War and The Holocaust
As the old saying goes, there are always two sides to every story. This rings true for war and the Holocaust. There were individuals who were in support of war, albeit their knowledge of its destructive powers, and there were some people who saw its disadvantages through their own eyes, and were therefore vehemently against it. One side saw war and the Holocaust as a positive step towards progress and development, while another side saw unjust destruction and death. Both Bernhardi and Mussolini saw benefits of war for European culture, but Remarque, Monks and Graebe saw, through their own actual experiences, that the benefits acquired through war did not outweigh the disadvantages that it unleashed.In his essay, General Friedrich Von Bernhardi defended the act of war, saying that humankind cannot escape it. He says that, "...the struggle between nations is inevitable..." (Bernhardi 177). Furthermore, he says that the development of a country could be, for the most part, attributed to battle. Bernhardi mentions that although war has its setbacks, it is also a "creative and purifying power" (Bernhardi 177), and a "life-giving principle" (Bernhardi 178). In addition, Bernhardi admits that war "temporarily disturbs industrial life,
a nation with favourable vital conditions. is not reactionary, but revolutionary. These first hand accounts are, indeed, a testament to the brutality and inhumanity of war and the Holocaust. puts the stamp of nobility upon peoples who have the courage to meet it. " (Monks 211)Finally, there is the account of Herman Graebe, a German construction worker who was a witness to Jewish executions by the Nazis. Most of the people in the pit were dead, but some were ". lifting their arms and turning their heads to show that they were still alive" (Graebe 213). On the other side of the spectrum are the opinions of individuals who themselves took part in the war and the Holocaust. and thus promote the progress of mankind" (Bernhardi 178).
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