"It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart." Anne Frank According to Britannica.com, the word “Holocaust” literally means, “a burnt sacrifice offered to God” (What Is the Origin of the Term Holocaust? | Britannica, 2024). “The word Holocaust is derived from the Greek holokauston, a translation of the Hebrew word olah, meaning a burnt sacrifice offered whole to God. This word was chosen, and gained wide usage, because, in the ultimate manifestation of the Nazi killing program—the extermination camps—the bodies of the victims were consumed whole in crematoria or open fires.” Even in the darkest days of the Holocaust, there are many examples where victimized Jews gave accounts of hope. In this essay, I will cover examples of this with personal accounts from, Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel. This essay will explain how terrible the Holocaust truly was, but
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It was the entirety of the mass genocide of the Jewish population. People fleeing homes, in ghettos, being murdered, in hiding, and people who wanted to help. Anne Frank was a prominent figure during this time, she was a Jew who was hiding from the Nazis in 1942. She was not prominent during this time, however her journal she left behind shows such a unique perspective of a child during this time. She was a very optimistic person, who believed everyone had good somewhere in their hearts. She stated, “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” (pg.187) She genuinely believed that the people who hated her, killed her friends and family, and wanted to kill her had good in their hearts. However, she did not know about the mass genocide of her people during this
It was the entirety of the mass genocide of the Jewish population. People fleeing homes, in ghettos, being murdered, in hiding, and people who wanted to help. Anne Frank was a prominent figure during this time, she was a Jew who was hiding from the Nazis in 1942. She was not prominent during this time, however her journal she left behind shows such a unique perspective of a child during this time. She was a very optimistic person, who believed everyone had good somewhere in their hearts. She stated, “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” (pg.187) She genuinely believed that the people who hated her, killed her friends and family, and wanted to kill her had good in their hearts. However, she did not know about the mass genocide of her people during this