Topic > Memoirs of History - 953

George RR Martin once wrote, "Memories, the bones of the soul." Memories create the structure of our mentality. It helps keep iconic moments and even some not so significant moments in your memory. More than sixty years have passed since the Holocaust and this tragedy is still remembered by billions of people and will be passed down and remembered by future generations. It has been told in hundreds of texts, films, photos which are mainly based on the testimonies of numerous eyewitnesses. It is fortunate that all these forms of recognition have kept alive the memory of all those who suffered during that time. It's a painful memory to keep looking back. The Holocaust was a terrible atrocity that was once initially underestimated and then transformed into a mass genocide. It is important that present and future generations are aware of the event to prevent this historic situation from happening again. As George Santayana once said, “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Memories of our history help us learn from our past and live for a better future. By remembering the Holocaust, we honor the victims and their stories while giving us a glimpse into their life-changing experience. One of the major forms of historical documentation that most people are first exposed to is writing. We start with passages from high school history books and then usually move on to autobiographical stories such as Anne Frank's "The Diary of a Young Girl" and even fictional pieces such as Markus's ever-popular "The Book Thief." Zusak. It offers younger audiences some insights into the Holocaust without being too explicit. Adult literature includes more... half of the paper... Holocaust, only shows a certain limit. With the Internet at everyone's fingertips and simply typing "Holocaust" into a Google search engine, over 16 billion sources are displayed in less than 1 second. With an abundant amount of information that is much more accessible to us than in the 1940s, it is clear how one can take for granted all the information available at hand. It might seem that with all the sources readily available, there may be no fear that one might forget the details of the Holocaust or even forget that it happened. There are movies on Netflix, there are e-books that can be downloaded, and even a university's library database has various articles and journals uploaded for your convenience. With everything that is readily available at our disposal, it is easy to think that there will always be the required and necessary information reports accessible.