“ Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.”(Wiesel 119). In the book Night by Ellie Wiesel, he tells his story about living through the Holocaust and the horrible events that took place in Auschwitz. It is important to remember the holocaust not only to make sure it doesn't happen again but to also tell the story of those who lost their lives to ensure no one forgets the horrible acts that occurred. The more we stay silent the more we are accomplices to the hatred of the world we have the power to use our voice for good to stop the bad. First, it's important to remember to make sure that genocide doesn't happen again. It is estimated that over 6 million Jews died during the Holocaust. In Wiesel's Noble Peace Prize speech, he says “Our lives no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately” ( 119). He reminds us that when we use our voice, we speak for those who can’t. He also says “ Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.”(Wiesel 119). In this quote, Wiesel also reminds us that even if it isn't us being oppressed or oppressing others if we don't use a voice for good, we are just as bad as those persecuting them. If we stay silent we are helping them get away with the terrible …show more content…
In his book Night Weisel says “ To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.” (xv). This quote makes us think about what it is that we are forgetting, we aren't just forgetting the horrible things that happened but we are also forgetting them as human beings. Another quote by Weisel is “Those who kept silent yesterday will remain silent tomorrow” ( Weisel xiii). We can change the world we live in for the better if we use our voices for good and speak up when we see bad things happening to stop it from getting to the point the Holocaust did. By using our voice we could potentially save
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” (Wiesel) This shows that if you stay quiet and let it happen just as the world did with the holocaust then you are no better than the people who are doing it. Firstly, Elie's speech called the perils of Indifference illustrates that seeing someone in need and not helping them is a crime against humanity.
Wiesel pinpoints the indifference of humans as the real enemy, causing further suffering and lost to those already in peril. Wiesel commenced the speech with an interesting attention getter: a story about a young Jewish from a small town that was at the end of war liberated from Nazi rule by American soldiers. This young boy was in fact himself. The first-hand experience of cruelty gave him credibility in discussing the dangers of indifference; he was a victim himself.
Neyman 2 Neyman 1 Alyssa Neyman counts 4th 2-17-23 Essay: What makes the holocaust important What makes the holocaust an important memory in history? In the book Night written by Ellie Wiesel, he talks about a time in his life when both he and his father, and other Jewish friends experience difficulty.
In Elie Wiesel’s acceptance speech of 1986 he stated that “when human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must –at that moment – become the center of the universe.” Considering the events that occurred in World War I, such as the Holocaust, I strongly agree with Wiesel’s statement about making those who are endangered our priority. It is the duty of those who inhabit this world to protect and set the imprisoned free regardless the circumstances. If no one has the courage to step up and do something to help, the oppressor will end up believing that treating people unjustly and forbid them from their freedom is indeed right.
He describes “they, representing the office” as selfish and insensitive to tragedy. For example, during the Holocaust railroad tracks were not bombed, and 1,000 Jewish refugees were turned away. Other modern events he lists also appeal to the logical mind, including assassinations, World Wars, and civil wars, where the listener understands that the impact could have been, if not prevented, at least reduced, if humanity would have become more involved. “Surely they would’ve moved heaven and earth” if they understood the consequence of indifference. Wiesel acknowledges the fact that it is so easy to ignore issues and even rely on others to solve them, but if one is not living to do good, then what is the
Elie Wiesel once said, “What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, by the silence of the bystander”. This quote means that being put through something so horrific as the holocaust concentration camps was not the worst part of the holocaust, but rather that people knew what was going on but never took action to stop this tragic event. The injustice of the people, mostly Jews, who had to go through the process of leaving everything behind and starting a new life where they were forced to work together in very unstable conditions is something that can never be payed back. This injustice lead to more than just the time and lives that we can't get back, it lead to dehumanization of innocent woman, children, men, elders, and
By stating, “Our lives no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately.” Wiesel hopes that he can inspire the change that the world was and still is in need
It is extremely important that all generations know what the Holocaust was and what happened during this time to make sure it never happens again. Elie Wiesel’s purpose for writing his memoir, Night, was to inform readers and provide them with knowledge of the Holocaust and his experiences. In the article, “Save Auschwitz or Leave it to Rot?” , Bogoslav Sicinska said, “ ‘I believe this place should be handed down from generation to generation, so that in the future no nation-I would stress, no nation-should ever repeat this’ ” (Gizbert).
With over seventeen million victims, the Holocaust, which occurred during World War Two, is known to be one of the world’s largest mass murders. The Holocaust has left the human race with a legacy. A legacy that impels one to understand and empathize with the tragedies that have occurred. Something so devastating can absolutely not be locked away in silence. While actions may speak louder than words, words still hold utmost power and have the ability to influence actions and feelings for generations to come.
We read the book Night that spoke of the horrors of the holocaust which was written by Elie Wiesel, a holocaust survivor. We got to see the unjustifiable acts of the Nazi’s first hand and still went on to live a happy life. He lived through the unforgivable and never even got an apology, not that it would matter. Nonetheless Elie Wiesel went on to live a fairly happy and successful life, he has written more than 50 books to share his story, and even became a professor and taught a course called “The Literature of Memory”. He enjoyed teaching his students as well as learning from them, one of his quotes “ What I try to give my students is my passion, that they should share that passion, the passion for learning.
Wiesel’s speech shows how he worked to keep the memory of those people alive because he knows that people will continue to be guilty, to be accomplices if they forget. Furthermore, Wiesel knows that keeping the memory of those poor, innocent will avoid the repetition of the atrocity done in the future. The stories and experiences of Wiesel allowed for people to see the true horrors of what occurs when people who keep silence become “accomplices” of those who inflict pain towards humans. To conclude, Wiesel chose to use parallelism in his speech to emphasize the fault people had for keeping silence and allowing the torture of innocent
When the young boy asks, “Who would allow such crimes to be committed? How could the world remain silent”, (paragraph 5) again the audience is prompted to emotionally respond. They have to realize that it was all of them, all of us, who remained silent and that this silence must never happen again. Wiesel demonstrates a strong use of pathos throughout his speech to encourage his audience to commit to never sitting silently by while any human beings are being treated
The speech also brought the conversation outside of the Holocaust. “In a way, to be indifferent to that suffering is what makes the human being inhuman”. (Wiesel) This is an example of one of his many interesting, thought provoking quotes from the
“The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters.” -Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees All my life I never knew how bad a situation could get if not one single person said anything. In school the teachers would mention the Holocaust and how bad it got because no one spoke about it or tried to stop it
Every time I heard the story of the Holocaust, I was dismissive and uninterested. Why should I be? I didn’t experience it. How could the stories from 80 years affect me? However, researching, listening and understanding the horrific events faced by the Jews in Germany allowed me to finally understand the purpose of learning about the Holocaust.