JWST 240 Chapter Notes - Chapter reading: Henry Friedlander, Milgram Experiment
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The holocaust and its repercussions extend beyond may 1945 in many ways. With destruction of such magnitude, every outcome, no matter how triumphant, is steeped in sadness. At the same time, even the most horrific accounts seem to include some sparks of light - a gesture of kindness, expression of defiance and dignity, the miracle of survival. Henry friedlander live through nazi berlin, the lodz ghetto, Auschwitz-birkenau and a series of death marches that passed through the camps of ravensbruck and neuengamme - he is a story of survival against all odds. But he never called himself a survivor because he said the label was used to imply something heroic or remarkable, instead he said it was a matter of chance. His mother was killed in birkenau and his father chose to stay in germany rather than go to canada with him.
