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Some of my reactions to the documentary of the holocaust "Night and Fog" left me speechless. I can't even imagine that people could be so cruel to one another. The Germans were so cruel to the Jews, it wasn't even funny. To start everything off, the Jews didn't even do anything to the Germans. Watching the killings and the slaughter of the Jewish race is very disturbing. Hopefully, nothing like this will ever occur in this world again.
"Night and Fog" was powerful & "Schindler's List" was powerful too. I can't really decide which one is more powerful. Both films had a great effect on me. Between the two movies, I can't really make a comparison with the scenes. They both showed how the brutal the Jews were treated.
The only thing that "Schindler's List" didn't show that "Night and Fog" showed was what the Jews did with the dead bodies. They took some bodies and used the fat from the bodies to make soap, which makes me think twice about what is in the soap I use to wash my skin. They also used all the hair that was shaved from the women's head to weave blankets, which I find utterly disgusting.
The movie "Schindler's List" shows how badly the Jewish people were treated, the killings for being Jewish and the journey to the camps where the majority of Jews faced their death. The Jews were treated like they weren't even people. They were treated like useless objects that needed to be thrown out in the garbage. This was very gruesome and cruel. God did not create people so that they can kill their own species. He created them so that they could live happily together, but it seems like the Germans did not go by that. To gather up the Jews, the Germans would always give the Jews very little space between them. When they were gathering up Jews to ship them off to the death camps, they packed the Jews like sardines on the trains. Also, it was very hot and the Germans sprayed them the train cars with a hose. The Jews were so dehydrated. They were acting like fishes out of water when the water was sprayed on them.
In this movie, the scene that was most powerful was the children. It killed me inside to see them being separated from their parents and not knowing what was going to happen to them. The Germans lured them into getting on the truck so that they can be killed. The children were waving to their parents happily as they were going away on the truck. I don't think that they would be smiling if they knew what was really going on.
One scene that would stick with me is when the Jews had to eat their own jewelry to keep it safe. This goes to show that people will do any crazy thing if they are in a serious situation. They would do any crazy thing if it means that it would keep a prized possession safe. They also didn't have any other choice but to eat their own jewelry because I don't think that they would want any of the Germans to take away their things.
Another scene that would really stick with me was when the little boy ran away from the Germans and was looking for a place to hide. All the places he had looked, there was other children there. The only place left was the bathroom. He went through the hole and landed in crap. It was really disgusting. There was other children there too. I can't even image the things that was going through his mind at the time. I couldn't even imagine myself in that situation. Just thinking about it gives me chills.
According to this news article, the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the number one news story of the century.
Yes, I do think that the dropping of the atomic bombs was the biggest news story of the century. I don't think that there could be a bigger news story than this. The war was going on for so long and America needed a way to just end the war. The dropping of the bombs had finally ended the war. The ending of the war was really big news. But the one thing that I think that should have brought the most attention to the people of the world was the number of lives it had killed. It had killed hundreds and thousands of innocent lives, including women and small children.
On the list of events, there would be a few things I would change. According to this list, the Great Depression ranked #10. In my opinion, I think that the Great Depression was a very serious time. People look at America as such a great country. For it to go into poverty was a very serious issue. People had next to nothing at that time. I think that it should be moved up and be ranked as #2. Another event that I would change is the identification of the AiDS disease. This disease is very deadly and it should be taken very seriously. It surprised me that it was ranked #25. I think that it should have been ranked in at least in the top 5. Another thing that I would change is when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier. This was ranked #44. This was a major change for the colored people in America. For years, colored people was discriminated just because they were different. It was finally time for them to shine. Somebody had to make a difference. I would put this event in the top 20 events.
Propaganda: information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
The poster says "Europe's Victory is Your Prosperity". I think the poster is trying to say that if Europe wins the war, it would be beneficial to the people. The people will live good lives. The symbol of the fist punching punching Stalin showed that they wanted to rule and take over the Soviet Union with an "iron fist".
The cross with Churchill shows that Great Britian was defeated by Germany.
