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Differences During The Holocaust

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Differences that became the matters of life and death were mainly anything Jewish, religion, appearance, culture all these factors catered to the life or death of millions of Jews in Europe. At times, yes, differences between people may lead to conflict, like a difference in opinion can lead to a conflict. And with the case of the holocaust the differences Hitler saw between Jews and the rest of the world lead to a conflict, "Anti-Jewish decrees followed each other in quick succession. Jews must wear a yellow star, Jews must hand in their bicycles, Jews are banned from trains and are forbidden to drive." (page 713) in this excerpt from ANNE FRANK: THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL shows how Hitlers views of the Jews lead to conflicts including the restrictions of …show more content…

She was alive again in my mind."(page 722) in Anne Frank Remembered when Meip reads the diary she sees that Anne was alive again and no matter how she remembered her the words and lives and personality of Anne which shines new light upon Meip. I think it's important to remember everything that was done during the Holocaust in the name of both differences and similarities because they all had an impact of the world and it's history, although some of the things that were done behind the name of either similarities or differences were not very good it's important to look at them and learn how the decision of things like the holocaust changed the world, " Memory's here not to sow anger in our hearts, but on the contrary, a sense of solidarity with all those who need us." (page 739) this piece of text shows that remembrance and memories is not to be associated and sadness with anger instead we need to respect and show how we can remember things regardless of being good or not, and an example would be the Holocaust. There are hundreds to millions of reasons to forget. By forgetting we let go of the pains that haunt us or the fear that patronizes us, like a survivor of the Holocaust.

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