7821ar+Holocaust Persuasive Essay

The Lowest Point in History

A few days ago, the sixth graders at Bedminster Township Public School started learning about the Holocaust. In fact, they read a book called //The Devils// //Arithmetic// by Jane Yolen. They also saw the movie based on the book. They also had a actual Holocaust survivor in their school! She was a hidden child. But the question remains at if they are old enough to learn about this very tragic, graphic, and horrific event. Do you know why this is important? Picture this. You walk into a place, you don't know where, and you see a lot of walking skeletons. Most of these people you didn't know, would be what you looked like. That's how the Jews felt walking into concentration camps. Since sixth graders can handle the painful memories, can learn to avoid prejudice, and so they can make sure that this doesn't happen again, sixth graders should learn about the holocaust.

Maturity I believe plays a major factor in whether or not they should learn about the Holocaust. It is a major part of history where the United States of America might of become just another part of Germany. It would have been one of many other countries. Life just isn't fair that one person could come in, decide to take over the world, and have the people listen to him because he was using the Jews as a scapegoat. He didn't even care what happened even if he destroyed his country. The Jews gone is what he cared most about. Also, it can help people of such a young age learn right from wrong. If they want to take over the world by war, look at Hitler. Later on, he committed suicide. If your are mature enough to stand up to someone, you should not be doomed. As George Santayana says" Those who ignore history, are doomed to repeat it." What George is trying to say is that if you do not know about something, that that person, will repeat the event.

We also should try to keep away from prejudice. It can stop bullying because when this happened, it made people think that if this happened, who was the leader going to pick on. There were hardly any Jews left. It could also bring us all closer together, like there are no differences between us. That's also the point of Rachel's Challenge, which also came to Bedminster School. Letting us not judge people would also be really a great way to avoid prejudice. Prejudice is an act of racism, or hate against people based upon skin color, religion, or belief.

The final reason why sixth graders should learn about the Holocaust is so that it doesn't happen again. As Maud Dahme, a Holocaust survivor says" Every week, they added a new regulation to order." That would suck if that happened again. Just keep adding to torture of people. This event was very shameful because everyone who didn't do something wishes that they did now. Yeah, that's how bad it was. Also, this would stop segregation. People wouldn't be divided into sections anymore. Yes, that's right. This is going on right now, as you read this, in the middle east. In places like Iran, since they didn't know about the Holocaust, they want to start a nuclear war, or a war using nuclear weapons to obliviate random people, and innocent people to.

Even though some people might find sixth graders to young to learn about the Holocaust, and I'm not saying that they're wrong. But if people don't learn about this at a young enough age, they might try to attempt such a devilish scheme. Kids in sixth grade at the time were being killed. For the sake of keeping peace in the world, let sixth graders learn about the Holocaust. It might save your life, and the world in which you call home.