The Holocaust was one of the most devastating events to happen to us a world. On an ordinary day 1,000 people would be plucked from their everyday lives in ghettos. Over 30,000 Jewish people were arrested on Kristallnacht and taken to concentration camps. According to one source, “Over eleven million people were killed and about six million of them happened to be Jews” (“11 Facts”). Producing movies based around the Holocaust is a very controversial topic. There is the ever prominent argument on wheatear or not Holocaust based films can help us understand the different aspects of its reality.
We are daunted by the idea that our movies in America are not going to be as successful as we hope. With that being said, many movies are made based around the same topic. According to one article, “Hollywood has made
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Hollywood was able to release a movie named “The Devil’s Arithmetic” that is centered on teens during the Holocaust. Producers did not hold back when producing this film as it has been said, “Little is done to blunt the horrid edges of the historical truths” (Applebome). Many horrific images are seen throughout the film. During the making of the movie it was said about the set, “The camp interiors are evoked in dark, claustrophobic tones that vividly recreate the famous photographs of emaciated survivors, all eyes and hollowed-out faces, crammed into wooden cribs” (Applebome). The set of “The Devil’s Arithmetic” is so realistic that it is haunting to past officers of the concentration camps. Conditions within the concentration camps were not ideal for many of its prisoners. The most ingenious points of the film is described as, “…a subplot involving a pregnant woman who attempts to hide her condition from the Nazis” (Kronke). This film was able to give accurate descriptions of how the different prisoners lives were and how hard it was to hide their deadly
My book The Devil's Arithmetic By Jane Yolen is about a girl named Hannah stern who is a young Jewish girl living in New Rochelle, NY. She and her family, including her parents and younger brother Aaron are to in a Seder at her grandparent's home. Hannah does not want to be at the seder. She is tired of hearing about the past and is uncomfortable listening to her Grandpa Will talk about his experiences in the concentration camp."
Unexplainable brutality to Jews without an ounce of God given remorse? It’s sickening, and that’s how many Natzis felt. They could execute hundreds of people in one hour and party all night. This is the central theme of both the book and the movie the art, The Devil’s Arithmetic.
There was a time of history where the entire world was watching an unthinkable tragedy take place, the Holocaust. The film industry exploded with the creation of Holocaust films. From Germany to America, before, during, and after WWII, films portraying the Holocaust took center stage. Interestingly enough, America was not directly effected by the events taking place in Europe. There are accusations towards America asking why did we not help? "How is it possible for a influential country to just sit back and watch a genocide take place?"(CITE) How is it possible for a country who was not directly affected by the Holocaust create many influential films depicted the Holocaust, such as The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), Schindler 's List (1993), and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)? This is where the Americanization of the Holocaust begins. These films are recognized in Europe as being highly influential as well. This welcomes the question as to whether Americanization in film leads to misinterpretations of the true historical account of the Holocaust. Film professor, Ilan Avisar
The Holocaust was a very impressionable period of time. It not only got media attention during that time, but movies, books, websites, and other forms of media still remember the Holocaust. In Richard Brietman’s article, “Lasting Effects of the Holocaust,” he reviews two books and one movie that were created to reflect the Holocaust (BREITMAN 11). He notes that the two books are very realistic and give historical facts and references to display the evils that were happening in concentration camps during the Holocaust. This shows that the atrocities that were committed during the Holocaust have not been forgotten. Through historical writings and records, the harshness and evil that created the Holocaust will live through centuries, so that it may not be repeated again (BREITMAN 14).
Holocaust Facts The Holocaust has many reasons for it. Some peoples’ questions are never answered about the Holocaust, and some answers are. The Holocaust killed over 6 million Jews (Byers.p.10.) Over 1.5 million children (Byers, p. 10). They were all sent to concentration camps to do hard labor work.
