Post by Sparkshine on Jan 11, 2011 20:18:39 GMT -6
Ok, so for my English class I have to write a pursuasive essay on why we should remember the Holocaust, its not in a pursuasive form yet (Or at least I dont think it is) but I write my essay then go over it and make it into one, yes, its kind of stupid but it works for me! hahaha, criticism is welcome, and its not yet done
The Holocaust: Remember or not?
The Holocaust was a brutal period in our history. Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, leading to his horrific attempt to exterminate the Jewish people from Germany. He believed that anyone that was not blue eyed and blonde was of the “inferior race” and deserved to be annihilated from the German society, creating what he thought to be the “final solution.” His calculated and evil plan almost succeeded; he managed to eliminate six out of nine million Jewish people. He also attacked many other groups of people such as disabled people or other ethnic groups because they were as he saw it “in the way.” Some people believe that we should not learn about the Holocaust, that we should just mark it off as a brutal point in history whereas others believe it’s important to study it and learn of the trials that people went through and how cruel Hitler and his Nazis were to the Jewish people and other ethnic groups. I think that we should remember the Holocaust because it teaches us about how cruel and inhumane people can be towards a certain race or culture. Second, if there were to be another war that was similar to the Holocaust we should know how it started and how it ended, what the first things that started it were, and how people tried to help. And finally, that we should be grateful for what we have now compared to how little the Jewish families had during the war.
First off, during the Holocaust, the Jewish people, mentally disabled people and other ethnic groups were shown prejudice because of how they looked, they’re culture and beliefs. Most Germans believed that they were superior to the Jews and all other races. The Germans were of what Hitler called the “Aryan” race, blond and blue eyed whereas the Jewish people were not. Some say that the Holocaust started in 1930, when the first Jewish victims were killed. Eight innocent Jews were killed on the streets on January 1, 1930. Soon after, violations against the Jews on the streets became normal. The Jewish people were forced to live in designated areas in town or in ghettos. Most Jews died from starvation or insufficient health care in the ghettos, in one of the ghettos the death toll reached 42 000 people in only 12 months! Imagine that many people dying in only 12 months, that’s half as many people that live in Lethbridge. If you put that in real terms, all the people you know, slowly dying off one by one. That’s what the Jewish people had to watch in the ghettos. The Jews were also stripped of everything, they’re radios, bicycles, books, citizenship, businesses, food, and they had curfews and often where short on basic house hold items. Think of the degradation that those individuals felt, everything that we take pride in owning being taken from you. German authorities also stripped them of all luxuries and non-luxury items. Anything they thought to be of value they took. This is only one of the many reasons why we should not forget the Holocaust.
Secondly, if there was to be another period in our history that resembled the Holocaust, we should know about the past one. It would show us how it started and how it was ended, and then maybe we could find a way to terminate it completely. If we forget about it, what’s to stop it from happening once more? Could it be even more severe than before? Even more innocent human beings being targeted as the Jews were by Hitler? We should have been able to terminate it before it went into its full effects, not turn a blind eye upon all the racism and prejudice that was being shown to the Jews. Maybe, just maybe if we had tried to stop it when the Jews were first shown prejudice and that first time they were brutally killed on the streets, if we hadn’t turned the other way, maybe we could have stopped it all together.
The Holocaust: Remember or not?
The Holocaust was a brutal period in our history. Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, leading to his horrific attempt to exterminate the Jewish people from Germany. He believed that anyone that was not blue eyed and blonde was of the “inferior race” and deserved to be annihilated from the German society, creating what he thought to be the “final solution.” His calculated and evil plan almost succeeded; he managed to eliminate six out of nine million Jewish people. He also attacked many other groups of people such as disabled people or other ethnic groups because they were as he saw it “in the way.” Some people believe that we should not learn about the Holocaust, that we should just mark it off as a brutal point in history whereas others believe it’s important to study it and learn of the trials that people went through and how cruel Hitler and his Nazis were to the Jewish people and other ethnic groups. I think that we should remember the Holocaust because it teaches us about how cruel and inhumane people can be towards a certain race or culture. Second, if there were to be another war that was similar to the Holocaust we should know how it started and how it ended, what the first things that started it were, and how people tried to help. And finally, that we should be grateful for what we have now compared to how little the Jewish families had during the war.
First off, during the Holocaust, the Jewish people, mentally disabled people and other ethnic groups were shown prejudice because of how they looked, they’re culture and beliefs. Most Germans believed that they were superior to the Jews and all other races. The Germans were of what Hitler called the “Aryan” race, blond and blue eyed whereas the Jewish people were not. Some say that the Holocaust started in 1930, when the first Jewish victims were killed. Eight innocent Jews were killed on the streets on January 1, 1930. Soon after, violations against the Jews on the streets became normal. The Jewish people were forced to live in designated areas in town or in ghettos. Most Jews died from starvation or insufficient health care in the ghettos, in one of the ghettos the death toll reached 42 000 people in only 12 months! Imagine that many people dying in only 12 months, that’s half as many people that live in Lethbridge. If you put that in real terms, all the people you know, slowly dying off one by one. That’s what the Jewish people had to watch in the ghettos. The Jews were also stripped of everything, they’re radios, bicycles, books, citizenship, businesses, food, and they had curfews and often where short on basic house hold items. Think of the degradation that those individuals felt, everything that we take pride in owning being taken from you. German authorities also stripped them of all luxuries and non-luxury items. Anything they thought to be of value they took. This is only one of the many reasons why we should not forget the Holocaust.
Secondly, if there was to be another period in our history that resembled the Holocaust, we should know about the past one. It would show us how it started and how it was ended, and then maybe we could find a way to terminate it completely. If we forget about it, what’s to stop it from happening once more? Could it be even more severe than before? Even more innocent human beings being targeted as the Jews were by Hitler? We should have been able to terminate it before it went into its full effects, not turn a blind eye upon all the racism and prejudice that was being shown to the Jews. Maybe, just maybe if we had tried to stop it when the Jews were first shown prejudice and that first time they were brutally killed on the streets, if we hadn’t turned the other way, maybe we could have stopped it all together.