Holocaust Make A Difference Essay

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Emotions drive all of people's actions: buying a friend a gift, weeping at a funeral, and dancing at a celebration all result from feeling a certain way. Indifference, however, is the lack of interest, concern, or sympathy—the exact opposite of what pushes people to action. Ellie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor, states, "More dangerous than anger and hatred is indifference. Indifference is not a beginning; it is an end—and it is always the friend of the enemy." This quote is undeniably true because indifference causes people to condone crimes, is difficult to manage, and can snowball into larger issues.

When people cease caring, there is no morality to what they will and will not do, or a need to take action in the middle of a horrendous situation. Unfortunately, there was a time and place in history where this sort of attitude was implemented. During the Holocaust, the Nazis felt indifferent as they tortured and killed millions of people not of the Aryan race. The Nazis were brainwashed, unable to perceive the mass murder they were implementing. Not to mention, the Jews were stripped of all of their rights. They were separated from their families, stripped of their identities, and forced to live like abused, enslaved animals. After being put through this unforgivable treatment, they too, if given the chance to live, became numb and indifferent. In Ellie Wiesel's book Night, in which he retells his experience in the Holocaust, he states, "Beneath our feet
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From In looking back on history, one can view how a world of indifference contributed to eleven million people dying. With indifference, there is no motivation or incentive to behave in any certain manner. People would never question the world or find grand discoveries. A world full of indifferent people would be a world stuck in time. In order for the world to continue to grow into a brighter place, people must dampen their