1204mn+Holocaust+Essay

The Dark Truth

My mother said learning about the Holocaust should be to a milder degree so it doesn’t cause nightmares in the children. Frankly I disagree with my mom’s opinion. The Holocaust was terrible, putting people in concentration camps, gassing helpless children, and blaming Jews for all the Nazi's problems. Though it may be a major horror, kids in sixth grade should be allowed to learn the events that transpired during the Holocaust so they can understand that prejudice continues today, remember and honor those who died, and help the world avoid another Holocaust.

The first reason we should learn about the Holocaust is because prejudice continues today. Prejudice is the judging of a person by first or second encounter this can be very dangerous and can hurt many people in extreme cases like the Holocaust. Take Rachel’s Challenge for example, two people corrupted by prejudice tried to blow up a school full of children, and Rachel's Challenge came to be. Her mission was to make people happy. Now she is dead, but her story goes across the nation to spread kindness. In another more often case, take bullying it is a sick way of hurting a person even though you don’t know what they’re like. The last is exclusion that kind of goes with bullying except you ignore someone. We have not changed, prejudice still exists in our world.

Another reason to learn about the Holocaust is to remember the lost people in the Holocaust. We need to remember lost relatives so we can keep the dead in our hearts and keep them alive in our minds. The final reason to remember is to know how the Holocaust happened, it happened because a man was bitter and he took it out on Jews. We must keep the tragedy in mind and always remember how the Holocaust came to be, and to never let it happen. The Holocaust was a tragic event a repeat of it would be devastating.

The last and final reason is the fear of a second and larger Holocaust. Even though some still take place they are in a smaller radius. Many quotes were made supporting my thesis, like this one from George Santayana "Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it". The last reason is if another depression is active we will be aware what could happen if we build our anger. The Holocaust was caused by the anger of Hitler and he took advantage of the Germans during a depression, we need to know this can happe n.

Even though the Holocaust may freak people out kids need to know what can happen. It might cause nightmares in certain people, but it is still worth knowing. Do you believe sixth graders should be able to learn about the Holocaust. Also aren't you lying to your child by pretending the Holocaust never happened or not telling them? They will have to face the truth someday, why not in sixth grade? In my opinion I feel strongly that sixth graders should learn about the events that took place during the Holocaust because so they can understand that prejudice continues today, remember and honor those who died, and help the world avoid another Holocaust.