Intolerance In The Holocaust

“I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?” This quote from one of the most well-known plays, perfectly illustrates how the beliefs of a person do not determine whether that person is human or not. Although religious intolerance has been present in the world for centuries, the amount of intolerance is not getting smaller. However, with the use of works such as Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, and historical events like the Holocaust, people can learn to become more accepting and hopefully remove this intolerance from people all over the world. The Holocaust was a horrific event that took place in the 1930s and 1940s during World War II. The Holocaust was a genocide that killed approximately six million jews in Europe, primarily in Germany by Hitler and his army, the Nazis. However, not only jews were persecuted. Up to five million
The Holocaust remains an incident that teaches people how to be accepting of others and what can com from a judgemental point of view. Learning about the Holocaust and of the resistance efforts made during this time teaches young people how the dehumanization of others is wrong. Studying the Holocaust also gives students ideas of how to prevent incidents like this from occurring at all. Overall, the Holocaust was a terrible incident that killed millions of people. This incident is not one that should be taken lightly. However, the Holocaust is not an event that should leave people in a state of mourning, but rather a piece of history that can teach new generations how to live and how to be accepting of others. Hopefully, people learn to look at the Holocaust of something that happened once and should never happen again. The Holocaust is a tragedy that will forever remain an unforgettable period in