After going through traumatic and horrifying events, people experience different feelings when looking back on everything that happened. ... In this specific version, Wiesel claims that people are moving too quickly and that not enough importance is accorded to remembering the events of the Holocaust. He also seems to feel like justice hasn't been served to the perpetrators of the Second World War. ... Wiesel is shocked at how a large majority of the killers from this war are still allowed to live freely and without any consequences. ... For the ending found in the preface, the reader can...

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This event will never be forgotten. ... Her life before the war was happy. ... Finally, the war ended in 1945. ... The Holocaust is important because it wiped out millions of people based on their religion. It is important because it can teach us many lessons. ...

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The German Holocaust The German holocaust was a bad part of German history but its and important part also. The holocaust was the biggest reason that World War II started. ... The holocaust refers to the period of time between January 30, 1933 went Adolf Hitler became chancellor of German to may 8, 1945, when the war in Europe ended. ... These Jewish people were not casualties of war but they were innocent men and women who did nothing to anybody, not only were they murdered for no reason but their children were also murdered for no reason. ... Children were expelled from their school...

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Praying and asking questions is an important part in his faith. ... His whole experience in the war shows how awful people can be to each other. ... The Holocaust was an event that ended up turning mankind against mankind. ... Night portrays the harsh, cruel and unsightly events that took place during the Holocaust. ... Many events that took place brought him down and caused him to question everyone and everything around him, but he still had enough belief that he would get through it and he did. ...

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The treatment of the Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, and the mentally and physically disabled during World War 2 was inhumane. ... Look at the beliefs of the Westboro Baptist Church; who picket places and events they see as supporting either homosexuality or Jews, this include LGBT events, churches and organizations they feel do not repudiate homosexuality sufficiently, and the funerals of soldiers. ... The need to change is important now than ever. When I read Elie Wiesel's powerful account of what happened to him during the Holocaust, it made me realize how important it is for the world ...

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Spielberg's most important focus on the film was aimed around Hope, greed and innocence. ... Not many people outside the Jewish communities even knew what really happened during those dreadful six years in world war two known as the holocaust. ... It has real events and places, real People being portrayed and as I said earlier, parts were actually filmed at the actual places where events occurred. ...

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It's important to mention how films such as this are often times one of the best ways to get a mass of people to better understand a historical event. ... It is much more comfortable for 'the West' to think that atrocities of this magnitude would only be carried out by 3rd world regimes as necessary consequences of civil wars or tribal feuds. Another important reason to explain this phenomenon is who it was that was being exterminated. ... It is my hope that as awareness raises about events like the Jewish Holocaust of the 1940s, the occurrence of such events will become fewer ...

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Elie Wiesel did not allow the events during the Holocaust to turn him into a savage human being; he maintained control all up until he lost his faith in God. ... When Elie Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 for his championing of human rights around the world I feel as if his advocacy for human rights have grown out of his Holocaust experiences because Elie cares more about sharing his story with the world and making sure people are aware of what happened during World War II then holding a grudge. ... For many reasons, it is important to study the Holocaust because it was one of the larg...

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The Holocaust Misconception The Holocaust Misconception is likely one of the most misunderstood historical events of modern times. ... It is often assumed and taught that the Holocaust portion of World War II was such a well kept secret that no one knew of it until after the fact, however, this is untrue. ... The majority of those that were taken onto continental Europe perished within twelve months, the 287 that went to Britain survived the war. ... This was achieved through saying Kaddish (a very important prayer), celebrating important holidays, establishing libraries, schools, o...

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The Holocaust is likely one of the most misunderstood historical events of modern times. ... It is often assumed and taught that the Holocaust portion of World War II was such a well kept secret that no one knew of it until after the fact, however, this is untrue. ... The majority of those that were taken onto continental Europe perished within twelve months, the 287 that went to Britain survived the war. ... This was achieved through saying Kaddish (a very important prayer), celebrating important holidays, establishing libraries, schools, orphanages and theaters and by maintaining the will ...

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" Although this was mostly because the entire ghetto lived believing the fantasy that they would remain in the ghetto until the war ended and they were saved by the "Red Army.... " The fact that Elie could describe the day that led to the most horrible sequence of events anyone could ever imagine shows that the Nazis let the Jewish communities live in a delusion; the delusion being that if they remained in the ghettos and behaved they would be unharmed. ... People were running around frantically trying to pack whatever was important, women were boiling eggs and cooking meats in ...

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