Three Words; Hate, Intolerance, Holocaust
Millions of people are no longer here because of one of the darkest times in history ever. They are gone not because of crimes they committed; rather, these lives are gone because of the hate and intolerance of one group of people. The Holocaust included the genocide of 6,000,000 people because of their beliefs and even physical traits through the use of propaganda to brainwash German citizens. In an effort to commemorate both the victims and survivors of the Holocaust, films, novels, and children's books about the subject of the Holocaust are huge contributions to the learning and preventing of hatred and intolerance.
It's important, even for young children, to understand the mass destruction the
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Even fictional books are a very important contribution to the prevention of hate and intolerance spreading. “‘They’ll come for us,” Mama warned her husband. “They’ll come and take us away.” They. “We have to find it!” (page 102, The book thief). The Nazis were so unwilling to accept others views and beliefs, if you didn’t have your flag out, like Liesel's family in the novel, The Book Thief, didn’t, then your whole family could be killed. Hitler was the root of this intolerance and it was especially taught to the youth. Some of the youth rebelled and so did adults. While some rebelling was silent, people would not participate in as much Nazi propaganda as they could or some would even risk their own lives to hide Jews. “Every child says “Heil Hitler!” from 50 to 150 times a day, immeasurably more often than the old neutral greetings. The formula is required by law” (https://www.facinghistory.org/holocaust-and-human-behavior/chapter-6/heil-hitler-lessons-daily-life). They also say this a lot in The Book Thief when they try to make all the children in Liesel’s town faithful Hitler Youth members. This shows how influential Hitler was and how easy it was for his intolerance to be passed