Legacy of the Holocaust

1. The Holocaust today is a historic event that occurred within the 20th century. By saying this, the catastrophic event evidently shaped the world and united the surrounding nations even closer. Both modern Jews and Germany have connections with the event. Today, the acts that occurred from 1933 to 1945, are distinctly frowned upon, and are not to be under any circumstances, commenced within the future. The Jewish families have stories of real life experiences that have been passed on from generation to generation, based on the traumatizing experience victims felt as they were held under custody behind the bars known as the concentration camps. The German’s also share connections with the event, having family members taking part or supporting the massacre, which was once known to be the best solution, as they were cast under the spell that was set forth by propaganda. In the end, the relevance of the Holocaust is still alive today, and will continue to be a significant factor in society for a long time.

2. The Holocaust was not one of the defining moments of the twentieth century. An event in which nearly six million Jews particularly, homosexuals, gypsies, slaves, communists and journalists were killed should stand within the halls of historical records as a warning for future generations to strictly avoid.

Society today chooses to boast about the harmful nature that the Holocaust resulted. Lead by their Communist leader, Adolf Hitler, The Nazi party launched a large set of rules and policies that were in favour of the deliberate attempt to terminate the Jewish race from not only their country, but from everywhere. They also managed to encourage their loyal citizens to abide by their visceral rules, using propaganda and marketing techniques, therefore receiving a large group of support that chose not to stop them.

By saying this, it is a new century, and the Second World War has been included in the Australian school syllabus from primary school, and has been explored further into depth as the student’s progress into their years in high school. Due to the tremendous amount of information collected within the numerous years studying the topic, it is safe to say that the amount of education students receives clearly reveal the amount of effort society is putting in, hoping that another world crisis similar to the 2nd World War, will ever occur in the future history of the universe.

3. The Holocaust destroyed society. This devastating Genocide killed millions of people, left thousands in physical or mental pain, and affected today’s society in such a negative way. In total about eleven million people were killed unfairly and those who luckily got away will be traumatized for the rest of their lives. These survivors still face the long term effects from the Holocaust. “Like an atom bomb that disperses its radioactive fallout in distant places, often a long time after the actual explosion, the Holocaust continues to contaminate everyone who was exposed to it in one way or another.” As survivors of an event occurring over 65 years ago, the terrifying flashbacks are still so vivid in their minds and insecurities begin control their physiologic mind. Oscar Groenin (a 93 year old former Auschwitz guard) states that “time does not heal all wounds; there are those that remain painfully open.”