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Tuesday, March 18, 2014
PERIOD 2: THE LONGEST HATRED
You recently viewed the PBS documentary The Longest Hatred in class. What did you learn that you did not know before watching the film?
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Aishwarya Ganguli
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This film depicted a lot about the hatred among the Christians against the Jewish community. The most shocking part of this film was the fact that Jews were accused of killing the God of their own religion. This fact was believed by millions of people who did not use their rationale or ask for an evidence to prove this fact. They just blindly believed what was told to them by a higher authority. Thus this irrational thinking not only caused the holocaust but also brought in many violations throughout the world. Thus I learnt from this film that we should not blindly believe anything, instead must question ,seek for evidence and then analyze it before believing.
I learned a lot from the film "The Longest Hatred". I think one of the most important things I got from this film was how long the Jewish people had been hated. For religious reasons, the catholic and protestant faith accused the Jews of being the ones who killed Christ. This hatred developed from these religions, although most prominent before the 1930's, the Nazis took and built upon. I was surprised to hear that the Nazi party had no set religious affiliation and were not acting in religious justification but that of race. I noticed that all the members of the Nazi party were white, and portrayed their dominance over anyone different. The hatred for the Jews was for no other reason then the Nazi party wanting to promote white dominance and to filter out all those different from the Nazi way of life.
I learned a lot from this film. I didn't know that Christians had blamed the Jew's for the death of Jesus. I had always thought that the Jew's being targeted was due to new beliefs that the Nazi's had come up with. I never knew that Hitler took the Christian beliefs about Jews and went to such an extreme. Due to these beliefs it made it very easy for Hitler to portray the Jews the way he did because if the church was backing him up then many people would believe what he was saying.
The film we watched in class, "The Longest Hatred" depicted the clashes of religions in the European area very well. The main clashes of religion, Christianity and Judaism, were shown to those who worshipped them have significant disputes even at the roman era of time. Many people were killed over what they worshipped, especially the Jews, where mass killings of them occurred many times in history in many different countries. I believe this film really showed how during a struggling time in peoples lives, they really will follow their religious leaders and those in power and will do anything in hopes of seeing a brighter future.
In the film "The Longest Hatred" I found it quite surprising to discover that the Jews were such a hated group for so long. I wasn't aware that Hitler warped the Roman Catholic perspective of the Jews and took it to such an extreme. Because he had such a powerful role in Germany and the Nazi party many people actively followed him and shared his beliefs. It's humbling as a human race to see how easy it is to listen to someone in power and not question authority.
I learned a lot from this film. To be honest, most of what was talked about in "The Longest Hatred" I was hearing for the first time. I didn't know that Jews had been oppressed for thousands of years and that they had been treated so poorly and were blamed for something they didn't do. I thought that Hitler and the Nazi party came up with the idea of putting down Jews by labeling their clothes, torturing them and psychologically abusing them. I was never entirely sure why the Jews were targeted during WW2, but I now understand that this was a reoccurring event and not a one-time situation.
Before watching the film, I was not aware that the Jewish were blamed for the crucifying of Jesus Christ. I also did not know that they were coupled together as being one and the same as the communists by the Nazi party. Hitler only became the chancellor of Germany because of the severe economic conditions the country was in and because the communists were gaining far too much popularity. Others in the government thought that they would be able to control Hitler once he was put into power. I didn't realize before this film, that the Jewish extermination was viewed as the right thing to do because of rumors that they drank the blood of innocent children as sacrifcies on Passover. I also couldn't believe that so many never questioned these theories and proceeded an attempt to destroy an entire culture.
This film, "The Longest Hatred" there was anger that two European religions had towards each other. Judaism and Christianity were the two religions and Hitler was becoming very powerful in Germany. Christian people were blaming the Jews for the death of Jesus and much hate for the Jews had been building up. I had never really thought about how religion played a role in the Holocaust but now I fully understand both sides of the war and anger. I had very little background knowledge on the Holocaust before watching this video and this showed me how it was possible. The movie gave me a visual picture of how everything looked and how everything was real and in action at the time. "The Longest Hatred" was a very informational video that taught me lots!
After watching the film "The Longest Hatred" I learned how Hitler started to come into power. I did not know that Hitler was only continuing the problem in Germany rather than starting a new one. I realized now that the Jews were targeted before the Holocaust and it was all of Germany's fault, not just Hitler. Traditions like making the Jews wear yellow was only an extent of the way they were treated before and only continued through the Holocaust. Because the Jews were treated so poorly to begin with Hitler wanted to elimate the Jews completely. After watching this video, I understand a little better how Hitler was able to come to power in Germany and do the things he did.
