Monday, February 8, 2010
Blog #3: February 8, 2010 -February 14, 2010
Following our visit to the Museum of Tolerance analyze the human dynamics of bias, exclusion and oppression and examine the consequences of social and political injustice by looking at contemporary and historical examples, particularly the Holocaust. Simply, comment on what you learned at the museum regarding bias, exclusion, oppression, social or political injustice. I want you to reflect on what you heard or saw at the museum.
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Hitler had no legitimate reason to destroy the Jews. He knew the people needed something to use as a scapegoat for their horrible government and economy, so he blamed the Jews. With that he won over the people of Germany. First he took away their God-given rights and then it escalated to exterminating them. Almost every country was anti-semetic, they wanted nothing to do with the Jews, because of the fear they had of Hitler. Many countries were aware of what occurred in the concentration camps, and the general mistreatment of the Jews worldwide, and no country was brave enough to help them, they only got involved unless it pertained them. For example, the U.S. helped play a part in saving the Jews, but they didn't join the war to save them. They joined because Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
ReplyDeleteIt angers me how people can be so savage and inhumane. Regardless of what kind of backstabbing creep ruled Germany back then, it angered me even more because people had a choice to kill or not to kill, instead the ordinary citizens decided to kill. It angers me that the whole of Germany blamed everything on the Jewish community and decided that if they all died, Germany was to be free of problems. Its just like that South Park cartoon where people decided to rape kids to become immortal, very same concept. Nazis, who were also only 1% of the population started out as a small group but they rose to power, and they rose to power because of fear and I am ashamed that such things can happen and not a single brave Non-Jew spoke out; they just stood by and watched the massacre.
ReplyDeleteAfter going to the museum of tolerance, i gained a new perspective on the world and human nature. I had always heard and learned about the holocaust, but going to the museum made me realize how horrible it truly was. Out everything we heard, i couldn't believe that people just stood by and let it happen because they were too concerned about themselves. That being said, i also understand that fear played a big part in why no one got involved. A fact that i thought was interesting was that there are still files and lists that haven't been discovered from the holocaust yet, and that recently, it was discovered that the number of Jews killed was closer to 8,000,000 than 6,000,000.
ReplyDeleteIts disappointing that Hitler targeted homosexuals and Jews alike to be slaughtered and the rest of the world did nothing to stop it.what makes this geneside even more horrid is the fact that the German army had a choice to stop or even not participate but they just could not overcome their fear of Hitler and the power of his Nazi party. unfortunately for the Jews Hitlers inhumane power was dealt with a lot later than it should have been.
ReplyDeleteI find it hard to imagine that anyone could ever be so evil and cold hearted, yet it is the truth. Any time I hear about how Hitler relentlessly had Jews and any person who stood in his way killed my stomach turns. Killing nearly 8,000,000 people just because of what religion they are or where they come from or what they look like is the worst reason you can have. I am angry that countries like America decided to stand by and do nothing as this was happening in Europe and that they only decided to fight when it came to a counter-strike.
ReplyDeleteI felt a hint of shame for living in the same country that once denied security to a thousand Jewish refugees. For me, it's incomprehensible to knowingly condemn a group of people to death and do absolutely nothing to help them. Unfortunately, this could have been entirely avoided if people stood up to Hitler and his facist regime early on and prevented his rise to power. Hopefully our country, and the world, can eventually learn from the holocaust and other genocides such as the Armenian genocide and the happenings in Darfur, although the repetitive mindlessness exhibited by the perpetrators leads me, and maybe others, to believe that global peace is unrealistic, as it may just be human nature to hate.
ReplyDeletei felt remorse for all the innocent lives that were taken. sometimes i imagine if i were in their shoes...the german people should have known better to listen to an insane character like hitler. But with there terrible depression i guess i understand they needed some reasurrance. Some hope that things will get better.
ReplyDeleteI learned that you don't need a reason to kill 6 million people and that Hitler just convinced them that the jews were evil. He had absolutely no reason to target them other then to gain power and create a Nazi regime. I also was shocked to learn that at that time the US was also hating against the jews and did not let an entire boat of them trying to escape the Nazis into the US. No countries at that time wanted the Jews in their country. During Martin Luther Kings time social injustice reaped havoc on the African Americans. They were not even allowed to drink in the same fountain.
ReplyDeleteThe holocaust was the most vicious systematic slaughter of a race of people that ever occurred on this planet. Hitler and his Nazi followers were just as evil or maybe more then modern day terrorists. The museum of Tolerance taught me a new more liberal prospective on human life and human nature will help me be more tolerant of other ethnicities. The museum targets smaller children to teach them from the beginning racial profiling and racism is wrong; they're doing a great job of teaching them so far and should continue for as long as possible. They say history tends to repeat itself...
ReplyDeleteI am quite disappointed and disgusted with what we humans can be capable of. Just the sick ways that the Germans tortured the Jews really made me think about how evil we can truly be. The museum of tolerance showed me that we should never be prejudice. Sadly, we still have anti-semitism in the world. The only question i wished could be answered would be if God is good why does evil exist?
ReplyDeleteAfter going to the museum, I learned that some people, who are in my opinion crazy, think that they do not need a reason to think another person is on a lower level than them. The Jews did not do anything to the Germans except give them a scapegoat to a cause for the depression. Even today people still judge a book by its cover, and are racist, which is 100 % wrong.
ReplyDeletei think its unbelievable how much hate one ethenic group can have twords another. i just couldnt imagine walking through the gates of a camp. from this we also see what power in numbers can do. i think half the nazis did what they did cause everyone else was doing it. it just kills me to think that most jews did nothing to fight back. just imagine what they could have done if 1/2 fought back
ReplyDeletei think it was horrible how one person can hate people soooo much to the point of brain washing and having people do the killing ofr him, thts just amazing. i wouldnt have been able to live in those times. in germany and poland and all those places you could just smell death every single place you went probably. and living in terror if you were a jew. hitler killed over 6 million people and thats just unbelievable. he was just plaing sick
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