Wiesel Interview Journal

Wiesel Interview Journal
Prompt 7: What acts of inhumanity are still occurring in the world? What lessons from the Holocaust still need to be learned?
The Holocaust, which also known as Shoah, was a genocide in which approximately 11 million people died, including 6 million Jews that were brutally abused and killed by the German military, under the command of Adolf Hitler. This is a shameful and scandalous episode of humanity’s history, is “Not of one crime but thousands of crimes done every day, not of one cruelty but millions of cruelties”, as an anonymous reviewer on Amazon stated.
Elie Wiesel, a survivor of this horrifying event, has published 47 books, including his book Night which retelling his shocking experience, what he had to go through in the Auschwitz concentration camp. He later won the Nobel Peace prize.
Although concentration camps have been liberated by American troops in 1945, the consequences are still there. Survivors were badly affected by diseases, starvation, etc.
There are still thousands of inhumanity actions around the globe, even nowadays. For example, a few tribes allow men to rape young girls, which is against human’s rights. Also, human trafficking, torturing, school shootings, child abuse, etc.
The infamous 2012 Delhi gang rape in which the victim, Jyoti Singh Pandey, was raped and murdered, died from her injuries 13 days later. This made people questioned about women’s rights in India. The incident was widespread throughout India and worldwide, uprising the numbers of protests against the state and central governments. So, we know that there are uncountable crimes are occurring in the world, and many of them are not being report or uncover
Like Elie said in his interview with Oprah, that “We must not forget about the victims [Holocaust’s victims] who had lay down, for the next generation. For ours, we hear you.” Lessons that still need to be learned from the Holocaust, are the importance of Holocaust remembrance, and the responsibility to bring war criminals to justice. Under each name was an identity, and beneath it was its own story. Every person has their own one, and we must not forget them. We must not forget the mass murder of 6 million Jews, including 1 million children.
We must bring the murderers to the light of justice. Also, we must educate the younger generation about the Holocaust, to honor the victims’ name. To throw light on the still obscured shadows of the Holocaust. To plant the seeds of the better future amidst the soil of a bitter past. To respect those survivors who are still among us, and to reaffirm humanity’s common knowledge and about understanding and justice.