As horrid as the gas chambers were, they might have actually been the lucky ones. The “medical experiments” conducted by German doctors in the camps illustrated the pure evil that could be found in humans. Relating with the ongoing war in Europe, Nazi soldiers forced prisoners to stand outside, naked, in freezing temperatures, to determine how long German pilots who were shot down in extreme weather conditions could survive. In the Buchenwald camp, one of the experiments included forcing the Gypsy prisoners to drink salt water to find how long a person could survive with only ocean water. One specific example of a sadist doctor was Mengele. Mengele was fascinated by all the Soviet prisoners who looked much like the picture-perfect German.
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Ludwig would sneak food to the prisoners. He didn’t only save people from the grip of hunger; he also saved them from the grip of the death camps. He would help prisoners escape from a fate of death. Ludwig would find a way for the prisoners to get out of the prison camps (Fremon, 77).
As seen in the last two examples, some of the Holocaust heroes were not particular viewed as good people. Oskar Schindler may be one of the best examples of this type of hero. Schindler was a womanizer, gambler, and a briber. He was in the Nazi party just to have fruitful connections for business. The day Schindler saw the horror of the Nazis with open eyes was when he witnessed a girl in a red coat watching a massacre. The soldiers didn’t pay any attention to the witness because they knew they would kill her sometime. From that day forward, Schindler claimed he would do everything to beat the system.
When Jews were forced out of business, Schindler bought a shut-down factory for a cheap price. His manager, Itzhak Stern, who was a Jew, convinced Schindler to soon hire 150 of his Jewish friends. Instead of their payment being money, they were promised to live through the war …show more content…
It’s hard to believe someone could be so cruel hearted with a full conscious. Studies show he didn’t have any mental illnesses until the last ten months of his life. By 1938, Hitler convinced himself he wouldn’t live long; some people conclude that is why he wanted to move the extermination of Jews as quick as possible (The Holocaust, 628).
While it was Hitler and Nazis that carried out the killings of the Jews, many of the horrors were caused by everyday people. Historians believe that the Holocaust was somewhere between two extremes. It is wrong to say the Holocaust was caused by all the German people, but it is also wrong to say that all blame should be placed on Hitler and the Jews. If more people would have seen the evil at hand, and stood up for the innocent, maybe millions of lives could have been
Ludwig would sneak food to the prisoners. He didn’t only save people from the grip of hunger; he also saved them from the grip of the death camps. He would help prisoners escape from a fate of death. Ludwig would find a way for the prisoners to get out of the prison camps (Fremon, 77).
As seen in the last two examples, some of the Holocaust heroes were not particular viewed as good people. Oskar Schindler may be one of the best examples of this type of hero. Schindler was a womanizer, gambler, and a briber. He was in the Nazi party just to have fruitful connections for business. The day Schindler saw the horror of the Nazis with open eyes was when he witnessed a girl in a red coat watching a massacre. The soldiers didn’t pay any attention to the witness because they knew they would kill her sometime. From that day forward, Schindler claimed he would do everything to beat the system.
When Jews were forced out of business, Schindler bought a shut-down factory for a cheap price. His manager, Itzhak Stern, who was a Jew, convinced Schindler to soon hire 150 of his Jewish friends. Instead of their payment being money, they were promised to live through the war …show more content…
It’s hard to believe someone could be so cruel hearted with a full conscious. Studies show he didn’t have any mental illnesses until the last ten months of his life. By 1938, Hitler convinced himself he wouldn’t live long; some people conclude that is why he wanted to move the extermination of Jews as quick as possible (The Holocaust, 628).
While it was Hitler and Nazis that carried out the killings of the Jews, many of the horrors were caused by everyday people. Historians believe that the Holocaust was somewhere between two extremes. It is wrong to say the Holocaust was caused by all the German people, but it is also wrong to say that all blame should be placed on Hitler and the Jews. If more people would have seen the evil at hand, and stood up for the innocent, maybe millions of lives could have been