Diamonds Of The Night Analysis

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Adolf Hitler is infamous for his ordering of the systematic killing of Jews in the early 1940s, known today as the Holocaust. This historic event is even taught in schools to prevent the recurrence of another mass genocide. How, though, can a teacher accurately describe this event? How can anyone authentically depict such a cruel incident? Many newspapers, documentaries, magazines, films, and poems have undoubtedly tried to describe the horrendous pain and suffering Jews and other people Adolf Hitler deemed unfit to live had to endure. The real question, then, is how authentic can these sources portray the Holocaust? A Film Unfinished, The Last Stage, and Diamonds of the Night are all films that deal with this tragedy. However, the perspectives and director’s intentions are so unique for each. Ultimately, all three films show the struggles of the humans Nazi’s tried to kill during the Holocaust well; …show more content…
A German person can be heard ordering “Ready, Aim, Fire” and then it cuts to a scene where the boys are on the ground lifeless. However, the very last scene shows the two boys running deeper into the forest with more life in them than before. The editing here is very confusing to audiences. Did the boys get shot and killed? Did they escape somehow? Ultimately, the last scene is meant to beautifully capture the heart of the Jews who kept hoping and fighting the whole time. Even though there were millions of Jews who passed, there were survivors. There was still hope during the Holocaust. The Jewish prisoners believed in the allies, and counted on the information that the Soviets were getting closer day by day to free them. It was crucial that the last scene was the boys running off in the distance, not them lifeless on the ground because even if they did get shot, their heart to survive, courage to jump out of the train, and ongoing hope and will to live rose above