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Holocaust Isn't Something to Forget About

Some parents think that 6th graders should not learn about the Holocaust. Others, think it's a great idea for 12-13 year olds to learn about the Holocaust. I think we should learn about this traumatic event in history. It teaches the youth about extreme prejudice. It is also reality and people can't just forget it didn't happen we have to honor the dead and survivors for going through this horrible life.

The Holocaust is a colossal part of world wide history. It was during World War II. Millions of Jews, Gypsies, Homosexuals, and disabled people were killed at this time. In the Concentration Camps people were set up for human slaughter and the living were starved, beaten, and eventually worked to death.

Another reason 6th graders should learn about the Holocaust is so they show respect. How would they show respect, and why? Well, they would show respect for the survivors. How, well they won't try to hurt the Jews because those who live by that religion have been through enough already. People should also respect the past too. For instance, the past is over and done with so you shouldn't try to bring it back or live in it.

The Holocaust shaped the future. If we show children about the Holocaust it could shape their future too. The Holocaust might prevent racial prejudice. But, it might encourage it too, against the Germans. It can teach the youth that racial prejudice isn't a funny thing, like if someone is being made fun of by their race and you laugh you just encourage them to become meaner and to more and more people of that race of religion. It also makes me grateful that I wasn't alive during this time and not Jewish.

I get that the Holocaust is a scary thing but it's reality and you can't always hug your kid when they get scared. Like some parents weren't their for their children to hug them during the Holocaust. A holocaust survivor said, "We were trained just like seals. Not a whisper, not a sneeze, not even an eyelash would move. Everybody was totally quiet." Alexander Van Kollen. The Holocaust teaches us a lot of things and it would be very disrespectful to the survivors or the dead if we just forgot about them.