Denial

The denial of the systematic execution of the Jewish people during World War Two is a post-war phenomenon that rejects the historical fact. One of their claims is that the Nazi concept of a ‘Final Solution” meant the emigration of the Jews, not their eradication. Along with the explicit rejection of the Holocaust, denial includes the detraction and deformation of the evidence and events. Holocaust deniers associate themselves as “historical revisionists” believing that this title gives them…

When reading these two passages, my thoughts as to the correlation between the two lead to Peter’s denials that were made in the hours leading up to the crucifixion, when political/social cries for Jesus’ execution were at their loudest, Peter didn’t want to share the same fate. Jesus’ call to Peter to feed his sheep, in John, comes after an avid and tri-fold denial of even knowing Jesus. In Mark, a witness opportunity to Jesus’ life and ministry was avoided, since Peter fears for his life.…

Denial seems to be a quite popular form of defense mechanisms. People will often make excuses that don’t truly reflect their actions. Instead of being honest with themselves, people will explain that they only act in negative ways in particular circumstances when their explanations turn out to be false. Another popular defense mechanism is displacement. I believe displacement is one of the most easy to see, as it is portrayed in action movies constantly and in real life I can find many people at…

The Types of Scars that Don’t Fade January 30th, 1933 marks the date that would set forth the beginning of a Genocide with a death toll of over 11 million people, now known as the Holocaust. Minorities of people like Jews, Polishes, homosexuals, and even people with disabilities were targeted under Hitler’s command. Of these people, many were killed by gassing and mass shootings. Those sent off to concentration camps instead were considered lucky. What many people did not know and still do not…

NIGHT COMMENTARY In this passage from the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie had been snatched from his home and transported to a concentration camp, in a cattle car. Passage two talks about Elie’s first experience with the Nazis, and the process of how he was treated, and how he felt. This passage shows how a person can be dehumanized by being affected by war and tragedy, it talks about the use of imagery, symbolism, hyperbole, and other literary devices used by the author. The story is told in…

Not only was Irving able to manipulate the concept of cognitive authority in his two books, but Holocaust revisionists in general have been able to manipulate cognitive authority of historians in other ways. Deborah Lipstadt, in her book Denying the Holocaust, offers a great insight on just how Irving and other revisionists have been able to become so prominent. She says that revisionists have been able to gain some amount of authority by “camouflaging their goals” (Lipstadt 1993). They hide…

Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel is a Romanian-Jewish author who is best known for conveying his story through his books and for being a political activist. He is also known for helping people who survived the Holocaust of World War. Elie Wiesel was born on 30 September 1928 in the town of Sighet, Transylvania, now a part of Romania (Elie Wiesel Biography) He grew up with his Father and Mother. Their names were Shlomo Wiesel and Sarah Feig. Wiesel was encouraged by his father to learn modern Hebrew…

Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Formal and Contextual elements about Holocaust The Holocaust was the period of the World War 11 which caused various negative effects on the involved countries and its people and especially the Jews. Different authors had to write and publish books that concerned the Holocaust. Among them was Simon Wiesenthal who wrote, “Sunflower” and Dora Aspan Sorell who is the author of the book “Tell the Children.” The Sunflower is Simon's autobiographical account of what…

The holocaust was a tragic event that Elie Wiesel went through making a speech and wrote a book about his experience. Elie Wiesel’s speech the Perils of Indifference is explaining about his opinion on his experience rather than the book he wrote Night explains his experience. I believe that his speech Perils Of Indifference got his message across better. Both were very informative and well written and got his message across. The book Night written by Elie Wiesel was a great book…

Indifference is thought to be neither right nor wrong because of what indifference is--a lack of thought on a subject. However, indifference is not only a state of not caring in the middle of right and wrong. Elie Wiesel presented a speech called “The Perils of Indifference” in 1999 on the topic of indifference. In this speech, he argued that being indifferent towards suffering is just as wrong as acting violently towards others. Elie Wiesel builds his argument that indifference can be just as…