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Natalie Bachrach 4/22/14 p-½ __Holocaust Essay__

Not a Sound, Not a Peep

Have you ever learned about a terrible event? Some people may think of the Titanic, they may think of the Titanic because 2,223 people were killed because of a tragic event. However between 1933 and 1945, 11 million innocent people were killed for their religion and beliefs. In a tragedy called the Holocaust.

Some people may feel that sixth graders are too young to learn about something so serious. But 1.5 million children were killed during the holocaust. Can’t we at least just learn about it? I believe that sixth graders should learn about the holocaust.

Even though the Holocaust already happened it’s very important to help stop it and stop from repeating it. In many schools middle schoolers aren’t privileged to read the Devil’s Arithmetic, but in my school we got to read and understand the importance of the Holocaust. Have you ever heard of genocide? Genocide is the killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. “I saw human beings, human beings that have been beaten starved, they’d been tortured, they’d been denied everything anything that would make someone's life liveable” a quote by Leon Bass. During the Holocaust people were tortured and starved to death for their belief or race. We need to remember so we don't repeat.

Innocent children all ages were forced to leave their homes and families to go to a concentration camp to worked and beaten to usually death. If you were extremely lucky you would have the chance to go into hiding. A person willingly offering to take you in and sacrifice their life for the safety of jews is unbelievable generous. Alexander Van Rollen states “ We were trained like seals. Not a whisper, not a sneeze, not even an eyelash would move. Everybody was totally quiet.” Have you ever been forced to do something you didn't want to do? Just remember it could be 1,000 times worse.

The few survivors that that lived, were not respected for a long time. This was because they were taken for granted and they thought it wasn’t fair that if 11 million people died and I lived. Have you ever meet or seen a Holocaust survivor? Did they seem normal, did they seem damaged. or did they seem completely normal. To remember the one’s who lived are great life experiences to learn about.

Even though some believe that the holocaust is inappropriate and gruesome for sixth graders to learn about, kids are age are more mature than you think. Kids may find the holocaust scary and sad to learn about, but they have to realize that millions of children had to survive or even die to just because of the holocaust. Do you think that kids are too young and in mature to even learn about the holocaust? For the sake of the future childrens grandchildren remember to learn.