Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Forgotten Voices of the Holocaust


This book is an emotional collection of experiences told by survivors and witnesses of the holocaust. Lyn Smith had researched for 25 years, recording the history of what had happened in the years of 1939 to 1945. This documented book of the holocaust shows the different perspectives of how the Jews, Poles, homosexuals, and more were treated. Men, women, and children were being tormented. Their lives had become chaos. They were scarred for life. In the book, a large amount of the children, then young, would talk about the very first day their happy lives were stolen and replaced by hatred and anger. But most of all, it was filled with sadness and fear. There was no way of hiding. Having to see so many people die in front of your eyes, your friends, your neighbours, your family. The things that the Nazis had done were inhumane, making their victims monstrous as well. Full-grown and educated adults were acting like animals over a piece of bread and the children were beginning to become disgraced by their own race. Children of both sides were also hugely affected. Some German children were even taught to harass the Jewish children in their class. Teachers were    Children had their childhood taken away, people were being torn apart from families and friends became rivals. Even though all this was happening, there were still kindness expressed even with the smallest gestures. This is a very heartfelt documentary.

No comments:

Post a Comment