This documentary "The Longest Hatred" was about the history of the Jews and the long standing prejudice against them. I certainly learned a lot from this film because prior to viewing it, I had no clue as to why the Nazis hated the Jews so much. I also had no idea that they had been blamed and hated for so long. I learned that the reason other religions and cultures disliked Jewish people is because they blame them for Jesus's death. They believed it was their fault that he died which instilled a very deep and long lasting hatred toward the Jews. Before watching the film I believed that the Nazis were the only group who loathed them, but now I understand that this feeling toward them was something that began early in history, which helped me better understand how something as terrible and unjust as the Holocaust could occur.
I feel as though I've truly gained a greater knowledge after watching the film, "The Longest Hatred." The film emphasized, in general, the great length of time in which the Jewish people were hated. Hitler had painted it to seem as though his actions were religiously motivated; that the Catholic and Protestant faiths had been accusing the Jews of being the ones who killed Christ and, therefore, the Jews must suffer consequences. And through his religious preaches, hatred developed and spread throughout nations. Because of this, I found it interesting that the Nazi party had no particular religious affiliation. They claimed to be acting purely in justification of race, not of religion. The hatred that the Nazi party exuded toward the Jews was for the sole reason of promoting their white supremacy and Nazi ideals. Many people have been killed over what they worshiped, especially Jews, where mass killings occurred multiple times in history in multiple different areas of the world. This film highlighted, for me, the fact that people will follow their religious leaders to the death; whether it's their own, or someone else's.
One of the most intriguing things i learned from 'The Longest Hatred' was how far back the hatred toward the Jews dated back. It's amazing to think such a negative view can be carried out for so long. The senselessness in the anti-Semitic actions starting with the crusade drew up some anger in me. The pictures depicting the Jews as sleazy, and greedy were also pretty surprising. Another thing i learned that was surprising was how Jesus' death was blamed on the Jews, which sparked the whole hatred.
"The Longest Hatred" taught me a lot more than I thought it would. I never knew that the Christians blamed the Jewish people for the death of Jesus. The film showed how long the hatred had been which blew my mind because I always thought it started from Hitler. After one film, it already seems like I know a lot more about the holocaust and how it was caused. I learned that the Nazis' wanted to promote the German race and combine the Jewish and Communist people as one. After watching the film it makes more sense as to how Hitler came to power. This was a fact filled film which is definitely a good film to show this class.
"The Longest Hatred" is a film that has given me another level of understanding as to why the Holocaust happened. It's incredible as to how Hitler was able to gain such power and convince millions of people with his twisted mind. Jews being stripped of their identities and taken away from their families to be killed. No one to even consider the fact that this was wrong beyond all comprehension and no one stepped in to stop this massacre. What were they doing so wrong to the German people? Why would they believe what happened in the past and place all the blame on the Jewish people? I enjoyed watching this film and hopefully I can learn more new things.
Watching "The Longest Hatred" answered many questions I had about the Nazis and where the ideas they spread came from. Originally I thought the Nazis had created antisemitism and promoted it, but now im aware of the truth. Ive learned that antisemitism dates back to Jesus Christ and the animosity that his followers carried for the Jews whom they believed killed Christ.I also learned that all the ideas and notions(specifically against the Jews)the Nazi party promoted had already been present and had developed from antisemitism that began years ago.I also now know that the Jews were not persecuted for their beliefs but for the Aryan desire for racial purity and political reasons. This film shed a lot of light onto the Nazi mentality and where it stemmed from. Before I couldn't understand at all why the Jewish people were targeted, and now I know that they were not alone , and I understand though i don't agree with the thoughts behind it.
The video was extremely informative and I learned a lot aboutt anti-semitism and it's origins. Before watching I didn't know that anti-semitism began really early on. I had always thought that the term and way of thinking had first come about during the time of the Nazis. I never knew this because I had never heard it before in church and it is good to know more history about my religion and what people thought early on. Overall, this film has given me a much better understanding of how the Holocaust could have happened.
Before watching "The Longest Hatred" I didn't know much about the Nazis and why they did what they did. While watching the film I never knew the hatred for Jews began that early on and that the Christians blamed the Jews for the death of Jesus. Before seeing this film I always thought it mostly just Hitler who was targeting the Jews but now I know that the hatred for the Jews began long ago and Hitler was just continuing to treat the Jews badly. After watching this film I learned a lot more about how it was possiblt for Hitler to come to power.
The longest hatred tought me a lot of information about the Nazis and how they were able to come to power. I found interesting how people believed that they were to blame for Jesus Christ death. I also was impressed by the Christians blaming the Jews everyone believed it.
The longest hatred was a really interesting film. I learned a lot from watching the film that i didn't know previously. I didn't know that Catholics blamed the Jews for the death of Jesus and had them wear yellow armbands. It was horrible to see everyone had always been against Jews, not only the nazis.
