Alicia Amlin
Mr. Neuburger
Eng. Comp 102-102
5 October 2011
“A Film Unfinished”
In “A Film Unfinished,” it seemed as though the Germans were attempting to make Jews look like pompous, relentless beasts that did not care about what Hitler claimed was their fault. Staged funerals and dinner parties were used to make the Jews seem as though they lived in the lap of luxury, but it did not hide the true, vulgar attempt to make the Jews look like unstoppable monsters. In reality, the Jews suffered in the Ghettos, no matter how rich or poor they were. They were prisoners because of one man seeking to rise to ultimate power seemed to have found a way up the ladder; it didn’t matter who he hurt, just so long as he got up. Corpses lining the streets and cold, silent stares at the cameras could only deliver one message: fear. When thousands of people are forced to live in one tiny space without money or food, a bad situation makes a turn for the worst. No one had a choice other than to suffer, and so they suffered while also trying to avoid getting beaten or shot simply for stepping to the wrong side at the wrong time near any of the Germans. Though the film showed the drastic contrast between both rich and poor Jews, it all seemed to collectively fall together into the same pool of fear and the looming presence of death. Despite the clear tendencies to use this film for propaganda against the Jews, it serves more as a window into a time of unfathomable terror. Though it was meant to lie, the film was greatly informative as it gave viewers a glimpse of many that did not deserve their fate as they waited to be ushered to treacherous concentration camps, and then, ultimately, their deaths.
5 comments:
Your photo is terrifying. To see that these poor children were terrified out of their minds. What is really hard is to know that the kids who did survive are most likely haunted for the rest of their lives with nightmares and bad visions.
I agree taht it would be tough to live knowing that one wrong step could be the end. In addition, they were suffering as it was and this just added to the suffering I am sure.
Just the fact that they were trying to cover it all up as much as they were shows how fanatic and terrible the Nazis were. In doing so they revealed their true color, black.
I like your use of words in your response. They way you dicribed how the German staged the Jews was good! Seems like you are a very good writer. I agree with you that the film was very informative. I can imagine how those people felt back then. Being punished just because they were Jews!
I agree with you on the point that the parts of the film intended to be cut out showed what life was really like for the Jewish people living in the ghettos.
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