Wolters believed that Speer only tried to protect his reputation, that he was trying to build himself up systematically & that he was a hypocrite who was far from apolitical. Dan van der Vat further supports Wolters, and says “the only reason Speer escaped the death penalty was because he was a good liar”. Matthias Schmidt, author of ‘The end of a Myth’, believed that Speer had the motive to become a great historical figure, and attempted to do so by gaining power in the Nazi party I agree with Wolters, Dan van der Vat and Matthias Schmidt, with saying Speer was only interested in his reputation. That he was a megalomaniac architect who had established what Schmidt said was a “cunning apologia”, and had therefore escaped execution at Nuremburg. Although, due to Gitta Serenys studies, we can sympathize.
“Night and other texts which depicts the holocaust reveal mans inhumanity to man. But they also reveal stories and moments of incredible courage and the determination of the human spirit to survive against all odds” Using night and 2 other texts you have studied compare and contrast how composers explore recurring central ideas in this topic. Evaluate the effectiveness of each text and the techniques they use to explore this confronting topic. The novel Night written by Elie Wiesel is a touching book of courage and survival in the tough and harsh conditions of the death camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Told from the memories and records of Elie Wiesel, a young boy taken prisoner in the camps, Night displays the confronting truth behind the time of the Holocaust.
2). In other words, Sharp and Cartwright believe that even though many people were aware that something catastrophic was occurring, they still did nothing to prevent it; moreover, the acts of “nothing” has given a greater advantage towards the spread of genocide. Sharp and Cartwright’s theory that the spread of genocide is due to inaction is extremely useful because it shreds insight into the difficult problem of the genocide dissemination. Similar to Sharp and Cartwright’s theory, Elie Wiesel, a concentration camp prisoner from the Holocaust of World War II, mentions his memories in Buna, a concentration camp where he was imprisoned with his father; moreover, he notes that several times within a
Can Having Spiritual Freedom Deepen our Inner Selves? Can having spiritual freedom deepen our inner selves, even in difficult external circumstances? While some may argue that is next to impossible, I for one believe that is very much possible and achievable. Viktor Frankl is living proof that even after all he had to go through inside those concentration camps, all the physical and mental abuse, he was still able to find spiritual freedom. When Frankl first entered the camp he was torn away from his wife, stripped of all his possessions and anything that made him an individual.
But like I said earlier, Levi was more ashamed over the fact that he was too focused on survival and realized that they lost his humanity along the way. I think Levi was being too hard on himself. Throughout the rest of the book, his humanity is present through his exchange with other prisoners, his ever-present knowledge, and his insight into others. Although this passage is glaringly honest, I do not think that he completely lost his humanity due to his will to survive. Levi admits that there were times when thought was impossible to ignore, like right before falling asleep.
And the only thing that kept him going was his dad but the chance of getting separated from his dad was devastating for him. He was constantly hit with life and death situations throughout the whole year he spent going from camp to camp. Elie and his father had to lie about their age to even stay alive. “Here, Kid, how old are you?” “Eighteen” This helps keep him from being burned in the crematory. He was scared, felt lonely and wanted to do anything to stay alive.
His compassion and determination made him a hero within the Jewish community. He suffered chaos and madness, spending millions bribing the Nazis. At one point he even risked his life to rescue the Schindler-Jews. You could say that he gave his Jews a second chance at life. Even though Schindler was a German, he was very fond of his Jew workers.
He feels guilty because he watched his friend get raped and he was too cowardly to intervene. A comparison I made to this was from the novel Night by Elie Wiesel. The narrator in that novel is going through a struggle as well. His internal conflict is whether or not he should help his father or if it should be “every man for his self”. In Night Elie Wiesel and his father are in a concentration camp.
This case is perfect for this question because Julian is being victimized by publicly sharing what he knows, about the privacy of civilians. If the theory of free speech was applied, then, civilians would have their privacy and the right to interact and speak about any topic with any given opinion, and no such thing as spying personal conversations would ever had happened. And even if they did happen, Julian Assange would be more than in his right to publically express his knowledge of the issue. As the journalist Oliver Stone wrote, “Julian Assange did much for free speech and is now being victimized by the abusers of that concept.” Looking at the case study above in the perspective of Julian Assange, he created that website so that everybody else would gain knowledge of what was happening inside secret agencies, government... What he did can be justified using the Kantian duty-based theories, where he did what he thought everybody had the right to know, his intention was to aware; he was altruistic in the sense that what he did was fully for the benefit of
Caroline Holden 13 April 2015 Allen 2B Faith, Hunger and Identity Elie Weisel tells his experience during the holocaust in the book Night. Elie faced multiple life-changing experiences. His sense of humanity in others slowly vanishes throughout his time in the concentration camps. He was constantly searching for food in order to stay alive and while doing so he lost his faith in God and his identity. Due to abusive treatment Elie witnesses and endures at the hands of the Nazis during WWII, he is stripped of his former self and loses his identity.