Question 10

6. Why are there so many books, movies, documentaries, etc. about the Holocaust? Why do we keep retelling this story?

I think that there are so many books, movies, documentaries, and etc. about the Holocaust because the Holocaust was a time where many people died, most of them innocently. The Holocaust was a time during history, and during the World War, and history is very significant to us. This is the reason why we learn about history during Social Studies class, Writing class, Reading class, and so on and so forth. Many youths of this generation seem to think that history isn't related to them at all, and history is something that is "in the past" and we should only think about the present and the future. Some people think that history doesn't have to do with any of us, and we can't learn anything about history. I strongly disagree with this, and I would have many arguments, facts, and more to prove this. I think that history is something that everyone should know about, and everyone should learn from. There is so much of history that can apply to our lives, and there are so many things that we are able to gain from by learning about the Holocaust. Not only the Holocaust, but many other events and certain people. I think that many books, movies, and documentaries have been let out because the Holocaust was a time in history in which we should learn from, and a time where many people died, and we should be thinking about these people. Though many of the Jews hadn't done anything terribly wrong, they were accused of being themselves. This really could have killed their identity, and more Jews could have felt like they were worthless. We should all remember this time of history and remember the hardships that Jews and other victims endured. I think that the story of the Holocaust should be retold again and again by books, movies, documentaries, etc. so that more people will be able to remember this time of history and not forget what happened to those victims of the Holocaust. Everyone, including Koreans, Germans, and Jews can all learn from the Holocaust. There can't be nothing to be learned from this time of history.