understood that genocide doesn ’ t begin by rounding up a group of citizens . It begins with undirected frustration . This frustration warrants action , and that is when it leads to an anger that is taken out on a convenient group of people ( Blair , R . J .). It takes months or years of desensitizing the people of a country until , finally , enough anger has built up where people think that the victims deserve the horrors that they are receiving . Since its birth , America has always been held to a higher standard . It has always been a country that has been able to accomplish things no other country in the history of the world has been able to accomplish . I pray it remains held to this higher standard in the future .
The Holocaust was an evil act of anger and frustration that resulted in the torture and death of six million people . It is important to note the path a country takes in order to enact a genocide . It begins with some form of political or social frustration , and the leaders of that nation eventually chose a group of citizens who are a convenient channel for all the anger that has culminated over the years . After months and years of propaganda , the population becomes desensitized , until they eventually either support or turn a blind eye to any evil that takes place afterwards . This is when the leaders can begin rounding up their victims and truly taking out their anger in the form of torture and murder . Jan Komski , a victim of the Holocaust , preserves and possibly attempts to escape from his memories through his paintings . The painting Murder by the SS depicts men being executed by the chief commander of Auschwitz . Some aspects of the painting include blurry characters to illustrate the multitude of people this happened to , and dull colors to enhance the day to day struggle of being a prisoner . The setting of this painting was the winter , further amplifying the difficulty prisoners had trying to survive . These lessons are applicable today , particularly in America . It seems everywhere one turns there is more frustration and anger building up , but genocide is not an answer or an option . These feelings of animosity towards different groups , whether it be racial , political , or religious , must be prevented from flourishing or spreading . All people in America are endowed the right of life , no matter their situation . Those in power , and particularly the media , must remember this before they use their resources to bring anger onto another targeted group . This tragedy is not one that can even risk happening again ; it ’ s time people rise up and get to the root of the problem : what is the real cause of our frustration ?
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