Aftermath of the Holocaust

Aichner were exceptionally different. Ultimately, Reiner viewed Germany as a hierarchal system and believed that present day Germans should not be forced to carry the burden of blame for the Holocaust. This belief differed remarkably from Frau Aichner who believed that Germany should be conscious of the Holocaust and should treat minorities equal. Looking at societies with different social factors, outcomes and choices would be different. Living in the American South during Jim Crow segregation…

Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder argues that in the geographic region that he entitles “Bloodlands”, the area between Germany and Russia, during 1933-1945 under the Stalinist and Nazi regime resulted in over 14 million deaths committed by brutal regimes. His hope in this book is to look at the two regimes and how they respectively killed so many citizens but also to give Eastern Europe the attention it has not yet received from a historical perspective and…

Imagine being a victim of the Holocaust. Anywhere between a Jew, which was the main casualty of the Holocaust, to a German child that was hypnotized by Hitler’s power. They were all the major sufferers of the Holocaust, who was tortured, starved, and killed. Elie Wiesel, Berek Latarus, and Alfons Heck were a few of many of these people. Wiesel and Latarus were both Holocaust survivors, well Heck was a Nazi German. Heck was convinced during the Holocaust by Hitler to join the Hitler Youth for…

German Holocaust Education Introduction The Holocaust is generally considered to be one of the biggest human tragedies in history. Around 5.93 million Jewish people are estimated to have been killed (Dawidowicz, 1975:403), along with millions of other people; political prisoners, prisoners of war, Romani, homosexuals, and other minority groups. As such, it is an important part of German history which receives a certain amount of focus in education. The importance of the Holocaust as a part of…

the struggles of going into concentration camps such as Auschwitz, Buna, and others in late World War II. During the holocaust, because of the lack of modern technology, no other countries knew about what was happening to the Jewish prisoners in these camps. However, Elie Wiesel was not the only one who was struck with devastation in these times of unknown crisis. Other Holocaust victims lost faith in not just their surroundings, but in themselves as well. Due to the abominable conditions of the…

and Cannibal Holocaust is perpetrated by human beings. In Funny Games, cruelty is dealt with a heavy but nonchalant hand by highly creepy, unnaturally polite and detached young men who repeatedly call out the audience on their nature and motivations. By asking the audience if we are sated, our thin immersion within the film is broken and we find ourselves suddenly disconnected and forced into introspection. Why are we watching this? Is this entertaining? Even though Cannibal Holocaust turned…

he Impact of Writing Style in Night The Holocaust was an event that could have only been conjured in the darkest and most terrifying depths of the human mind. It was, and still is, nearly unfathomable as to how one could possibly treat a fellow human like the Nazis treated the Jews during the Holocaust. Bestselling Author and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Elie Wiesel, experienced these horrific events first-hand, as he is a Holocaust survivor himself. As a survivor, he especially cannot comprehend…

We as humans experience trauma during some time in our life, such as the loss of a loved one, war, rape, and segregation. These traumas can leave a long lasting effect on a person. It can isolate a person from others leaving them in silence and also with a shadow of themselves that is unrecognizable. With trauma, a wall of silence can build around a person and begin to chip away parts of them, by sharing their stories the wall can be broken and the person can begin to heal. Trauma is a concept…

The Holocaust was the fault of Hitler and the leaders of the Nazi Party, the common bystanders, the military, the affluent, and the world. The Holocaust was a genocide: the mass murder of many minority groups, most predominantly the Jewish population, using concentration camps and other methods. Hitler was the leader of Germany from the early 1930’s to the early 1940’s, the man who started it all, backed by the leaders of his party, these men were the instigators. The common bystanders: the…

the war was September 2, 1945 ,war was not completely ended on that day. It continued to wage on and more casualties happened during the aftermath of the war. During WWII over “insert statistic” people in total died, which was more casualties than WWI. Although, during this war there were more events going on. During WWII as stated in the previous page the Holocaust, D-Day, and Pearl Harbor were going on which caused the number of casualties to rise as opposed to…