The Final Solution is a subject that has changed in its teaching since its occurrence, and will certainly be taught in a different fashion in fifty years’ time. As time passes and events fade from living memory, our outlook towards them changes. Some aspects of an event are emphasized more with the passing of time, and some are forgotten. What will be remembered about the Final Solution will be what places it in the context of World War II, and the events that lead up to it. In fifty years’ time, there will not be a single person left who was alive at the time of the Final Solution, let alone anyone who participated in it in any form. This lack of first person accounts or memories of these events will make them more detached from people’s minds than they are now. Fifty years after the events transpired, we find them sliding into the past already, as two generations have been born since then, and with each subsequent generation, feel more detached from the events then the previous generation. There will be no one remaining who cries that what they lived through must be remembered, so that it never happens again. It is a sequence of events that will be studied with increasing academic detachment, as it lapses more into the realm of history than of public consciousness and awareness. Much to Primo Levi’s chagrin, it is indeed slipping into the past, and definitely will have done so in fifty years’ time. The passage of time makes one apply events, no matter how closely related to a people or culture, less personally, and identify less with them. It is easy, even within living memory, to forget major events that have happened, let alone a hundred years after they occur, when no original survivors are left. In J’Accuse, Je... ... middle of paper ... ...died in great detail, whether they “didn’t know” it was happening, or if it was all planned from the beginning, and was part of why Hitler got voted in. In fifty years’ time, the teaching of the Final Solution will indeed be different that it is taught now. With no survivors on either side still living, the events will have passed entirely into the past, and it will not be an issue of coping with the events, of minimizing guilt or hatred, but of studying the past. Less personalization will occur, as each subsequent generation feels more and more detached from involvement with the events of the Final Solution. There will be no one left to explain themselves or the actions of their people. Only written records and amassed knowledge will remain, and the Final Solution will fall into the realm of History where research upon documents gives the only insight available.
The title of this piece, “Remembered Morning,” establishes what the speaker describes in the stanzas that follow as memory; this fact implies many themes that accompany works concerning the past: nostalgia, regret, and romanticism, for instance. The title, therefore, provides a lens through which to view the speaker’s observations.
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The United States of America’s use of the atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has spurred much debate concerning the necessity, effectiveness, and morality of the decision since August 1945. After assessing a range of arguments about the importance of the atomic bomb in the termination of the Second World War, it can be concluded that the use of the atomic bomb served as the predominant factor in the end of the Second World War, as its use lowered the morale, industrial resources, and military strength of Japan. The Allied decision to use the atomic bomb not only caused irreparable physical damage on two major Japanese cities, but its use also minimized the Japanese will to continue fighting. These two factors along
The benefits that the bomb had on our society have been invaluable. Permitting the use of the atomic bomb was an atrocious mistake.In John Hersey's book, Hiroshima, he interviews a German priest serving in Japan. This priest, Father Kleinsorge, provides a first hand account of the immorality, justification, and consequences thereof; “The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable even when it s...
What more is the point of learning and understanding human history than obtaining the knowledge and structure between what is right and what is wrong? We continuously believe that we as humans have the ability and intellect to learn from the lessons taught in our past in order to enrich our future. In comparison to the time frame that is human history the one hundred year period of time we discussed in the second halve of this semester is nothing but a slight blimp on the map that we have traversed. Yet, throughout our recent readings we can easily assimilate into the idea that although time may pass, and that we may attempt to learn from our history it is simply in human nature to repeat the mistakes that we have
World War Z, written by Max Brooks, is an apocalyptic novel that follows an interviewer on a quest to piece together the global history twelve years after the zombie apocalypse that came to be know as “The Dark Years”. This novel is said to be an “oral history” because the plot is structured around the personal experiences around the world that is documented by an agent of the United Nations Postwar Commission. For the majority, oral histories are seen as beneficial because they allow for a unique perspective in historical records that readers do not usually get a sense of in a basic textbook. In order for one to understand its critical influence in this novel and its plot structure, it is important for readers to fully grasp what exactly
“99 subhuman Jews in the row, 99 subhuman Jews! Shoot one down, kick it around, 98 subhuman Jews in the row!” ~ Concentration camp worker during the holocaust. How could you begin to describe what’s always said to be such a horrible and tragic event? The Holocaust or Final Solution only seems as bad equal to the amount the person describing it values human life. To answer all of the topics presented to me I will be discussing the following; What is meant by “The Holocaust” or “Final Solution”, Why the Jewish were dehumanized, The choices made during the Holocaust, and My personal view on events that took place during the holocaust.
As the second cold war came to an end, the real truth about the Jewish Holocaust...
However, when confronted with a strict policy of appeasement, by both the French and the English, the stage was set for a second World War. Taylor constructs a powerful and effective argument by expelling certain dogmas that painted Hitler as a madman, and by evaluating historical events as a body of actions and reactions, disagreeing with the common idea that the Axis had a specific program from the start. The book begins with the conclusion of the First World War, by exploring the idea that critical mistakes made then made a second war likely, yet not inevitable. Taylor points out that although Germany was defeated on the Western front, “Russia fell out of Europe and ceased to exist, for the time being, as a Great Power. The constellation of Europe was profoundly changed—and to Germany’s advantage.”
...murdered approximately 1 million European Jews from different countries throughout Europe. The final solution lasted for about 4 years, ending when World War 2 was over in 1945. The Final solution’s outcome ended with 6 million Jews alone murdered and other races such as homosexuals, gypsies and other races killed.
“Do you know why most survivors of the Holocaust are vegan? It's because they know what it's like to be treated like an animal.” (Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby). The “Final Solution” is the execution of millions of Jews. The Jews were deported from their homes and into camps were some people were forced to kill their own families. The Nazis killed over 6 million people overall throughout all the years of WWII. Some of the people were Jews and some were Gypsies. The Final Solution had a great impact on history and the world because now, there is less racism towards different nationalities, people are now aware of how others can be affected by their words and actions and people are more likely to reduce the violence between different nationalities. An example of this is happening today, you can see how blacks, whites, hispanics, etc. treat each other equally.
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The atrocities of the Belgian Congo and the Holocaust are two of the main events in history that have been responsible for the mass murdering of millions of people. Although these events significantly changed the course of humanity, and the story behind each one is very different, there are significant factors that make them alike as well as different. Many would agree that comparing two atrocities that affected the lives of so many people and gave a 180-degree turn to each of their countries would be something very difficult to achieve. However, by comparing the behavior of both the perpetrators and the victims of both cases we might be able to further understand the lack of morality and the inspiration that led to these awful events. The perpetrators in both atrocities tended to have a similar pattern of behavior when it came to the way they saw their victims. But, they also acted in ways where you can draw the conclusion that one set of events was not inspired by the other. These two sets of atrocities were reported to have a very similar number of victims. However, the Holocaust is one of the most reminded events in history as a period of shame, tragedy and sadness, while many still ignore the atrocities in the Belgian Congo.
Today - half a century after the conclusion of the Second World War - it would be fair to expect a less emotional environment, one in which historians, researchers and writers were free to examine the actual causes of the war as well as the atrocities committed by both sides in the conflict. However, those and other topics are more forbidden than ever with the greatest taboo surrounding analysis of the fate of Europe's Jews and others in what has come to be known as the Holocaust.