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This film depicted a lot about the hatred among the Christians against the Jewish community. The most shocking part of this film was the fact that Jews were accused of killing the God of their own religion. This fact was believed by millions of people who did not use their rationale or ask for an evidence to prove this fact. They just blindly believed what was told to them by a higher authority. Thus this irrational thinking not only caused the holocaust but also brought in many violations throughout the world. Thus I learnt from this film that we should not blindly believe anything, instead must question ,seek for evidence and then analyze it before believing.
I learned a lot from the film "The Longest Hatred". I think one of the most important things I got from this film was how long the Jewish people had been hated. For religious reasons, the catholic and protestant faith accused the Jews of being the ones who killed Christ. This hatred developed from these religions, although most prominent before the 1930's, the Nazis took and built upon. I was surprised to hear that the Nazi party had no set religious affiliation and were not acting in religious justification but that of race. I noticed that all the members of the Nazi party were white, and portrayed their dominance over anyone different. The hatred for the Jews was for no other reason then the Nazi party wanting to promote white dominance and to filter out all those different from the Nazi way of life.
I learned a lot from this film. I didn't know that Christians had blamed the Jew's for the death of Jesus. I had always thought that the Jew's being targeted was due to new beliefs that the Nazi's had come up with. I never knew that Hitler took the Christian beliefs about Jews and went to such an extreme. Due to these beliefs it made it very easy for Hitler to portray the Jews the way he did because if the church was backing him up then many people would believe what he was saying.
The film we watched in class, "The Longest Hatred" depicted the clashes of religions in the European area very well. The main clashes of religion, Christianity and Judaism, were shown to those who worshipped them have significant disputes even at the roman era of time. Many people were killed over what they worshipped, especially the Jews, where mass killings of them occurred many times in history in many different countries. I believe this film really showed how during a struggling time in peoples lives, they really will follow their religious leaders and those in power and will do anything in hopes of seeing a brighter future.
In the film "The Longest Hatred" I found it quite surprising to discover that the Jews were such a hated group for so long. I wasn't aware that Hitler warped the Roman Catholic perspective of the Jews and took it to such an extreme. Because he had such a powerful role in Germany and the Nazi party many people actively followed him and shared his beliefs. It's humbling as a human race to see how easy it is to listen to someone in power and not question authority.
I learned a lot from this film. To be honest, most of what was talked about in "The Longest Hatred" I was hearing for the first time. I didn't know that Jews had been oppressed for thousands of years and that they had been treated so poorly and were blamed for something they didn't do. I thought that Hitler and the Nazi party came up with the idea of putting down Jews by labeling their clothes, torturing them and psychologically abusing them. I was never entirely sure why the Jews were targeted during WW2, but I now understand that this was a reoccurring event and not a one-time situation.
Before watching the film, I was not aware that the Jewish were blamed for the crucifying of Jesus Christ. I also did not know that they were coupled together as being one and the same as the communists by the Nazi party. Hitler only became the chancellor of Germany because of the severe economic conditions the country was in and because the communists were gaining far too much popularity. Others in the government thought that they would be able to control Hitler once he was put into power. I didn't realize before this film, that the Jewish extermination was viewed as the right thing to do because of rumors that they drank the blood of innocent children as sacrifcies on Passover. I also couldn't believe that so many never questioned these theories and proceeded an attempt to destroy an entire culture.
This film, "The Longest Hatred" there was anger that two European religions had towards each other. Judaism and Christianity were the two religions and Hitler was becoming very powerful in Germany. Christian people were blaming the Jews for the death of Jesus and much hate for the Jews had been building up. I had never really thought about how religion played a role in the Holocaust but now I fully understand both sides of the war and anger. I had very little background knowledge on the Holocaust before watching this video and this showed me how it was possible. The movie gave me a visual picture of how everything looked and how everything was real and in action at the time. "The Longest Hatred" was a very informational video that taught me lots!
After watching the film "The Longest Hatred" I learned how Hitler started to come into power. I did not know that Hitler was only continuing the problem in Germany rather than starting a new one. I realized now that the Jews were targeted before the Holocaust and it was all of Germany's fault, not just Hitler. Traditions like making the Jews wear yellow was only an extent of the way they were treated before and only continued through the Holocaust. Because the Jews were treated so poorly to begin with Hitler wanted to elimate the Jews completely. After watching this video, I understand a little better how Hitler was able to come to power in Germany and do the things he did.
