In, The Destruction of the European Jews, Hilberg states that “they had evolved a set of reactions that were to remain remarkably constant over the centuries. This pattern may be portrayed by the following diagram: Resistance Alleviation Evasion Paralysis Compliance” (Hilberg). Arnost Lustig shows in his novel, The Unloved, that these five classifications are not independent of one another, but are in fact organic, flowing and melting into one another. This paper explores that melding of those three responses, as well as the unique catalyst required to go from them, to the last, resistance.
When the story comes to the soccer matches Perla explains pertinent information about the matches, why they do them, and what they mean. Through these lies various equalities with Hilberg’s Five Responses. The first thing Perla has to say about the soccer matches is that, “Each officer is the owner of a team,” (Lustig 23), revealing that the matches are held for the amusement of the Nazi’s in control of Theresienstadt. It is a source of relaxation, and fun for them in gambling. To the Jews playing the game this is twofold, on the one hand they are alleviating their jailers. As long as they continue playing the game it offers a respite to the Nazi’s which in turn may make things slightly easier on them day to day.
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However, through further study of those that survived it’s dark days we can see that those classifications were rarely as stark in contrast as they seem, nor was there a conscious decision to move from one to the next. They simply grew from each other depending on the circumstances of each individual person. Resistance being the one that did take a thought, an act, and because of that it was the hardest of the responses to come by, requiring more than a threat of life, but the threat to make one less than
When the story comes to the soccer matches Perla explains pertinent information about the matches, why they do them, and what they mean. Through these lies various equalities with Hilberg’s Five Responses. The first thing Perla has to say about the soccer matches is that, “Each officer is the owner of a team,” (Lustig 23), revealing that the matches are held for the amusement of the Nazi’s in control of Theresienstadt. It is a source of relaxation, and fun for them in gambling. To the Jews playing the game this is twofold, on the one hand they are alleviating their jailers. As long as they continue playing the game it offers a respite to the Nazi’s which in turn may make things slightly easier on them day to day.
Secondly they are using …show more content…
However, through further study of those that survived it’s dark days we can see that those classifications were rarely as stark in contrast as they seem, nor was there a conscious decision to move from one to the next. They simply grew from each other depending on the circumstances of each individual person. Resistance being the one that did take a thought, an act, and because of that it was the hardest of the responses to come by, requiring more than a threat of life, but the threat to make one less than