To have faith in humanity is to have faith in a parachute opening one hundred percent of the time, it’s impossible. No one group of people can be blamed for this though, throughout history mass killings have been committed by people on almost every continent over land, money, women, resources, crops, and of course religion. Yet to this day it continues, but over things like oil or communism vs capitalism. Some say they must have faith in humanity for us to continue the struggle for freedom and peace, to help those in need, to live with compassion and empathy, and to band together during times of struggle to survive and outlast the never ending wave of torment by the world. My faith in humanity has been lost in the past years due to the events happening today and learning about events that have happened less than one hundred years ago. The Holocaust, committed by the German Military during World War Two and the millions of lives lost due to the ignorance and propaganda of the german people unknowingly giving support to the biggest mass killing of a group of people in recent history. Only after realizing the amount of damage it caused the …show more content…
Yet for me I cannot believe that there is good in everyone, there has been too many example in all of history of that just not being true. The only thing to truly restore my faith in humanity would be to give up all social classes, to make everyone equal. For this though it would mean an absolute loss to free speech, free thought, and many one thing that separates you from anyone else and in doing so would strip the humanity out of humanity. So no I do not believe as a species we should continue to have faith in humanity. To fight for ourselves is the only options we have, because you never know what anyone has planned for you, and to have faith in that is a unwise thing to
People should always remember the devastating event when six million Jews were killed in Nazi Germany. This event was The Holocaust, and it occurred from 1933-1945. The Nazis captured Jews and kept them in concentration camps, then killed them, and burned them. Homosexuals, gypsies, and people with disabilities were also killed as well. The killings and oppression of the “inferior” people was tragic, and most people find it unspeakable to talk of or write about.
The Holocaust will always be one of the most horrific memories that will never be suppressed. The Holocaust was when millions of Jews were thrown into concentration camps and tortured until their death. Families were being split up, not knowing they would never see each other again. It was so tragic, that the Jews eventually did not mind the deceased bodies lying beside them on the ground. Six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust.
During the 1930s and ‘40s, one of the world’s most depressing time soccured. This was known as the Holocaust. Over the course of the Holocaust, 11 million people died. It was during WWII where the participants were Nazi Germany vs. The Allies. The Nazis targeted the Jewish race and religion because they were “inferior” and imprisoned and murdered them; as a result, six million Jews were killed and countless lives were affected.
Many events in the world have been captured in history books but amongst the ones that have stuck to the memory of humankind is the holocaust. The reason for this is because of the huge number of casualties and questions as to what was the real motive behind the need to annihilate a whole community. Holocaust is
The Holocaust was a huge moment in history. It impacted millions of innocent human beings because of how they looked and what they believed in. The Germans killed millions of Jews, gypsies, Romani... anyone who did not fit the mold of the perfect Arian.
(Mrs.G a Holocaust survivor). The Holocaust was one of the darkest periods in human history, during which millions of people were systematically murdered by the Nazi regime. Among the victims were over one million Jewish children, who were targeted for extermination simply because of their religion. Yet there were six million Jews killed in total.
The Holocaust was the largest genocide to ever occur. An entire population was discriminated against, dehumanized, and then murdered by the millions for their religious faith, handicaps, sexuality or nationality with little to no interference from the rest of the world. Today we can only imagine what it was like to live through it. As a fifteen-year-old Jewish boy in 2018, these events are unimaginable, but for Eliezer Wiesel who was also a fifteen-year-old Jewish boy during World War II, it was his reality.
The Holocaust. A horrific crime that will live forever in infamy. More so than December 7, 1941, for it was not one day, one month, or even one year. It was far worse. It was years of built up racist hate and blind confusion unleashed in a devastating manner.
The Holocaust is one of the darkest times in history. The Holocaust was started by Hitler, defining people if they were Jewish, part Jewish, or Aryan. Little did these people know that it would get a lot worse for Jewish people after a few years. In a few years innocent people were being sent to gas chambers just for being Jewish.
The Holocaust was one of the most tragic events that has happened in history from 1933 to 1945. The long lasting event affected not just Europe, but families
The Holocaust, an event in a history that some people want to forget, while others will never forget the tragedy of the horrific holocaust. A day where over “ Six million Jews lost their lives”. (Biography. com) A time period when a mastermind by the name of Adolf Hitler took the minds of countless German soldiers to create an almost unstoppable army. From Julius Caesar from Genghis Khan, Adolf Hitler was definitely the most terrifying and vicious of them all because unlike all other leaders he killed millions while others couldn’t even compare to his German accomplishments. We would have never of had a detailed image about the Holocaust if it wasn’t for man named Elie Wiesel.
Long Hours of Darkness “Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed.... Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live” (32). Never shall we forget the atrocious events that happened to upwards of six million Jews during the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a genocide run by Adolf Hitler to exterminate nearly a whole population of Jews and very few prisoners lived to tell their treacherous stories.
There are many events in history but Holocaust left a permanent scar on the face of history. The event soaked in blood and tears of innocent would be unforgettable. Holocaust also known as Shoah (in Hebrew) was a genocide that took lives of millions of people from different backgrounds. Approximately 1 million Gypises were killed, 1.5 million mentally and physically handicapped people were victims of T-4 program, but Jews where the primary victims and 6 million Jews died in holocaust (Neiwyk and Nicosia). The Holocaust took place between 1933-1945.
Can you imagine being stripped of all your faith? In the memoir, Night, by Elie Wiesel, Elie and all the Jews faced many spiritual crises that tested their faith in God, humanity and himself. Elie had lost all faith because of the way they were treated by the Nazis. The Nazis punished the Jews for practicing their religion. Any sort of faith the Jews had were lost after the way the Nazis treated them and the terrifying events they faced.
The Holocaust was one of the most devastating times for all of the world. It strained the world’s economy and resources; death tolls were tremendously high and injuries were severe. This was one of the worst events in our world’s history. For the 12 years that Germany was ruled by the Nazi Party, a central belief was that there existed in society, certain people who were dangerous and needed to be eliminated for German society to flourish and survive (Impact of the Holocaust).