Holocaust
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According to Websters New World Dictionary the word Holocaust means a conflagargration; a great raging fire that consumes everything in its path. This describes the Holocaust perfectly. It was a fire created by the German Nazis that destroyed all Jews and other minorities. The Holocaust stands alone as the only efficient and organized effort by a modern government to destroy a whole race of people. Six million Jews died in the Holocaust, this was six million lives ruined. It is important that the remembrance and all the history of the Holocaust continued to be passed on to a new generation because through these teachings our society can prevent future prejudices, discrimination, and violence in our world today.
As a new generation arises, having little connection to the horror of the Holocaust in the last century, another generation declines. The painful scars that have never faded are now vanishing; one by one. The survivors of the Holocaust hold in their memories the stories of suffering, but these overseers will not be around forever. Their burden, their memories and their stories must be taken up by those who remain. The generation that will oversee the better part of the next century must learn these stories to keep the lesson alive, so it never has to be experienced again.
Many people and organizations have taken on the difficult challenge of recording the stories of the survivors of the Holocaust. However, the pain of telling these stories is very great for most survivors, for some, too great to bear. It is difficult for many survivors to recount their anguish suffered during the Holocaust, making recorded legacies all the more precious. Therefore, it is important to gather and record the tales of the remaining survivors of the Holocaust to reconstruct the entire horror of the Nazi regime. Our society needs to make a consertive effort to preserve the dark history of the Holocaust before it is too late and there are not any survivors left to share their stories.
The Holocaust is not completely understood by many people. Those that have lived a protected life have never experienced such horrors as the Holocaust. Our society can help avoid a misfortune like the Holocaust by helping the world prevent it through teaching and remembering it, and getting across the message that every one should be treated equally.
Teaching is a solution to many problems, and is a great solution to this problem. Teaching the world that hatred is wrong is the best method. If the world knew how bad something like the Holocaust would be, they would never allow it to happen; that is why survivors should also remember and share their experiences. It must be taught that every single person is human and should never be treated as badly as the Jews were treated. If society saw the pictures of how horrible the death camps were, and how horrible the Jews were treated they would try to keep it from happening ever again.