Journal 1 entry: early 1942 How can they be so blind? Hitler was right about how we Germans should eliminate those filthy Jews. My fellow Nazi leaders and I do not understand why the worlds, besides our allies, are against us. We are not harming any humans, but instead exterminating those who wish to be human. Jews are the reason that jobs are not available for every German.
Could Eliezer have been exaggerating this idea, for people to pity him? The article “German Death Camps and Concentration Camps” Zaryn claims that, “Nazi-governed state gradually introduced repressive laws toward the Jews.” This fact absolutely does support the statement by Eliezer. One might also question the type of ‘repressive law’. Could they have been the laws that Eliezer mentioned? In the article “Jewish Life during the Holocaust” the writer claims that they were oppressed from their daily activities and they would kill those who strayed.
He starts with describing his meeting with 'something' in a long caftan with black hair locks. Referring to the Jewish man as a 'thing' rather than a person or a human, it automatically paints a picture of a ghastly, almost inhuman-time monstrous being: this was how Hitler saw the Jews. However,
The movie, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, addresses the ethical issue of whether or not right and wrong truly exists in an absolute manner or is everything a matter of personal opinion. The director intended to portray what the Nazis did to the Jews as wrong in the movie. There are several instances that show the exploitation and abuse of Jews, no matter the age or gender, by the Nazis. A prominent example of this would be the first man Bruno sees wearing the “striped pajamas”, Pavel. At first, Bruno witnesses the cruelty that Lieutenant Kotler shows toward Pavel when Bruno asked for a tire swing.
Hans is portrayed as a selfless person when, “He made his way…onto the road…and presented a piece of bread like magic” which shows that it was in Hans’ nature to help those in need. This was however soon met by a Nazi soldier who then proceeded to whip both Hans and the Jew who received the bread, juxtaposing the beautiful scene of a German helping a Jew with a Nazi soldier punishing their own people who were only doing the morally correct thing. Furthermore, despite its many human qualities, Death fails to comprehend the dualities of Nazi-era Germany and the acts of generosity and cruelty humans are so seemingly capable of. Death sees people more objectively, “The human heart is a line, whereas my own is a circle…I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both.” Death distinguishes himself from mankind, metaphorically using a line to represent life showing that he is immortal, separating him from humanity and by being beyond the boundaries of the human race, can impartially judge the actions of humanity. Yet it is this clear sense of mind Death possesses that makes him perplexed as to how the
Propaganda. Anti-Semitic laws of the Holocaust. The contagiousness of violence, hatred, and prejudice. The anti-Semitic laws of the Holocaust became the excuses of the Nazis to mentally and physically abuse the Jews. Before and throughout the holocaust, the Nazi government created cruel and senseless laws and restrictions that discriminated and denied the rights of Jewish people.
The way they dealt with the dilemma of following the German orders and of keeping order within the ghetto, led them to be seen as collaborators to the Nazis, yet they were responding instinctively to prolong their lives as much as any other Jew. There is a plethora of Holocaust writing and personal memoirs which give many different views on this debate but there are three areas that I feel are the most relevant, so this paper will look firstly at how the Jurderat were criticised for being power hungry and therefore willing collaborators; it then looks at the people who chose not to become part of the Judenrat, and their fate, to highlight why many agreed to being members; and finally looks at the psychological impact of the Judenrat position and how they really had no choice, especially moral choices in the decisions they made. The Nazis were indiscriminate in their hatred for the Jews, no matter what position they held in the ghetto, ultimately the trains were waiting to take them all. A
We are humans. We have a heart and we are being persecuted because of the simple fact that I am who I am. I am a Jew. And Hitler hates us so bad because he believes that we are superior and impure raze. He wants to remove us from civil society.
Holocaust happened because Hitler and the Nazis were racist. They believed the German people were a 'master race', who were superior to others. They even created a league table of 'races' with the Aryans at the top and with Jews, Gypsies and black people at the bottom. These 'inferior' people were seen as a threat to the purity and strength of the German nation. When the Nazis came to power they persecuted these people, took away their human rights and eventually decided that they should be exterminated.
The one thing restraining the message is the hidden deceit. Hitler boldly asserts, “my whole life has been nothing but one struggle for my people.” He presents a sort of burdened demeanor that makes people feel as though he has suffered. Moreover, Hitler’s glorified language aids him in the task of presenting himself as a martyr. He claims, “ I myself am ready at any time to stake my life.” Throughout his speech, he drivels on about the delight and the honor it would be to sacrifice his own life for Germany; yet, only his people were sacrificed. What presents the utmost outrage for a present day audience could be his clichéd suggestion that, “whoever departs from the rules of humane warfare can only expect that we shall do the same.” The speech, although before the Holocaust, presents the idea that inhumane warfare should only be met if started by an opposing force, yet Hitler, completely contradictory to what he said,