Why Do We Learn About The Holocaust

To teach a class about the holocaust and only show them "Life is beautiful" , would be like wanting to teach a class about World War Two and then show them a Disney movie. Not that it is a bad movie, it just does a very bad job of portraying the horrific events that occurred during the holocaust. This movie never once shows a prisoner being beaten or killed, we are left to assume that Guido was shot and left for dead. If you were just starting to learn about the holocaust and watched this movie you would think that it would have been easy for children like Guidos son Giosue to stay in the camps with their parents. If you could only show one film, this would not be a very wise choice because: it makes it seem like the Jews lived easy lives, it gives you the idea prisoners could easily defy the guards and act out, and it makes you think prisoners could easily hide children in the camps. …show more content…
This is why it would not be a very smart decision to show students who are just starting to learn about the holocaust. After watching this movie you would think most of the camps would have been as well kept as the one shown was and that the guards were not very harsh on prisoners. The worst thing we saw the prisoners doing was carrying the heavy anvils as part of their jobs. Other than that they always seemed to be fed and were rarely disciplined by the guards, from what we could see. As many times we saw prisoners act up or get into trouble we rarely saw the guards disciplining the prisoners as we have seen in movies and tv shows. Very seldom in "Life is Beautiful" did we see a lot of mistreatment that was to harsh, for the most part the worst punishment we saw was verbal rather then physically being