Survival In Auschwitz
Introduction
One of the worst evils in history happened between 1933 and 1945. The holocaust claimed the lives of nearly 11 million people, at least 6 million of those were Jewish. Fortunately, one of the survivors was Primo Levi who documented his journey in the book Survival in Auschwitz. There are multiple instances of evil in his book but I will look deeper into chapter 1 and how it relates to the logical problem of evil.
Evil in Auschwitz
The Fascist Militia captured primo Levi on December 13th 1943 and placed him in a detention camp. On the morning of February 20th a group of German SS men showed up to the camp to announce the departure of all Jews, with no exception, to an undisclosed location. This is the moment where …show more content…
They believed they were cleaning up the streets but forgot they were removing people who God deliberately put on this earth. Hitler and the Nazis thought people could be divided into different races. The idea of deliberately segregating people based on race is an extremely evil notion. Especially since the idea of race is completely unfounded. Yes, the concept of human races is real. It is not a biological reality, however, but a cultural one. Race is not a part of our biology, but it is definitely a part of our culture. Thus, Hitler was putting death into his own hands based on a false notion of race and murdering innocent people. Such as, Primo Levi’s friends, family and loved ones.
Conclusion
Evil comes in two forms, moral and natural. However, only one type of evil was at work in the book Survival in Auschwitz and that is moral. Hitler and the Nazis deliberately murdered millions of people based on false notions. Thus, making them question if there truly was a God and if so, why he was unjustly prosecuted them. Evil creeps into the hearts of all people if they let it, no matter how large or small the event may
One of the worst evils in history happened between 1933 and 1945. The holocaust claimed the lives of nearly 11 million people, at least 6 million of those were Jewish. Fortunately, one of the survivors was Primo Levi who documented his journey in the book Survival in Auschwitz. There are multiple instances of evil in his book but I will look deeper into chapter 1 and how it relates to the logical problem of evil.
Evil in Auschwitz
The Fascist Militia captured primo Levi on December 13th 1943 and placed him in a detention camp. On the morning of February 20th a group of German SS men showed up to the camp to announce the departure of all Jews, with no exception, to an undisclosed location. This is the moment where …show more content…
They believed they were cleaning up the streets but forgot they were removing people who God deliberately put on this earth. Hitler and the Nazis thought people could be divided into different races. The idea of deliberately segregating people based on race is an extremely evil notion. Especially since the idea of race is completely unfounded. Yes, the concept of human races is real. It is not a biological reality, however, but a cultural one. Race is not a part of our biology, but it is definitely a part of our culture. Thus, Hitler was putting death into his own hands based on a false notion of race and murdering innocent people. Such as, Primo Levi’s friends, family and loved ones.
Conclusion
Evil comes in two forms, moral and natural. However, only one type of evil was at work in the book Survival in Auschwitz and that is moral. Hitler and the Nazis deliberately murdered millions of people based on false notions. Thus, making them question if there truly was a God and if so, why he was unjustly prosecuted them. Evil creeps into the hearts of all people if they let it, no matter how large or small the event may