The Holocaust: Universal Denial Of Human Rights

Humanity is Diminishing “Ding!” If there were a counter for the multitudes of human rights violated on a quotidian basis, “Ding” would be what you would hear every day. What are human rights? Human rights are unofficial proclamations for the entire human race. The human rights are stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the UDHR consists of unofficial privileges for humans.

False Universality Night is a autobiography about a 15 year old, fictional version of the author, Elie Wiesel, enduring the Holocaust and surviving. The story illustrates how the Holocaust stripped humanity and innocence from Wiesel. The rights violated in the book Night includes freedom from discrimination(Article 2), exemption from torture and degrading treatment(Article 5), and right to rest and leisure(Article 24).

The Holocaust. A short, unimaginable period, of just over twelve years, where almost 6 million Jews were murdered by the German nazis. Overall, 17 million victims were killed and thousands were forced to work in inhumane conditions and live in concentration camps. Elie Wiesel, a victim of the Holocaust, having been deported at the age of 12, is one of the few survivors who lived to tell their story. He has written many books and given many speeches about his experience, but they all convey a similar message, that we as a population, cannot remain silent but to stand up for the indifferences and the horrendous events of this world.

Max, Liesel, and Rudy all change over time and most changes in their characters are negative due to the Nazis forcing to change who they really are. The book “The Book thief” by Markus Zusak is a story about a German girl who’s Mom left her to be adopted and was taken in by Rosa and Hans Hubermann, shortly before the second World War. “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak uses many descriptive words and sensory details in many situations in the book, this creates many dynamic characters.

Night is unforgettable there are many violated Universal human rights in the book. Elie Wiesel is the author of Night. “Night” is about Elies family being taken to a concentration camp, where they are separated along with the other Jews. Elie goes with his father while his sisters go with his mother. Elie faces many hardships at the concentration camps internally and externally.

Human rights is something really important to people, but Totalitarian leaders broke down this democratic ideal because Totalitarian leaders wanted to be the only leaders ruling. Human rights is something that helps us have an opinion on what we believe is acceptable for every person. Human rights was something that was limited when Hitler and other Totalitarian leaders had power. Document D was written by Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi Chief of propaganda in 1930. “Why do we oppose the Jews?

Roma people, rather than Jews, were victims of the Gypsy raids, which took place annually during the Nazi rule and were heightened in 1939, the historian Bársony affirms that “The new deputy-lieutenant in 1939 doubled the number of Gypsy raids in his jurisdiction, thereby forcing neighboring counties to raise the number of their own raids as well.” Here, we are able to picture the high degree persecution that the Roma had during the Holocaust as the Nazis were subjecting Roma to Gypsy Raids in order to capture them. This shows how the Nazis operated on a high point to be able to capture the Roma population and take them to concentration camps. When we see that the number of Gypsy Raids are being doubled in 1939 we see the extent in which the Nazis are willing to capture the Roma and take them to concentration camps. Also, we perceive that Nazis are violating Roma’s human rights.

Dehumanizing is the taking away of human qualities. All of the Jews were dehumanized during the Holocaust. The Nazis dehumanized the Jews by loading them into cattle cars, tattooing them, and stripped them all naked. Eliezer and all of his fellow Jews were loaded into cattle cars like animals (98). They were loaded into car by the hundred.

The Heros of the Holocaust: The Righteous Among Nations Although the German race as a whole is often blamed for the Holocaust, some Jewish citizens may have not been able to survive without their non-Jewish neighbors. Non-Jewish persons who strongly benefited the life of someone being persecuted during the Holocaust, are know as and rewarded the title, “Righteous Among Nations”. To be awarded this honor, one must have actively aided a Jewish person during the Holocaust, purely out of compassion rather than any means of personal gain. Those declared Righteous Among Nations in many cases put the lives of Jews before their own.

The Holocaust was an enormous part of history. Not only this but, it is a reminder to the Jewish community of those who suffered. January 27 is the remembrance day of the Holocaust. Six million lost their lives during this era.

The Holocaust dates back in 1933 to 1945 and is notoriously known for its mass killing and persecution of six million Jews. Jews were considered as an inferior race to the racially superior Germans, as Jews were blamed for Germany’s problems of war debt. This racial discrimination further resulted in the horrendous genocide of Jewish citizens. While this killing and capturing of Jews seemed nearly impossible to avoid, audacious individuals that were not Jewish risked their lives to help rescue seized Jews, despite the severe punishments of doing so. These heroic men and women are referred to as righteous gentiles.