The Irony of Liberation
Though this paper had a few punctuation problems, I made a B+ on it and this is a sophmore level class. The Irony of LiberationWhen the liberators came, they came with hope of eliminating the torture and inhumanity the Nazi Germans were imposing on the Jews. Men and women came with the hope of releasing victims from the evil claw that had grasped Jews for so long. Some liberators came with the idea that the Jews would be given a new life, a life of freedom. However, freedom was far from what Jews were given after liberation. To the many Jews, who stood on the other side of the barbed wire fence, liberation was not a time to celebrate. Yet, it was a time to try to pick up what particles of life that remained. As Lucille Eichengreen explains in her testimonial story of liberation day, liberation was not about freedom. It was expected that there would be casualties of war. U.S and Russian army men had seen victims
Time was motionless at one moment, and fast-forwarded the next. Many felt guilty that they survived and their friends and family did not. Eichengreen explains, "Despite our liberation, I was totally without hope" (340). Those who found the strength to journey back home were hit even harder by former neighbors. For many, liberation was simply a reminder of all that was lost. Though Jewish people will never be liberated from the nightmares of Hitler's reign, perhaps the ability to replenish life through new birth, will. Bibliography "Images from The Holocaust: A Literature Anthology"Jean E. There was, however, only renewed sorrow for the dead and little hope for the living"(342). After all that had happened, were these victims really free? Was it a time to celebrate? Where would they go now? Who would take them? Much less, who would believe that such inhumanity happened? The looks received by nurses were not looks that showed sympathy, nor compassion, but instead offered back the images of Nazi ideology; the idea that Jews were filthy, weak and feeble people. of war before[,] [RO] and nothing could be shocking. While others, especially children wondered who would care for them. And they were, but not by their own free will. Recalling liberation day, Eichgreen says, "I had dreamed of a great party, with fanfare, music, dancing and fireworks.
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