Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Film Lesson: "Night and Fog"


The Holocaust is an event in history that I will never forget reading and learning about. What happened in those concentration camps was absolutely devastating and tragic. I also think that the Nazis who ran those concentration camps were sick! The scenes and pictures in the documentary "Night and Fog" not only broke my heart but they also caused me to feel furious. It broke my heart because of what these poor Jews had to suffer, especially the children. I can't imagine being taken away from my home all of a sudden one day to be taken to that hell hole. The Jews were tortured and killed just because they were Jewish. It was like they were living in a terrible nightmare. That is wrong on so many levels. This is what made me feel furious. The Nazis killed the prisoners just because they were Jewish. That really bothers me. I cannot believe how heartless and cruel these people were.

In my opinion, "Night and Fog" was definitely a very powerful movie. The scenes of the Nazis beating and killing the Jews is what really made the movie powerful. Compared to the movie "Schindler's List", this movie illustrated the Holocaust more effectively. The reason why is because the scenes and pictures shown are all real and they are also images that I will never forget seeing. The Hollywood version may have been upsetting but the documentary shows you what really happened and what the Jews really suffered. The documentary is all facts while the Hollywood version includes romance and such, like many other Hollywood movies about historical events.

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