The Sunflower By Simon Wiesenthal Summary

The Sunflower is about a man, Simon Wiesenthal, who is a jewish man in a concentration camp during WWII. Wiesenthal talks about the real life accounts of his struggles through the trails of precaution. Wiesenthal also tells the readers about what his daily tasks are in the camp. One day during Wiesenthal’s experience he was sent to a military hospital in a city where he had got his degree. At the hospital Wiesenthal is asked by a nun to follow her up to another wing of the hospital. In this other wing Wiesenthal is told to sit by a dying SS soldier and listen to what he has to say. The name of the SS soldier was Karl and he had to confess to Wiesenthal what he had done to the jewish people during the war. After Karl is done telling Wiesenthal …show more content…
No person deserves to be put through what all the jewish people of Europe went through. Wiesenthal’s ability to move forward in his time of struggle is something to base one’s life on. I personally believe Wiesenthal made the right decision in not saying anything to Karl. I think given his current situation, Wiesenthal just sitting and listening to the confession was the best thing he could have done. Wiesenthal could have just gotten up and walked away as soon as he saw the SS soldier. When Wiesenthal let Karl get out what he was saying should have been enough closer for …show more content…
I would just walk out of that room as soon as I saw a nazi soldier. What the German soldiers did to the jewish people on a regular basis is unforgivable. In my opinion there reaches a point where an individual's actions are not forgivable. When an individual is constantly killing people for no rhyme or reason, they have lost all sense of moral decision making. Therefore, if I was in a concentration camp for catholics and it was catholic people being killed in mass numbers for no reason, I would not forgive Karl. I say that because if people of my religion were being treated like the jewish people, I would not be able to forgive them. I could never imagine what those people went through during their experiences at concentration camps, but I relate more to Wiesenthal's friend Arthur. If I was in that situation my actions would be a lot like Arthurs. I can understand why Arthur disliked the German people so much. Other people who say that Wiesenthal should have forgave Karl would be more like Josek. Josek is more religious than Arthur and would be more understanding than Arthur. I personally believe that Arthur is right and I would not agree with