"I see it as my task, now at my age, to face up to these things that I experienced and to oppose the Holocaust deniers who claim that Auschwitz never happened. And that's why I am here today. Because I want to tell those deniers: I have seen the gas chambers, I have seen the crematoria, I have seen the burning pits - and I want you to believe me that these atrocities happened. I was there." (CODOH, 2013)
Oskar Groening – he was a Nazi. He may not have participated in the psychical violence that went on at Auschwitz he was he was still a witness and he is liable to be charged for the accessory of the murders of over 300, 000 people, most of the Jews. Many say that his court case was different from other like him because he was not a guard …show more content…
He said it was impossible and that he couldn’t work there anymore. He believed that if they were to exterminate Jews, it should be done within a certain structure. His superior told him that he, himself, agreed that the Jews should be killed honorably but reminded him that they all took an oath and that he should forget the thought of leaving. Despite being told this he still filed for a transfer to the front line, but it was denied. After his transfer had been denied twice he went on with his job as a bookkeeper in Auschwitz, remaining behind his desk for the majority of the time, not wanting deal with the guilt and shame that came over him from the things happening around him.
The author of the book, The Boy in Striped Pyjamas, supposedly made a jab at the German population of this time era because they ignored what was happening around them. He wanted us to think, hesitate and feel what was happening at this moment in time. This relates to the Groening because like the rest of Germany he to, turned a blind eye to what was happening around him when it started to inconvenience him. (Boyne, 2006, pg.
Oskar Groening – he was a Nazi. He may not have participated in the psychical violence that went on at Auschwitz he was he was still a witness and he is liable to be charged for the accessory of the murders of over 300, 000 people, most of the Jews. Many say that his court case was different from other like him because he was not a guard …show more content…
He said it was impossible and that he couldn’t work there anymore. He believed that if they were to exterminate Jews, it should be done within a certain structure. His superior told him that he, himself, agreed that the Jews should be killed honorably but reminded him that they all took an oath and that he should forget the thought of leaving. Despite being told this he still filed for a transfer to the front line, but it was denied. After his transfer had been denied twice he went on with his job as a bookkeeper in Auschwitz, remaining behind his desk for the majority of the time, not wanting deal with the guilt and shame that came over him from the things happening around him.
The author of the book, The Boy in Striped Pyjamas, supposedly made a jab at the German population of this time era because they ignored what was happening around them. He wanted us to think, hesitate and feel what was happening at this moment in time. This relates to the Groening because like the rest of Germany he to, turned a blind eye to what was happening around him when it started to inconvenience him. (Boyne, 2006, pg.