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The Holocaust was a extremely tragic event that occurred in history. Many of the tragic stories belonging to the jews throughout history were not told, and lost from generation to generation. Movies like Schindler's List or books such as Maus try to make sure stories like this will never be forgotten, and hopefully they won't.
The movie Schindler's List was constructed in a unique way, in which various theatrical elements were used to create a unique and memorable film. For example, the movie begins in color and quickly turns into black and white. Another example is that the cameras always angled to the people of power. Throughout the film, the jews' lives were depicted as being sad and suffering. The Nazis' happiness went hand in hand with the jews' suffering. The Nazis were shown as rich and powerful while the jews were shown as poor and filthy. Although the movie was in black and white, there was a little girl wearing a red coat which was seen as symbolism for the rest of the jews, as she made her way around the soldiers and when she was piled up and tossed with the other corpses.
Maus was also a great visual due to the fact that it was a comic book. This was also a story about the Holocaust, but mainly seen from only one perspective. Images in Maus were also black and white. The characters in the book were depicted as animals which made it an easier read because of the intensity of the book. Maus shows an example of a lost story where Artie is obsessed with trying to find his father's story so that he can share it with others. Artie is angered by the fact that his father burned all of his mother's stories about the Holocaust after she commited suicide, which was due to thefact of the things she witnessed during the Holocaust that are imprinted in her mind. Artie realizes that no one will ever truly know what happened to her, as well as what she went through. It is also clear which race is which, since each animal has its own race. There are also flies in the book that may symbolize death. Flies are surrounding Artie possibly as a reminder of all the memories that involved death including his mother's tragic suicide. Masks are also used to show that being a jew doesn't make a person any different , it's just the bad reputation that they had been given because jews were seen as scapegoats.
Overall, the purpose of both of these informational visuals was to better understand the Holocaust and the truth of what really happened. Both of these were very effective and clearly got the message across about genocide. Just hearing a story is different than watching or reading about it. Many people are unaware about the specifics in history, sometimes this topic can be briefly discussed and easily overlooked when it really shouldn't be. Everyone has a preference on how they learn or better understand information, but the information is provided in multiple ways so everyone should be able to be educated on the horrific truth of the Holocaust.
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