“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation we must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim...-Elie Wiesel.
The Holocaust, also referred as the “Shoah” was a genocide of Jews by the Nazi Germany, with a Greek word meaning “sacrifice by fire” , many people understood the term for crimes and horrors perpetrated by the Nazis, today it is celebrated internationally as “International Holocaust Remembrance Day” every 27th of January. Consequently, the memory of the Holocaust is being remembered across Europe and the globe, it continues to remain an affected part of the consciousness of survivors, families of survivors and many others. Scores of nations have built museums, monuments, …show more content…
Many nations have constructed monuments, museums and buildings to commemorate the holocaust. Regardless, some countries like Germany wish to demolish all the buildings or structures that reminds them of their past, but unfortunately some buildings, like the airport and the stadium which are massive in structure and costly to demolish still stands today, the holocaust memorials such as the concentration camps, Stolpersteine known as “stumbling stone” and the Jewish museum act as a reminder to the citizens and visitors. During world war 2, the German government stripped the Jews of their citizenship, and expelled them from professional jobs, universities, and businesses. Consequently, an important historic site and monument in Germany called the Berlin wall, which symbolized the lack of freedom under communism and a reminder to the Germans that the country was once divided. The communist built a wall that encircled the West Berlin, this was to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West. Thus, the fall of the wall in November 9,1989 caused a change in Berlin, the citizens were free to cross the country’s
The Holocaust, also referred as the “Shoah” was a genocide of Jews by the Nazi Germany, with a Greek word meaning “sacrifice by fire” , many people understood the term for crimes and horrors perpetrated by the Nazis, today it is celebrated internationally as “International Holocaust Remembrance Day” every 27th of January. Consequently, the memory of the Holocaust is being remembered across Europe and the globe, it continues to remain an affected part of the consciousness of survivors, families of survivors and many others. Scores of nations have built museums, monuments, …show more content…
Many nations have constructed monuments, museums and buildings to commemorate the holocaust. Regardless, some countries like Germany wish to demolish all the buildings or structures that reminds them of their past, but unfortunately some buildings, like the airport and the stadium which are massive in structure and costly to demolish still stands today, the holocaust memorials such as the concentration camps, Stolpersteine known as “stumbling stone” and the Jewish museum act as a reminder to the citizens and visitors. During world war 2, the German government stripped the Jews of their citizenship, and expelled them from professional jobs, universities, and businesses. Consequently, an important historic site and monument in Germany called the Berlin wall, which symbolized the lack of freedom under communism and a reminder to the Germans that the country was once divided. The communist built a wall that encircled the West Berlin, this was to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West. Thus, the fall of the wall in November 9,1989 caused a change in Berlin, the citizens were free to cross the country’s