaust on the mentality of the Jews in concentration camps. Throughout this book the characters change because of the physical and emotional pain they are put through. Elie Wiesel, the author of this book, shows us how much they changed, walking in basically untouched, and walking out with a scarred mind and a weak body. And some come out with their gaze wide and spaced, as if they have been dragged through hell. Shlomo (Elie’s father) changes throughout the book, as well as Ms. Shächter, and Elie himself. The characters were put through so much physical and mental torture that it reflects the realities of the Holocaust well, relating to real holocaust victims.
In the aftermath of the Holocaust, it is the responsibility of society to understand the loss experienced by the Jews to help prevent mass genocide. While the idea of six million Jews killed in the Holocaust may seem like a lot, it is still just an abstract number to those not concerned with the Holocaust directly. What society needs to understand is that the six million is someone’s mother, son, grandparent, or friend. Those who survived the Holocaust must live with this trauma everyday; for them, it is not just a historic event.2 Innocent Jews were persecuted, tortured, and murdered for their faith and only for their faith. The unimaginable actually happened to them. Once society can understand the loss felt by the Jews, it can learn how to prevent the Holocaust from happening again.
My name is Eva Berlinski. I’m only 13 years old and I was brought up
The aftermath of the Holocaust left over six million Jews perished and the survivors in pain and anguish, each of their lives impacted forever by reliving the horrid events of this unspeakable tragedy every day. They needed to pick up the pieces to continue living by fleeing to different countries, assimilating into new cultures, and beginning new families to create happy memories. This being challenging for many of them, forced some of the survivors to suppress their emotions about the past in order to accomplish these newer lives while others to talk about it frequently. Each of them had their own methods to cope with the affects and thoughts they had after the Holocaust; their methods having its own advantages and disadvantages. This goes to show that the Holocaust survivors were affected more than ones mind
A Holocaust is a disaster that results in the large-scale destruction of life. Although this name has been used to describe many catastrophes over centuries, today it has a more specific meaning. The Holocaust refers to the annihilation of 6 million Jews, men, women, and children, in addition to other groups of people by Hitler and the Nazi party during World War II. Such a destruction of a particular group or race is called genocide. (Resnick 9)
teach about the Holocaust to children, it will be in vain if we do not
One cold, snowy night in the Ghetto I was woke by a screeching cry. I got up and looked out the window and saw Nazis taking a Jewish family out from their home and onto a transport. I felt an overwhelming amount of fear for my family that we will most likely be taken next. I could not go back to bed because of a horrid feeling that I could not sleep with.
The Holocaust, occurred between 1933 and 1945. The actual definition of “holocaust” is a Jewish sacrificial offering that is burned on an altar. The definition has now been altered to describe the slaughter of six million Jews during World War II. The leader of these mass killings was Adolf Hitler. His ideologies of the perfect race, were deemed reason enough to murder millions of human beings. How were the killings done on such a massive scale? Concentration camps. Jews, and other imperfect aryans, (homosexuals, gypsies, and the disabled), were transported to “work” camps. Here, crematoriums, gas chambers, and shootings awaited them. If you made it past your first once-over, you were expected to work in back-breaking conditions throughout
“Those who kept silent yesterday will remain silent tomorrow” -Elie Wiesel. The Holocaust is a very common topic to read and to be taught about, especially in the form of fictional books. It is usually taught to make people remember what really happened in the past so that history doesn’t repeat itself. Often times, people tend to take the Holocaust, a topic that is despicable, not as seriously as it should be taken. It tends to be sugarcoated, or “fictionalized” to the point where it's just inappropriate. Sugarcoating serious matters, like the Holocaust, is surely not acceptable. An example of such intolerability is The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne.