Essay On Museum Of Tolerance

As much as Jew’s wanted to speak for themselves, or even save others, this wasn’t possible due to their fear of winning them causing silence. In the Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night, shows how Wiesel’s experience was during this harsh time in his life as a teenager. During this experience, Wiesel discovers how others, also including him, decided to remain silent as a result of their fear, causing some choices to be avoided and not made. To sum up, Wiesel’s experience portrays that fear always wins and causes others to be silent. Throughout this experience, Wiesel meets another person who is going through the same situation as him.

The Holocaust was an important time in history to learn about because issues like what happened then still happen just not as torturous. It helps to understand what happens in different countries just because of your religion. Many people today get killed for having a different religion. At the end of the book Night by Elie Wiesel shows that even though you can be put through the worst time in your life, you don’t only have to think about

The war was such a massive conflict, with such a staggering death toll, that it was difficult for many people who experienced it to relate to normal experiences again. Very little seemed to matter when contrasted with the enormity of what they’d seen and done. This is seen in the story in how Krebs can’t see the point to doing anything anymore, “he did not want to get into the intrigue and the politics. He did not want to have to do any courting. He did not want to tell any more lies” (167).

If someone had shown compassion and mercy to the millions of Jews who lost their lives, then there would not have been this horrible time in history. Even when Elie was in a camp that could potentially take his life, he still helped out and created light with others.

Why did Oskar Schindler Save the Jews? There are many reasons why Oskar Schindler saved the Jews. They may not all be true but everybody has their own reasoning why he did what he did. Some people think that he was a Rescuer, he was impulsive, or a Narcissist. Others believe that it he was a little bit of everything.

Crooks and Lennie made a deep connection though it was not expected. Crooks being black was a very important fact that led to most people not connecting with him. When Lennie did, they created a bond and Lennie opened up and shared his dream. This trust was a very big step and very surprising for the audience especially because of the racial difference.

Traditionally, Jewish people fast during this extremely important holiday. When the day arrives, Jews in the concentration camp are conflicted: should they fast as they always have, or do circumstances outweigh traditions? Wiesel recounts this argument in Night: “...there were those who said we should fast, precisely because it was dangerous to do so. We needed to show God that even here, locked in hell, we were capable of singing His praises. I did not fast...

The Holocaust was many years full of torture to innocent people. Dehumanization, neglect and the ovens were not the right solution to Hitler's plan. The people who lived through these harsh years are scarred for life. Hope filled their minds while they all prayed to God to leave Auschwitz some day. The time went further and every day felt longer.

Elie’s Loss of Faith Within this barbarous world, there are innumerable accounts of devastating events that have occurred in the past, and continue to occur; these occurrences periodically cause us to question the existence of God. Overall, this statement proves to be correct to ill-fated Eliezer Wiesel. This brave child was exceedingly religious, as well as he had a strong hunger to be closer with God. Previous to being transferred to Auschwitz, he believed that as long as his family stuck together, everything would work out to be well. Throughout all his time in the concentration camp, he started to lose his faith after discovering the horrid ways of the camp.

He is angry because he cannot go back to his barrack, and he blames the Jews because if they were not there, he would not be there unloading them. He is indifferent in the beginning, and once he begins this emotional crisis, he can

When you turn on the nightly news and all you see is the bad in the world, the hurt, and the corruption that has engulfed us as a society, it is nice to see someone do something not because they will get paid or become famous, but because they know its simple the right thing to do. This story fits the concept of a hero most similar to Bernardo’s explaination of a hero. Riggs’ saved his family and risked his life not because thats what people would expect but because he had the responsiblity to take care of them. Just like Bernardo states, he did this “because he loves them and wants to”. Riggs displayed the kind of courage it takes to be a hero.

As I see it Wiesel is trying to say that when he remembers what has happened to him so far, he feels hopless. But because he remembers, he must not feel hopeless. Memory is power and it will save humanity and in this case the Jews. In the book Wiesel shares his memory of many people warning the Jews about the coming of the Nazis, which the Jews didn 't believe in and act upon.

Throughout World War II from 1939-1945, many non-Jews risked their own lives to rebel against the actions and beliefs of the Nazi Holocaust. Although the majority of occupied Europe and Germany did not agree with the Nazi policies against Jews, they did very little to interfere and intervene as they knew it would lead to prosecution. This can be seen in both the extract from the Holocaust resource centre website, Yad Vashem (Yad Vashem, 2014), and a photograph taken in November of 1938 of residents in Nazi occupied Austria standing by and watching a Jewish cemetery ceremonial Hall burn (Documentation Centre of Australian Resistance, 2014).These sources both accurately depict how these bystanders were so terrified of the Nazi party and the power that they, that very few dared interfering as it would result in severe punishment.

After the Holocaust (1930-1940’s), America underwent a drastic cultural and social change. The Holocaust, although occurred overseas sent shock waves through American culture, changing the way we lead our daily lives. America was drastically changed in the wake of the tragic events that transpired in Germany. The Holocaust, although being an international event, had a profound impact on American Culture, affecting its stance of interventionism, and our willingness to bring certain immigrants to our country. The widespread immigration to America that followed the Holocaust also provided a jolt to our culture, as the immigrants provided new facets of our society.

Tolerance, briefly, means the ability to accept a “different” group of people, culture, or religion from what someone may be used to. For example, during Peter Stuyvesant’s reign as governor, there was vast amount of diverse people coming to New Amsterdam because of the religious freedom that was offered. However, Peter Stuyvesant attempted to turn away twenty-three Sephardic Jews, coming from Recife, Brazil, but was unsuccessful. The Dutch West India Company chastised Peter Stuyvesant and said,” The conscience of men ought to be free and unshackled, so long as they continue moderate, peaceable,… and not hostile to government” ( Jackson and Dunbar 33). The policy of the Dutch West India Company was of open arms to all religions and in return they asked for cooperation, profit, and law abiding citizens.