only becomes easier after already killing once‚ how does one manage to succeed in committing that initial murder? By studying events in history‚ most historians‚ psychologists‚ and criminologists believe it is through a process called dehumanization. 1Dehumanization is the psychological process of demonizing the enemy‚ making them seem less than human and hence not worthy of humane treatments. In his novel Faces of the Enemy‚ Sam Keens describes the different personas people use
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The dehumanization of Eliezer by the Nazis in Night by Elie Wiesel In Night‚ by Elie Wiesel‚ a young boy‚ by the name of Eliezer‚ becomes a victim of the Nazi’s cruelty and abuse. Because of the abusive treatment Eliezer witnesses and endures at the hands of the Nazis during WWII‚ he is stripped of his former self forever. No longer is he the secure‚ connected and loved young man whose faith in God is unshakable; instead‚ he is a disillusioned shell of a man who has lost family‚ God‚ and the belief
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powerful unforgettable moments in order to achieve his purpose. Wesiel wants to help readers come to a greater understanding of the Holocaust and make them think about how Dehumanization is shown across the story. In the memoir Night‚ the author Elie Wiesel wrote the memoir to show that in tough times‚ people only think about themselves‚ thus creating a Dehumanization. In this scene‚ Eliezer sees the babies being thrown into the crematorium. “ A truck driver close and unloaded it’s hold: small children
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Bendig History of the Holocaust 17 September 2013 Sociological Causes of Genocide It is hard to consider people who neglect to act in the face of extreme cruelty‚ especially those who witnessed the events of the Holocaust without intervening‚ as average humans. However‚ recent sociological experiments have revealed that most people will witness an emergency without intervening due to altruistic inertia or pluralistic ignorance. In the case of genocide‚ dehumanization is crucial to the ability
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Dehumanization is to treat someone as though they are not human; subhuman. In America today there is still many examples of dehumanization. Many different people are treated poorly and not as humans. These people for some reason are seen as being different. Although dehumanization is still around today it is not as severe as it was in the olden days. After watching 12 Years a Slave and reading Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ it has come to my attention how poorly blacks were treated
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A Multidimensional Approach to Analyzing the Holocaust: The Rationale of the German Perpetrators Erica Lighter Vanier College 14 December‚ 2011 A Multidimensional Approach to Analyzing the Holocaust: The Rationale of the German Perpetrators This paper examines why the various people involved in implementing the policies of the Nazi regime in Germany – such as the scientists‚ doctors‚ prison guards‚ soldiers‚ and police – went along with the Nazi policies
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killed during the Holocaust and Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. That is more than half the number of people that died in World War I. The book Maus by Art Spigelman tells the story of a man who was a victim of and lived through the Holocaust. The Holocaust and Amenian Genocide are indistinguishable because of not only the amount of people that died but also for three more main reasons. These reasons are the gruesome leaders of both genocides‚ the merciless dehumanization that was forced upon
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dismissing it would just be as bad as killing them again. The Holocaust was one of the biggest events in human history‚ considering the mass genocide of over six million Jews and the extreme anti-semitism that occurred. It is truly important to study the Holocaust and should not be forgotten. The Holocaust can shed light on cruelty of humanity‚ life lessons‚ and tolerance. Eliezer Wiesel emphasized the existence of evil in the Holocaust through his literature. Racism was an entirely major factor
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Imagine all your emotions‚ thoughts‚ and feelings were erased and dismissed into obscurity. There is a word for this process known as dehumanization. To be dehumanized is to take away all the large and small aspects that construct who you are. You would never be truly cheerful or upset‚ would never fall in love‚ would never see yourself as an individual. Instead you would be a hollow shell that simply complies with rules and obligations without question or hesitation. This scenario is not the way
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Dehumanization in Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front Winston Churchill always said‚ “You ask: what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory‚ victory at all costs‚ victory in spite of all terror‚ victory‚ no matter how long and hard the world may be; for without victory‚ there is no survival.” In Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front‚ victory is seen as the only option. The soldiers in the novel do whatever it takes like acting before thinking or ignoring
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