The Holocaust
April 9, 2010This is a very touchy subject this blog and I honestly won’t be divulging into the details too much. Everybody knows about the Holocaust. All across the United States it is taught in primary and secondary schools and it something that is talked about in society so that it doesn’t happen again.
Hitler’s work camps and concentration camps did not just extend to the Jews but also extended to blacks, gypsies, gays, those with mental and physical disabilities, Communists, Socialists, other political enemies, Poles, Slavs, Jehovah’s Witnesses, dissenting clergy…. The list could honestly go on. Over 6 million people were killed.
It is reported that the governments of the United States and Great Britain knew that Hitler had these concentration camps by as early as 1942. They believed that the only way to stop these camps was to stop Hitler.
A short video on a survivor of the Holocaust.
This book is an amazing account of a survivor of the Holocaust. Some may have read it. It is a very touching and incredibly painful book. But his strength only leaves you with a greater knowledge of a first hand account.
What are all of your thoughts on the Holocaust? Or tidbits and knowledge that you know?
I’m going to have to watch this video, it looks interesting! Talking about the Holocaust always reminds me of Stalin as well, and the fact that he killed millions of Russions, Polish people, etc. during his “reign of terror.” Scary stuff.
Night is probably one of the most powerful books I’ve ever read. When I was in 8th grade, we went to visit Dachau, and it was heartbreaking, even today.