We talked today about the United States and the role our country played in the Holocaust. What are your feeling about this topic? Also consider what you see as the United States' role in current world affairs.
Lit Terms 2
6 years ago
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
6 comments:
wow that website was very interesting. the pictures were very detailed but gave a really great picture of how the people were treated there. the captions helped out a lot too. the uncleanliness is just awful. the one picture with the so called bathroom was hard for me to fathom that they would get beaten while in there. and to them the "bathroom or toilet" was a luxury. it was a piece of crap. on the other side the now pictures, the real ones gave me a different feeling about auschwitz. for some reason to me it almost looks pleasant. i know it sounds crazy but the buildings and scenery make it look like a school campus or something of that nature. Maybe its because they made it into a museum now. i don't know.
BRIAN M :)
Friends, please try to link your comment to the proper post. Brian, I think you were talking about the Haunting post, not the These Great United States of Ours post. GET IT RIGHT! :)
I was not in class when we discussed this but I do know some on the topic. I think the United States did the right thing by getting involved and helping liberate camps. It would have been better if they had gotten involved sooner, but later is better than never. All of the allies who helped with the liberation and defeating the Nazis were just in their actions. I think that we should stay involved today with affairs that are meant to harm humanity, such as Darfur.
i definately think that the U.S. did a good thing in going in, and everyone wishes they would have gone in sooner.. and it disturbes me now about how so many people talk about how we should have done something sooner, but we're still not doing anything in Darfur. It really is shocking to see the whole "fits our interest" kinda deal plays out. So i definately think we should stay on top of things when it comes to stuff like that, but if other countries are just having other little quarrels we should stay out of it. :]
- katie
I think the United States had all the evidence of what was happening in Europe right in front of them. All of the articles in the newspaper was proof enough that something needed to be done. I believe the US waited to long to get involved.
I believe, personally, that the United States was not as involved as they should have been. You taught us that the United States had known about the Holocaust from almost the beginning (Kristallnacht, especially), and it took them too long to begin aiding the Jews. Liberation didn't come until the end of the war--too late in my opinion.
-Gage
Post a Comment