Journal Entry #0

Journal Entry #0
Documentary Response

Why would anyone do this? What are the reasons behind this whole conspiracy?While watching this documentary, I thought the Germans were insane.Of course, they probably had their reasons for committing such a horrific crime to mankind, but how is that justifiable? What if the SS, gustapos, or whoever were involved in this factory of death just experienced half the pain the prisoners felt? Ideas do bear observable consequences, but how can one man's idea bring such a devastating result..? In my opinion, I think that all of the people who were involved in this unbelievable crime should have been executed. The fact that the people who were involved were still alive and they had the guts to openly interview infuriated me. What guts did they have to interview like they did nothing wrong? The extermination of the Jews wasn't just an "extermination." It is ironic how people call it the "extermination" of Jews when this was so much more than just "exterminating" the Jews. This was a crime against humanity, against mankind. I still can't forget the former Jewish soldier stating that he does not regret of what he had done to the SS, but he regrets what he couldn't do to them. How evil were the SS to the prisoners that a man can hate another man so much? I can't even imagine half the physical and psychological pain that these prisoners went through. I can't even imagine killing a person, but how angry was this Jewish man to regret not killing someone? Since we are not first hand victims to this crime, we may never imagine how it was to be a prisoner in the concentration camps. One thing, however, remains clear and certain: this should never happen again.