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Jillian Comstock 4/29/14 Pds- ⅞ __Holocaust Essay__ Scarred for Life

Some people think that the Holocaust is too violent for young kids, but from my perspective the Holocaust should be told. “Can you imagine? If someone doesn't know when they will die they are scared, but if you know when you are going to die, that you turn will come, its a terrible thing.” This quote from Lola Putt, a survivor from the Holocaust, means if you don’t know when you are going to die, but you do know that you might die, its a terrible thing. Many parents, teachers, and other people think that sixth graders should learn about the Holocaust, in my opinion sixth graders should learn about the Holocaust.

One reason that students should learn about the Holocaust is to remember those who died and to respect those who lived. Six million jews died and five million disabled, homosexuals, and other people that hitler didn’t like. In total that is eleven million people. Most of the jews and people died from concentration camps, gas chambers, sickness, and starvation. “I saw human beings, human beings that had been beaten, starved, they’d been tortured. they’d been denied, everything-anything that would make anyone’s life livable.” This quote from Leon Bass, a survivor in the Holocaust, means the Holocaust was so terrible that know matter how hard you tried, you could not get those memories out of your head. The memories were like the tattoos, they were for life.

Another reason is to stop it from happening again. “I wonder whether the world learned anything. The way you look around the world today you wonder- did we learn anything from the Holocaust.” This quote from Renee Firestone, another survivor from the Holocaust, is wondering if we learned anything. Well, it looks like we didn’t because a lot more genocides have happened such as Rwanda, Bosnia, Armenia, and Cambodia. So many other genocides have happened and no one is making a stop to it. We have to maintain acknowledging our human rights.

The last reason why students should learn about the Holocaust is to show kids they need hope and create a better future. What do you think is the most important thing to the prisoners if they wanted to survive. Food? Water? If you guessed any of those you're wrong, the most important thing to them is hope that they will survive. Hope is the key word.

Even though some parents or teachers think that kids our age shouldn’t learn about the Holocaust, I think sixth grade should be able to learn about it. Parents may say its too violent, but it was an important part of history that should be told. If you want this story to be told then sixth graders should learn about the Holocaust.