Analysis Of The Holocaust: The Terrible Things By Eve Bunting

The feelings of anxiety, deception and suspense are three of the many words used to describe the Holocaust. Source B revealed how genocide was demonstrated in the Holocaust by providing evidence of classification and preparation. Likewise, Source C, a poem written by Pastor Neimoller, in which he describes the fear that the people felt when groups of Jews were disappearing each day. The day they came for them there was no one left to take a stand for the minority. In a similar way Source D, “The Terrible Things” by Eve Bunting, delivers a similar explanation by a group called “The Terrible Things” that caught groups of animals living in the forest one by one. Although when they came for the rabbits there were no other animals left to stand up for them. Exposing to us how in a similar way the Nazi’s would diminish the Jews rights though they had done nothing and no one said nor did a thing to prevent it. Therefore, the segregation of the Jewish people, also known as the Holocaust, is identified as the responsibility of the people. The two sources, B and D, clearly show that the responsibility
The Jewish people were targeted and the people were aware that Jews were disappearing each day yet nothing was done and no one “stood up for them.” For instance “Those classified as different are refused human rights and personal dignity” are main examples of what were taken away from the Jews (Source B). Similarly stated “First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew… Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me” (Source C). Both these excerpts have very important meanings because they define what happened to the Jewish people, what was taken away from them and the horrible anxiety waiting until you were taken away. It also describes how most people didn’t know how to stand up and fight for what they believe