Moral Codes In The Holocaust

Morality is what makes us, human, different from animals, without moral codes there will be chaos in the world, to form a moral society we need moral codes. Unfortunately, In the Holocaust the rules were different as Sara Nomberg-Przytyk said: "That was the new order of the concentration camp." And Langer said: " freedom of moral decision vanished...". They both, in their own way, try to explain to us, the readers, the impact of trying to see their life through moral eyes. Those sentences enfolded a harsh meaning of the chiocless choice that people in camps have had. In "the Verdict" we were exposed to one of many illogical situations and choicless choices, the complicity of the decision to do something and endanger your life or do nothing and be responsible, in a way, of the horror for others' sure death ?! …show more content…
Helena says, "we truly didn't know what would be the least painful way for the young women to die". It shows us that death was inevitable and there is no way of choosing because you can put yourself in danger too. To sum it up, Langer says, "the choice is not between life and death, resistances and submission…but between two forms of humiliation…leading to the extinction of