To Not Repeating the Past: An Analysis of the Holocaust

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Holocaust survivor, Anne Frank, once said, “If we bear all this suffering and if there are still Jews left, when it is over, then Jews, instead of being doomed, will be held up as an example” (“Auschwitz concentration camps”“). Throughout the Holocaust millions died. The Jews were put into ghetto’s before being boarded to concentration camps. Concentration camps were cruel and killed large sums of people. The ghettos were cramped and didn’t range very far, and possessed Horribly living conditions. The Holocaust was a gigantic slaughter fest, life was terrible for Jews during the holocaust.
During the holocaust, they would be boarded onto the trains where they would soon be delivered to a concentration camp (“Auschwitz concentration camps”). The victims were ushered into an anti-room, where they were held to remove all their clothing completely naked. These men, women and children were then ushered into a large room that looked like a big shower room (“Auschwitz concentration camps”). There were fake shower heads on the walls, when the doors shut, a Nazi would pour Zyklon-B pellets into an opening of a window or through a slit in the walls which would eventually turn into poison once it touched air. It would be very lethal (“Auschwitz concentration camps”). The people who were seated to the left were usually going to be killed, the entire mass murders system depended on keeping this secret from its victims. If the victims had known they were headed to their death it wouldn’t be good (“Auschwitz concentration camps”). Meanwhile on the ramp, Nazi doctors would research among the new arrivals for anyone that they might want to experiment on (“Auschwitz concentration camps”). Their favorite choices were twins and dwarfs. But if they...

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...opted or homeless. This was just sickening time for Jews in generally, they were put through so many trials and it was ridiculously hard for them to see their own families get killed. It was even worse because they were so financially broken and unstable it was grueling. This could very easily go down as one of the worlds most tragic memories. This important lesson be had when learning as frame was not to repeat the passes. History is known to repeat itself. As a matter of fact, there lies, in the boston harbor, a memorial statue of limbs extending from a ball of fire that reads, “For those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it”. This is odd and reminds us to be supportive of those different from us in culture, mindset and beliefs so that we do not fall victim to repeating the past.

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