Dehumanization During The Holocaust

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During the Holocaust, the Nazis put forth the idea that the Jewish people were vermin and they considered them to be sub-human. This mindset of dehumanization, allowed for the atrocities that occurred during that time period. Several means of dehumanization are show throughout the film and allow the viewer to get into the mindset of how the people of the time treated the Jewish people. The viewer also saw the physical change of Jewish people from human beings who had lives and jobs to transportable objects that can be bought and sold at will.

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