Reflection On The Holocaust

Many events in history scarred nations and caused people to suffer, but no event was more gruesome or inhumane as the Holocaust. The Holocaust impacted the way people think and the way they continued their lives. It teaches us lessons that can keep a person from making horrible mistakes. We can also learn that major choices that one makes can also impact not only you, but also a whole group of people. The Holocaust certainly was one of the worst events to take place in not only Europe, but also in history.

Germans, Jews, and life-long Nazis had different views on the Holocaust. One Jewish Holocaust survivor named Zwi Bacharach said, “I went through Hell, but I never talked about it because it was too horrible.” Another Holocaust survivor, Theodore Haas, a German, said, “If you treated an animal the way the prisoners were being treated, you would have surely gone to jail.” Germans that thought that the actions of Hitler were wrong began to feel ashamed of their nationality because of how the world stereotyped all the Germans. Some Nazis realized they were wrong in participated in the executions of the Jews, but other Nazis still held …show more content…
The first lesson is that one should not blindly follow a leader, especially if he is commanding you to do inhumane things to people. Another lesson that can be learned is that one should not hate an entire group of people because there may be some individuals that haven’t done anything to deserve your hate. The Nazis let their hate of the Jews grow without a reason except that Hitler hated them, so they must hate them. The third lesson that can be learned from this is that choices that a person makes in life will not have an effect for just a day or a month or a year. Some choices that a person makes can affect hundreds of people even after decades have passed by. The circumstances that lead to the Holocaust and the actions that happened during the Holocaust can teach us important