“Society was composed of three simple categories: the killers, the victims, and the bystanders,” Elie Wiesel stated in his “The Perils of Indifference” speech given on April 12, 1999, at the White House. In his speech, Wiesel discusses the indifference that the Jewish people experienced during the Holocaust. Weisel was taken by the Nazis in 1944 at the age of 15 and spent about a year in various concentration camps, including Birkenau, Auschwitz, Buna, Gleiwitz, and Buchenwald. Throughout his time in concentration camps, Elie witnessed the cruelty between strangers, and even sometimes between friends and family. Elie explains to the audience the dangers of being indifferent in “The Perils of Indifference”.…
“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim” (Wiesel). A true statement made by Elie Wiesel, one of the survivors of the holocaust, he decided to tell the world what happened, he decided not to become a bystander because silence can never help the victim. The consequences of silence can be seen everywhere but in the fictional story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and the non-fictional story the “Ruling in the Scottsboro Trial” by Judge James E. Horton we can clearly see how silence made a huge difference in someone else’s life and in Elie Wiesel's nobel prize acceptance speech we can appreciate how silence can make you guilty. We can not be innocent if we are bystanders, we have to speak for those who stay silent, it is our…
agree with the statement made by Elie Wiesel, “Neutrality helps the oppressor never the oppressed. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” Elie Wiesel is an author of multiple books and one referencing his time in the Holocaust called Night. Later, during the mid 1980s earned the Nobel Peace Prize. One reason why I agree with Elie Wiesel’s statement is how bystanders never felt the need to challenge Hitler’s power.…
When someone is persecuted by their race, religion, or political point of view that place must become the center of the universe attention I agree that Elie wiesel was right. Elie wiesel is right because when some one lives is in danger for their beliefs all the humanity should put attention at the place because human lives are in danger because at the time is not your live but that can happen to you and you will need some help and the Jews at that time needed or help. We did not put attention because is was not harming us and we had or own problems the great depression and we knew that the Jews were in danger and Egland was right next to them do not did anything because there were rebuilding because they were bombed in WWI.The holocaust…
This same type of horrible silence happened even in America. During the middle 1800's, the Native Americans were viewed as "a savage and inferior race" by the white man, who would "invade, plunder and murder" any Indians who were troublesome (Irene ustrek) . This is exactly like what happened to the Jews. Hitler believed that the Germans were the inferior race and…
Imanol Lopez Prendergast English-12 Elie’s Death Journal The Holocaust should not be forgotten because it is one of the most cruel, and important part of history that affected everyone worldwide. The Holocaust started when Adolf Hitler and,the Nazis thought that Germany was suffering because of the overpopulation of the Jewish religion. Adolf Hitler decided that in order to fix Germany he will need to get rid of the Jewish population, by putting them and other religions on concentration camps where they worked or were killed. The Holocaust should not be forgotten, because it help prevent another occasion similar to the Holocaust, and the Holocaust is a good reflection of society.…
But the people tend to overlook signs of future atrocities like the Holocaust, and then don’t speak up when they need to.…
“When history looks back I want people to know the Nazis weren’t able to kill millions of people and get away with it.” (Simon Wiesenthal) Simon was a Holocaust survivor. After Simon escaped for the camp he wanted to do something memorable. Simon dedicated his life to hunt and prosecute Nazis.…
“Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, -at that moment- become the center of the universe.” (-Wiesel) Majority of World War…
During WWII, Adolf Hitler, with the help of the Nazi regime, detained Jews from across their captured territory in concentration camps - sometimes referred to as “death factories”. Concentration camps usually starved their inhabitants, forced them to work long and strenuous hours, among other atrocities. Many Jews in concentration camps consoled themselves with the fact that none of the Allied countries knew the pain that they we’re going through. They convinced themselves that if they knew, they would act against the Nazi Regime and free them...only to learn after their release that the Allies had known all along. On April 12th, 1999, Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor himself and Nobel Laureate, gave an impassioned speech at the White House, hosted by President Clinton and the First Lady.…
"First they came for the Communists, - but I was not a communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, - but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, - but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me."…
Sophia Baker Mr.Sidel & Ms.Brown Period 4 May 3rd, 2015 Giving Up? You could feel like giving up because it is the easy answer and less painful, but if you can change the situation even a little it is worth to not give up. During the Holocaust around 1933 to 1945, people resisted against the Nazis to help fight and protect for the Jews who could not. Three brothers who had a rough childhood because of their lost loved ones, still fought to keep as many Jews alive as they possibly could. One resistance group that was sent and trained by the British, would actually jump out of a plane to fight the Nazis and help the Jews who were held captive.…
“The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism, and stereotyping on a society it forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and content the power of ramifications of indifference and inaction,” once said by Tim Holden. As Tim Holden said the Holocaust was a dark event caused by the consequences of others. So many people did wrong but a great amount of people also stepped up and did right on the world. For example Jeanne Daman, a Catholic heroic teacher who helped children hide, rescued adults, and reunited children with their parents. Jeanne Damon was a young teacher in Brussels.…
The Holocaust will always be remembered as one of the biggest loss of life ever in history. People still to this day actually believe that the holocaust didn't happen. This essay is here to explain and view both sides and give you reliable information on how the holocaust did happen. Also how denying it is huge dishonor to those who were there and had their lives and families lives stripped from them so violently.…
Why should future generations know about the holocaust? The Holocaust was an unquestionable powerful event that all started with Hitler and the Nazis in Germany. Not only German Jews but all Jews were killed just because Hitler thought they didn’t match the characteristics of a natural born German Jew. This was such a tragic event that it should be widely known by all generations. People and children of younger generations should all be aware that this happened in order to stop future events such as the Holocaust to happen again.…