Rosenbaum Chapters

6: Chapter six has to do with a comparative look at the Holocaust and the Slave Trade, both huge atrocities. The biggest difference between the two events were that the Slave Trade lasted for years and years and was located all over the world. On the contrary, the Holocaust was held to a few years and only one place (when I say few years I don't do so insensitively). And, like Brooke mentioned, the desired outcome was completely different. During the Holocaust the hope was to kill as many Jews as possible. Whereas the Slave Trade was solely based upon keeping as many of these people alive as possible, a very interesting idea.

10: "The Holocaust and Japanese Atrocities" essay talks about two doctors during WWII and what they did. Both doctors had their hands in killings during the war and both had very different reactions to the crimes they committed. Dr. Munch felt no remorse to what he did during the Holocaust whereas Dr. Yuasa showed a lot of remorse and regret.

16: The next essay, "The Rise and Fall of Metaphor: German Historians and the Uniqueness of the Holocaust," gives us a historiography. There were many different groups that studied the Holocaust and they all did so for different reasons. The first group conducted research on the Holocaust very soon after it had ended and did so for the legal system and the courts. Next group of scholars looked closely at Nazi's themselves and their beliefs. Third group of scholars looked more into Hitler and the final group began to write more narrative history. To me, this seems like a good way to bring the holocaust to a wider audience and helps the subject to be introduced to a younger group of kids through stories.

17: The final essay we had to read has to with the victims themselves. Stannard argues that many scholars have actually de-victimized the other groups that were involved in the Holocaust by making it seem like it was only the Jewish people being killed. Jews make up the largest group of those to die and if you asked most kids or adults who suffered most from the Holocaust they will all say the Jews but there were so many other groups of people that were affected.