Blog #5- Jackie Mednick

I learned about genocide a long time ago in Hebrew school, so it did not really change me when we learned about it this time. When I was younger and learned about the genocide of the Jews for the first time, it was confusing. I remember that I did not know why people hated Jews. Maybe it was because of something that happened in the past or maybe they just did not like Jews for some reason. I will always remember from Hebrew school learning about how brutal the Nazis were to the Jews. No one should be treated like that. In the movie Life is Beautiful, when Guido is brought back to an alleyway and shot, it happened so very fast. I thought that he would have gotten whipped or hit, but shockingly we heard gunshots. All he wanted to do was to see his wife. Guido getting shot so quickly was very upsetting to me. When we watched Elie Wiesel’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech, I felt proud of him.  He went through so much trauma and horrible events, that I could not imagine how difficult that was for him. After going through this unit, I now understand how complicated the human mind can be, especially when people get mad, angry or crazy.