To begin with the holocaust had a great impact in history even though it was a time of disaster, murder, and discrimination. It was a time in which Adolf Hitler,German politician and Nazi party leader, wanted all Jews suffering or dead. Adolf Hitler turned everyone against the Jews because he believed that they were to wealthy and too powerful so he wanted to eliminate all of them. The Jews went through a lot of suffering and pain. The German soldiers which took commands from their leader, Adolf Hitler, put some Jews to work and killed others. Many Jews didn't get to work they were killed instantly. All women were separated from the man and woman were mostly killed instantly only some got the opportunity to work. The some ways that the jews were killed is that they were put into gas chambers by tons or shot by soldiers. Jews were also dying by starvation dehydration soldiers would not give them enough food or water. They would only want those with blue eyes and blonde hair they discriminated all the others. Soldiers would not only kill the Jews but torture them for anything they did. The Jews would be transported from camp to camp walking even in the worst weather conditions which also many died from it.
The Holocaust was an extremely horrific period of history. Millions were killed and lost everything, including money, family, and dignity. However, it has taught many lessons. We can study it today to make sure nothing like it ever happens again.
Over the years, the Holocaust has been presented in many different ways. There have been movies, novels, biographies, memoirs, and many more. Three ways that it has been presented has been through All But My Life, The Book Thief and Life is Beautiful. These pieces of work are based in Germany around the Nazi party, and their leader, Adolf Hitler.
“Gitl, she called out, where are you?” The fear. Hopeless. The uncertainty. Life in the concentration camps was never easy. Working hard, just trying to live through another day. Hannah Stern, a teen girl. The literacy producer, Dustin Hoffman and author, Jane Yolen, worked their best to never forget this tragic time. Devil’s Arithmetic and the Holocaust must be remembered in our hearts forever. If we forget what happened in the camps, then we might repeat it again in the future.
There were many aspects in World War two, but the Holocaust is likely the most famous to date. A particular interest is shown for the Holocaust simply because of the unbelievable amount of inhumanity that was exhibited. Although saddening, the attention that has been focused on uncovering the truths of this terrifying event is necessary. Truly understanding how awful the Holocaust was helps to ensure that something similar will never happen again. The book Night and the movie Schindler’s List are two recollections of the Holocaust written from two, very different, perspectives.
“Books and the movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit, but taste completely different.” -Stephen King. Stephen King was exactly right about that. The book called “Devil’s Arithmetic” has many differences compared to the movie. However, the theme in the movie and the book has been the same thing: ALWAYS remember. Furthermore, there are many other similarities that build up the theme of remembering. We must never forget what occurred during the Holocaust, because if people don’t pay attention to history, the event is doomed to happen again.
The Devil’s Arithmetic is a book about a girl named Hannah Stern who finds herself thrown back to 1942, during the holocaust. She learns what it was like when her aunt and grandfather, as they too were in the camps. If you want to teach children about humanity’s single greatest atrocity, then The Devil’s Arithmetic is the best book for you to teach.
The movie The Devil’s Arithmetic is about a girl named Hannah Stern who’s family lives in the United States after World War ll. In the movie they travel back in time to 1942 to show Hannah her family’s past because of the fact that she doesn’t seem to care about her family’s past. In doing this, she goes through the Holocaust with her family. Of course like all historical movies there are some historical accuracies and inaccuracies, although this is a very well representation of the Holocaust.
World War II is one the most significant events in the entire human history, and it has an enormous influence to the world until today. People’s life had been changed a lot during World War II, and that provided a lot good topic for literary works. There were lots of movies and books were talking about the holocausts and the fighting in battle. From these great works, people can learn and understand more about World War II. The Diary of Anne Frank, a movie about lives of a group of hiding Jews due to Holocaust, it not only showed the cruelty of Nazi, but also showed the emotion changes of a teenage girl.
The Holocaust was one of the most tragic and trying times for the Jewish people. Hundreds of thousands of Jews and other minorities that the Nazis considered undesirable were detained in concentration camps, death camps, or labor camps. There, they were forced to work and live in the harshest of conditions, starved, and brutally murdered. Horrific things went on in Auschwitz and Majdenek during the Holocaust that wiped out approximately 1,378,000 people combined. “There is nothing that compares to the Holocaust.” –Fidel Castro