This documentary "The Longest Hatred" was about the history of the Jews and the long standing prejudice against them. I certainly learned a lot from this film because prior to viewing it, I had no clue as to why the Nazis hated the Jews so much. I also had no idea that they had been blamed and hated for so long. I learned that the reason other religions and cultures disliked Jewish people is because they blame them for Jesus's death. They believed it was their fault that he died which instilled a very deep and long lasting hatred toward the Jews. Before watching the film I believed that the Nazis were the only group who loathed them, but now I understand that this feeling toward them was something that began early in history, which helped me better understand how something as terrible and unjust as the Holocaust could occur.
I feel as though I've truly gained a greater knowledge after watching the film, "The Longest Hatred." The film emphasized, in general, the great length of time in which the Jewish people were hated. Hitler had painted it to seem as though his actions were religiously motivated; that the Catholic and Protestant faiths had been accusing the Jews of being the ones who killed Christ and, therefore, the Jews must suffer consequences. And through his religious preaches, hatred developed and spread throughout nations. Because of this, I found it interesting that the Nazi party had no particular religious affiliation. They claimed to be acting purely in justification of race, not of religion. The hatred that the Nazi party exuded toward the Jews was for the sole reason of promoting their white supremacy and Nazi ideals. Many people have been killed over what they worshiped, especially Jews, where mass killings occurred multiple times in history in multiple different areas of the world. This film highlighted, for me, the fact that people will follow their religious leaders to the death; whether it's their own, or someone else's.
One of the most intriguing things i learned from 'The Longest Hatred' was how far back the hatred toward the Jews dated back. It's amazing to think such a negative view can be carried out for so long. The senselessness in the anti-Semitic actions starting with the crusade drew up some anger in me. The pictures depicting the Jews as sleazy, and greedy were also pretty surprising. Another thing i learned that was surprising was how Jesus' death was blamed on the Jews, which sparked the whole hatred.
"The Longest Hatred" taught me a lot more than I thought it would. I never knew that the Christians blamed the Jewish people for the death of Jesus. The film showed how long the hatred had been which blew my mind because I always thought it started from Hitler. After one film, it already seems like I know a lot more about the holocaust and how it was caused. I learned that the Nazis' wanted to promote the German race and combine the Jewish and Communist people as one. After watching the film it makes more sense as to how Hitler came to power. This was a fact filled film which is definitely a good film to show this class.
"The Longest Hatred" is a film that has given me another level of understanding as to why the Holocaust happened. It's incredible as to how Hitler was able to gain such power and convince millions of people with his twisted mind. Jews being stripped of their identities and taken away from their families to be killed. No one to even consider the fact that this was wrong beyond all comprehension and no one stepped in to stop this massacre. What were they doing so wrong to the German people? Why would they believe what happened in the past and place all the blame on the Jewish people? I enjoyed watching this film and hopefully I can learn more new things.
Watching "The Longest Hatred" answered many questions I had about the Nazis and where the ideas they spread came from. Originally I thought the Nazis had created antisemitism and promoted it, but now im aware of the truth. Ive learned that antisemitism dates back to Jesus Christ and the animosity that his followers carried for the Jews whom they believed killed Christ.I also learned that all the ideas and notions(specifically against the Jews)the Nazi party promoted had already been present and had developed from antisemitism that began years ago.I also now know that the Jews were not persecuted for their beliefs but for the Aryan desire for racial purity and political reasons. This film shed a lot of light onto the Nazi mentality and where it stemmed from. Before I couldn't understand at all why the Jewish people were targeted, and now I know that they were not alone , and I understand though i don't agree with the thoughts behind it.
The video was extremely informative and I learned a lot aboutt anti-semitism and it's origins. Before watching I didn't know that anti-semitism began really early on. I had always thought that the term and way of thinking had first come about during the time of the Nazis. I never knew this because I had never heard it before in church and it is good to know more history about my religion and what people thought early on. Overall, this film has given me a much better understanding of how the Holocaust could have happened.
Before watching "The Longest Hatred" I didn't know much about the Nazis and why they did what they did. While watching the film I never knew the hatred for Jews began that early on and that the Christians blamed the Jews for the death of Jesus. Before seeing this film I always thought it mostly just Hitler who was targeting the Jews but now I know that the hatred for the Jews began long ago and Hitler was just continuing to treat the Jews badly. After watching this film I learned a lot more about how it was possiblt for Hitler to come to power.
The longest hatred tought me a lot of information about the Nazis and how they were able to come to power. I found interesting how people believed that they were to blame for Jesus Christ death. I also was impressed by the Christians blaming the Jews everyone believed it.
I havent completed the film but will be finishing it once i have viewed the film.
I havent completed the film but will be finishing it once i have viewed the film.
The longest hatred was a really interesting film. I learned a lot from watching the film that i didn't know previously. I didn't know that Catholics blamed the Jews for the death of Jesus and had them wear yellow armbands. It was horrible to see everyone had always been against Jews, not only the nazis.
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