Victory - by Sonia Weitz

      The poem "Victory" means lots of things for me. First, it means how sad must Sonia (author) be when that happened, especially when she knows that her dad will be taken away the next day and be gone forever. It also mean how badly the Nazis treats people because not only her dad will be taken away, she will be killed later on too. "My lovely father (once big and strong). And me, a child ... condemned to die." It also shows how much she loved her dad because she's actually breaking the rules just so she can dance with him.

      The questions that raised for me is why are the Nazis so cruel to the Jewish people and also if so, why didn't the Jews stand up for themselves? I also wonder why was this poem called "Victory"? Does it have any meanings? I also think that the reason why Sonia Weitz wants to dance with her dad even if that means shot on the spot was because it'll pretty much be the last time she'll ever see her dad again.

Picture of Sonia Weitz

I agree...

      I agree that victims have a limited choice because of many things. For example, if a bully that's stronger than you bullies you and you're weak and you can fight back, what can you do? You can tell on him to a teacher or an adult alright but what if he/she's in the same class with you? The thing is, they will continuously bully you because you're weak and you can't stand up for yourselves. However, if you were as strong as the bully is, you can then stand up for yourself and beat the bully up if necessary. Also, before the Nazis started to punish the Jews, the Jews can move anywhere they want. But after the Nazis started to bully them, almost all the countries closed their gates, which means Jews just lost the opportunity to move away while they could. That's why I agree that victims have a smaller choices and options.

Holocaust Picture

      Today in Humanities, our teacher gave us a picture and on the picture, I noticed sereval things. First of all, under the old man's armpit in the picture, I can see a Communist sign a top of a piece of stone or something. He was also holding some gold coins which I think it might refer to when hyperinflation hits Germany. Also in his hands, he was holding what looked to me like a bended piece of metal or a stick. What all that might mean were when hyperinflation hits Germany, lots of people like the old man in the picture went poor and homeless and at the time, lots of Jewish people looks like the one in the picture, so I think it might also have something to do at the time with the Nazis harassing the Jews because the old man in this picture looks very poor and not well dressed.

      The yellow background also makes the man stands out so I think they're trying to use this picture as a target or something because at that time, the Nazis hates the Jews and they never stopped killing them and bullying them. The Communist sign under the Jew's armit probably also meant that the Nazis wants to kill all the Jews just like how they killed the Communists.

This picture is the cover of the book called The Eternal Jew.

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