Thursday, May 8, 2008

#6 Why are there so many books, movies, documentaries, etc. about the Holocaust? Why do we keep retelling this story?

I think that there are so many books, movies, plays,..etc about the Holocaust because it was such a tragic event that affected so many people but at the same time not many people knew outside of the people being persecuted by the Nazis. A lot of stories are from a jews perspective to show how horrible it really was at the concentration camps and that something like the Holocaust should never happen again. At the same time the Holocaust story has an important relative message to today, that no one should ever base their decisions on prejudice. Also stories from a certain persson, especially a child's, perspective makes the story easier to relate to and not think of it as another event in the past that doesn't effect us in any way. Stories about the holocaust make us realize that these were real people, normal people who didn't do anything wrong except be of a certain race or religion. It makes you think what if it happened today, but to me?

1 comment:

Samantha's Reading Shack said...

WHOA!!! You post was so long~~ compared to mine...
Your post has alot of details and explains alot about the way the war impacted us, and that's excellent!! The last part:"It makes you think what if it happened today, but to me?" was also like:"WHOA". That was really powerful and ended the paragraph well~
GREAT JOB, HAHNJI~!!!