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Most people say that they are not a person that judges others by what they
look like or by what they choose as a religion. Some people see people as people
and nothing else. However, there are people that do not say such things and see
people as dogs or rats, maybe even less than that. And, back in the times of the
Holocost, these feelings of hate and disgust for the people they hated became a
nightmare. "Night", a book about the Holocost written by a survivor, and
"Paperclips", a movie about people today learning about the Holocost, show us how
terrifying it was back then.
The first thing, that is stuck in my mind right now and has been for a few
days, is the memorial that the movie "Paperclips" had. It was supposed to be a
memorial and a resting place for the Jews, Homosexuals, Gypsies, and others that
had died. One of the children had asked if the souls could be felt in the paperclips
given, and the woman running the whole operation said yes. But, I have to wonder,
would a person that was transported and a person that died in such a place want to
be placed there as a resting place? Would the place that caused them nightmares
be the place that they would want to be in again?
I doubt they would have wnated that, and I thought it was a great idea, but
terrifying at the same time. That car could have been the car next to, behind,
maybe it was the car that Elie, the writer of "Night", was in. It was such a traumatic
place for him, and I couldn't help but wonder if that place would bring a smile to his
face and a few tears, or a shiver of fear and tears of horrible memories relived.
The boxcar, to me, would never represent something that could turn into a resting
place, it would stay a haunting ground. A place that would bring back horrible
memories and traumatic experiences.
Seeing the other survivors of Aushwitz brought a slight sting to my eye.
making me want to cry when a few parts of the speeches they told were being said.
The tears in their eyes reminding me of the tears my Great Grandmother and
Great Grandfather must have when they escaped he nightmare they had been living
in Lithuania. Luckily they were not part of Aushwitz. Elie, another survivor of
Auschwitz must have also felt these tears as well. Tears of Joy and Freedom.
Six Million. The number that had to be seen to beleived was the cause of
hearts to open and minds to become unfogged in the film "Paperclips". It was also
an unreal number that could have been easily erased if people had no fear of
people or things they did not understand. Spreading more hate and fear as they
moved along. To see your family and friends murdered in front of you and then a
gun be put to your head and then to see a void, a clear sky, or steaming coals,
which ever your lifes work had led you to, is a scary thought that was produced in
the Holocaust.
From reading yet another story and watching yet another movie, I realize that not
only are we moving farther from hate, I also see that through tragic tales our eyes
open and see the mistakes of past. Injustice and misunderstandings that lead to so
much death are slowly but surely leaving this world and will hopefully never come
back. The only thing I can say is that after having to hear so much about something
told over and over again, I hope someday it will never have to be pounded into
anyones head and that Love and generosity will soon become something that is
taught like the alphabet. I hope that each person born in the world never has to
know the feeling of hate and death in such a magnitude that it scars them. Leaving
behind scents and sights that will wake them from their sleep and make them
scream.
 Beware-Mutated_Zombies · Thu Jan 10, 2008 @ 01:56am · 0 Comments |
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