Important Lessons From The Holocaust

It’s too simple, to is insignificant, too misleading, this phrase which people repeat: “So that history doesn't repeat itself.” When being asked the question of “Why vital lessons from the Holocaust must be passed down to new generations?”, one may use this similar phrase. I honestly hope this is not all we've learned. We cannot fully comprehend the gravity of the Holocaust. “The sheer scale of the Holocaust numbs us to it’s individual realities.” The Holocaust could be called the “Age of atrocity and impunity.” Knowing this, we should learn and attempt to understand the vital lessons from it. “The lessons which rocked the world to it’s core.” Yet, why is it important to keep passing them on and try not to forget? “ The holocaust is a contemporary issue. It cannot and should not be an event consigned to history.” To forget would mean carelessly letting the suffering and death of millions of people to be in vain. Learning, understanding and passing on this vital lessons, will help make this a better world, one person at a time.

“What are these profound lessons we must learn and understand?” First of all, the contrary, to making the world better through people, the …show more content…
For what reason did they hold back?” I now know why and it reveals the reason why the Holocaust was able to reach such extremities. The Holocaust was no accident, the majority of people were in a dangerous state of silence. The answer to my question, is such an indifference filled word, it distorts on who should we blame. Bystander were essentially passive offenders, because of their silice the Nazi were able to do great damage easily.This crime of indifference, lead to the consequences of it all. People have the responsibility to prevent, protect and justice, yet we were too late to take responsibility. Now that the Holocaust is over, we shall “Never again be silent or indifference in the face of