kf115+Holocaust+Essay

==It is important for sixth grades to learn about the Holocaust. Did you ever wonder why the Holocaust happened? Did you ever take time to realize how horrible and violent the Holocaust was? Did you know over six million Jews were chosen and processed? Since the Holocaust was so horrific when a girl from St. Mary's prep in Denville heard a survivor she said, "It was very touching to hear the story of someone who lived through this." My dad said, "the Holocaust was so horrible and violent because they starved innocent people, just to give one example. So we have to be glad for the life we live and live it to the fullest because if you don't you would have never appreciated the Holocaust. == **The Holocaust is an important event in history that needs to be taught to children.**

**"There is no doubt that this is probably the greatest and most horrible single crime ever committed in the whole history of the world," from Devil's Arithmetic. This quote is saying that the Holocaust was such a terrible tragedy in history and it might be the worst thing that ever happened in the world. “Exterminating Jewish children was a top priority. They were the first chosen to die in the camps because they were useless as laborers," said Maud Dahme. Maud Dahme is explaining how in the concentration camps they would always kill children first because they could not be used as workers so they were useless to the Nazi's.**

==If people don't remember the Holocaust, they are forced to repeat it. My mom said, "if people don't remember the past you can't learn from it and you need to learn about history so sixth graders should learn about the history." George Santayana once said "Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it." I feel that I always use my past experiences and they help me learn because if I do something wrong the first time it's doubtful I will do it again so I feel it is very important for us to learn about the Holocaust because we can learn a lot from it. "It begins with Adolph Hitler,/ goes to the Sonderkommando/ ends with the ordinary citizen/ turning in his neighbor," said Jane Yolen in her poem The Alphabet Of Evil. A Sonderkommando is a Jewish prisoner who was forced to work at death camps at the horrible task of burning the corpse of those already murdered by the Nazi's. Jane Yolen is saying that Adolf Hitler started concentration camps and people getting killed and then Sonderkommando pick up the dead bodies which ends up in ordinary people telling on their friend just so they don't get in trouble. ==

==Since kids should be taught the Holocaust at a young age it should make them feel very grateful for what they have because they see that the Jewish people barely got any clothing or food. "It teaches kids to be thankful for their belongings, family, clothing, and food because in the concentration camps they didn't have any belongings," exclaimed my mom. "Without laughter, there is no hope. Without hope, there is no life," from Devil's Arithmetic. This quote teaches us that all they wanted was laughter and hope while we cry if we don't get the pair of Uggs we want and it just really puts in perspective how bad the conditions were in all the concentration camps. The Jews had nothing! Now that I have read Devil's Arithmetic I feel like the happiest girl in the world because I have so much compared to what they have so I feel really bad for the Jewish people who had to live in these miserable horrible places. ==

== Even though some people think that sixth graders are not mature enough to learn about the Holocaust, it is still a very important event in history that we need to learn. Have you ever met a survivor of the Holocaust. When they talk they always say how they enjoy life and are so thankful for what they have.  Did you know about six million Jews killed in the Holocaust? That should really teach us even if we say were starving or we have the worst life ever any one of them would of loved to take your place at any time. Sixth graders need to learn about the Holocaust because we really appreciate what we have and if we don't learn and remember he past we are doomed to repeat it. The holocaust was such an important event in history because it stopped people from going against different races so that should teach us not to discriminate other races. ==

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