Elie Wiesel: The Devastation Of The Holocaust

“I remember: it happened yesterday, or eternities ago… It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed” -Elie Wiesel. Millions of heads were enforced in the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel was one of the few survivors. Mr. Wiesel survived through the genocide known as the Holocaust. The Holocaust occurred from 1939 to 1945 in Europe. The mass annihilation was lead by Adolf Hitler. Hitler had one capital goal, to be the ultimate ruler. While Germany was experiencing difficult times, Hitler took the opportunity to use Jews and other parties/groups as scapegoats and blame Germany’s issues on them; this turned the people against them, making the extermination significantly easier. Many deny the manifestation of the Holocaust. The revisionists, Holocaust deniers, believed the Holocaust was a hoax and was over exaggerated. Problematically, revisionists argue the occurrence of the Holocaust is false and out of proportion. However, the significant amount of evidence found such as physical evidence (documents, pictures, and videos) and personal accounts from witnesses has proven the Holocaust did happen and was not an aggrandizement. Over time, physical data has been collected and
Nonetheless, there is a great deal of solid documentation and survivor accounts justifying otherwise. In the termination, the Holocaust was no inevitable. Many could have objected and fought harder to end it, and many other countries should have stepped in sooner. We, the people of the world, must work as one to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive. As we remember the dreadful obliteration, there will always be awareness under the topic of war and humanity. Overall, the strong memories of the mass genocide will live on as we forfend another similar event from taking