Holocaust Impact On Literature

The Holocaust had a gigantic impact on literature as we know it and changed the face of morals in many written novels and sources. Many autobiographies and other works of art came from people who experienced the tragedy firsthand, and these works shed light on the true horrors that occurred during that time. One huge example of these works is Night, by Elie Wiesel, who was 15 when he was taken into a concentration camp along with his family. His book depicts his experience in the camp along with his father, watching himself and others suffer for the pleasure of the Nazi soldiers. After reading about his experience, the reader feels that no one should have to endure what Elie did, especially at his young age. The Holocaust in literature introduced …show more content…
These beautifully horrific works of art are held to a higher meaning because of the intense realness of the art. These works are not conjured by the minds of a fiction author, but rather they were only able to be written from the tears that crushed the lives and souls of millions of families during the most well known and dark time period in recent history. “‘The persecution of Jews had long-lasting effects on the societies left behind, not because Jews constituted a large share of the population, but because they constituted a large share of key strata of society, which are essential constituents of economic and political development,’ said Hassan, an assistant professor of finance at Chicago Booth.” (Bradt 2) The impactfulness of the Jews on society in Europe was enormous, and the country suffered severely after the deaths of six million jews. If any society suffers a loss that big, it will be extremely hard to recover, but the Holocaust was a special occasion that completely shattered the infrastructure of the communities around the affected region and they may not ever fully recover to what they were before the Holocaust. “We find a robust relationship between the decline in Jewish populations and subsequent economic …show more content…
Although mostly no one alive today remembers the events of the Holocaust first hand, there is plenty of readable evidence that reminds us that it did happen, and those pieces of art and literature will never subside from our hearts and minds. Literature and all various art forms forever changed after the first publication of Anne Frank’s diary, and continue to be affected by the passion used in the art. No one can walk through a Holocaust Museum and not feel the fear that the Jewish families did, especially no one who has close family or friends who were harmed during the Holocaust. The Holocaust affected millions of lives directly, and hundreds of millions of lives indirectly. These indirect effects will continue to move throughout the ages and will most likely not subside for an extremely long time. These effects are shown anywhere from memorials, museums, tourist sites, and in the media, but most importantly, literature and all art forms. Literature was forever affected by the Holocaust and the eyewitness accounts that came from the concentration