Ethical Issues In The Grey Zone

I was always taken aback when I told people that I was in a class about the Holocaust and they would respond with something along the lines of “Oh! I love learning about the Holocaust!” or “ Do you enjoy it?” I constantly wondered how could one “love” learning about the Holocaust? How could one “enjoy” having a class about the Holocaust? I strongly believe this class is not for means of enjoyment but provides a gaining of knowledge and provides critical thought. The Holocaust is one of the most important and effective subjects for examining the spiritual, physical, psychological, and cultural degradation that six million Jewish people experienced for over a decade. By comparing, questioning, and analyzing the validity of the readings, films, philosophers, writers and critics I am able to become aware of the moral, …show more content…
The first film we watched was The Grey Zone directed by Time Blake Nelson. Based on a true story and actual events from eyewitness accounts of Dr. Miklos Niszili, the issues this film covered are intense and important to understand. The Grey Zone exemplified complexities within the Holocaust and the ethical components of what one will do to survive. “The Holocaust is the ultimate event, the ultimate mystery, never to be comprehended or transmitted. Only those who were there know what it was; the others will never …show more content…
For example, in the film the S.S. implemented sonderkommandos, a work unit made up of Jewish people who were forced to clean out gas chambers. It is not surprising, since the Nazis were trying to eradicate and destroy the Jewish population, that the Nazis made Jews “clean up the gas chambers, extract corpses from the chambers, to pull gold teeth from Jews, to cut