Reflect on one of the readings you've received since starting the Holocaust unit. In other words, share your thoughts and feelings and explain your thinking by citing a particular passage or quote from the text.
“While millions were murdered outright through the use of gas chambers and other methods of extermination, hundreds of thousands of others died from disease, starvation, and slave labor.”
What stood out to me the most was how the quote said “millions were murdered” and then later another “hundreds of thousands” died by another way, instead of being put into the gas chambers. Like how is it possible for the Nazi soldiers to wake up every morning and decide to kill hundreds of people and torture them ?
In the reading of “Antisemitism: A History of Fate”, I learned what the word Anti-Semitism meant, and I don’t think its right at all. I don’t think that people should be judged based on what they believe in. I can’t even imagine soldiers killing people for fun and it all being legal. Hitler treated them like they were nothing, and like they were unworthy to live. It’s nonsense. Jews did not deserve to live that way, nor die the way they did during the Holocaust.
Christian,
ReplyDeleteAre there other anti-s besides antisemitism. They probably don't go as far as genocide, but even that starts as osme kind of anti-, and if we can see it coming, maybe we can prevent it from going as far as genocide. Can you see other anti-s around you?
Posted by Bob Cohn
Christian,
ReplyDeleteI also agree with you, the part that did stand out to me was how "millions were murdered." Each one was a human being that life can never come back. Also I can't imagine how the Nazi's can take lives away like it means nothing to them like a useless rage thrown away never to be heard of. I also agree with you, people should not be judged,even killed about what they believe in. The Holocaust all started with the hate of jews. The thing I don't understand is what and why they made a big deal to eliminate the jew. They could have just dealt with it.
Christian,
ReplyDeleteI would have to strongly agree with you on this. I can't see at all how a person can hurt, torture, or kill someone on their belief. Their living conditions were also horrible. They lived most and even all of there lives working by building or breaking rocks and even going days without food. I will never understand how they could do this and barley feel guilty at it.