“Do you know why most survivors of the Holocaust are vegan? It 's because they know what it 's like to be treated like an animal.”- Palahniuk. This quote only hints at the horrors the Jews experienced in Germany during World War II. The basic definition of what the Holocaust; A revolting time period in which the Nazis ruled and dictated their belief that the German race was superior to all other religions, races, and beliefs. Hitler was a dictator that terrorized over Germany because he was the leader of the German Nazi Party during 1934 to 1945. This historic event resulted in 6 million Jewish people dying. This is also not including the other races such as Gypsies, the disabled, homosexuals, and communists, but these facts are only an introduction
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July 15th, 1994, Anne Frank uses her hope to conjure up an idea that helps her get through tough times. To get a bigger picture, here is an excerpt from her diary: “I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.” Frank (1944). In this quote from her diary it helps explain how Anne Frank used a positive outlook to help her get through the idea that there were evil people out there. If she decided to believe that in fact not all people were good at heart then she would have no hope or faith in going on in life, but if she believed that deep down everyone was good then she could help herself cope with the idea that this would all end. And that everyone would one day be able to see that what was happening to the Jews was wrong even though the people at that time didn’t see it. Though it is mostly true now that people can see that this was a horrible event and a depressing time in our history as human beings, some people to this day deny the existence of this happening all …show more content…
The Nuremberg Laws were a set of laws that were used to constrict the freedom of the Jews, other discriminated against races, or any other people who were affected. To continue, an example of one of the law is: “The Nuremberg Laws defined a “Jew” as someone with three or four Jewish grandparents.” This is a prime example of showing how cruel the Germans were as they punished not only the actual Jews, but also all the descents of Jewish people even if they were not Jewish. They were so heartless that they didn’t care what religion you were currently, as long as you had some sort of relation with a Jewish person you were considered an “animal” and were treated likewise. Therefore it is important that we all learn about this horrific tragic time in history, to avoid repeating this mistake. Everyone should be educated about this tragic even and yet it might be through school, museums, or actually visiting the camps where the Jews were kept. Like the article Keeping Holocaust education relevant in a changing landscape “James Young writes of the ‘macabre dance of memorial ghosts’ who are present only by their absence, behind their confiscated glasses, beneath their confiscated clothes and shorn hair, laid bare in the exhibition (Stier, 2003:212).” Victoria
July 15th, 1994, Anne Frank uses her hope to conjure up an idea that helps her get through tough times. To get a bigger picture, here is an excerpt from her diary: “I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.” Frank (1944). In this quote from her diary it helps explain how Anne Frank used a positive outlook to help her get through the idea that there were evil people out there. If she decided to believe that in fact not all people were good at heart then she would have no hope or faith in going on in life, but if she believed that deep down everyone was good then she could help herself cope with the idea that this would all end. And that everyone would one day be able to see that what was happening to the Jews was wrong even though the people at that time didn’t see it. Though it is mostly true now that people can see that this was a horrible event and a depressing time in our history as human beings, some people to this day deny the existence of this happening all …show more content…
The Nuremberg Laws were a set of laws that were used to constrict the freedom of the Jews, other discriminated against races, or any other people who were affected. To continue, an example of one of the law is: “The Nuremberg Laws defined a “Jew” as someone with three or four Jewish grandparents.” This is a prime example of showing how cruel the Germans were as they punished not only the actual Jews, but also all the descents of Jewish people even if they were not Jewish. They were so heartless that they didn’t care what religion you were currently, as long as you had some sort of relation with a Jewish person you were considered an “animal” and were treated likewise. Therefore it is important that we all learn about this horrific tragic time in history, to avoid repeating this mistake. Everyone should be educated about this tragic even and yet it might be through school, museums, or actually visiting the camps where the Jews were kept. Like the article Keeping Holocaust education relevant in a changing landscape “James Young writes of the ‘macabre dance of memorial ghosts’ who are present only by their absence, behind their confiscated glasses, beneath their confiscated clothes and shorn hair, laid bare in the exhibition (Stier, 2003:212).” Victoria