Essays on Holocaust

When on the topic of representations of the Holocaust, two films come to mind, those being Roman Polanski’s film The Pianist and Quentin Tarantino’s film Inglourious Basterds. Though these films do not appear to have anything in common other than the fact that they are…

Maus, a graphic novel written by Art Spiegelman, tells the tragic account of the Holocaust through the words of Vladek Spiegelman, a Holocaust survivor, and the protagonist of the book. Unlike usual representations of historical events, Spiegelman effectively associates narrative with images, going beyond limitations…

The movie “Son of Saul” revolves around a man named Ausländer Saul who came from the city Ungvár in Hungary and lives his life in the camp of Auschwitz which reveals some of the most devastating moments that took place during an atrocity of WWII….

Intentionalisms vs. Functionalists Views of the Holocaust The Holocaust was certainly a horrific tragedy to say the least. However, the causation of it is still highly debated by historians and politicians even in todays times. On one hand the intentionalism’s perspective includes a top-down approach…

Overview Many tried or attempted to flee the holocaust but many could not make it. Fleeing the holocaust was never easy. The Fleeing or escapes on the Kindertransport were started in 1939. Right when the Kindertransports began to pick up the kids before the Holocaust….

Elie Wiesel, the Romanian born Jewish writer, grew up in Sighetu, Romania during the height of World War II. He became a brilliant writer who captured the egregious experience of the rise of the Nazi Socialist Party, and the attempt to exterminate the Jewish race,…

Despite the Nazi’s developing a cruel reputation regarding how they treated Jews during the holocaust, it is mostly unknown that they were extremely passionate about animal rights. Although it is ironic that they treated humans in a way that is comparable to how animals are…