What are some positives about the Holocaust?

Answer 1

Can't think of anything positive about the slaughter of millions of people. I'll get back to you if I do.

Answer 2

positive things?

I'll stretch this one a bit:

The Holocaust made the nations of Europe realize that anti-semitism was not just going to go away. If anything it made them realize that it could appear in a violent Middle Aged fashion, but with the extermination technology of the 20th Century.
So with that knowledge (the realization, not the exterminations), Europe (and the US) set about creating a homeland for the Jews, such that they would not have to ever suffer again persecution without a place where they could be safe from it.

So now we have the next positive thing: The creation of the State of Israel. It was the realization of a dream of many generations of Jews who had once been banished from the land during Roman times, and now they had a place to go home to.

As for the movies, that's not good. Making entertainment out of something so gruesome is actually quite sick. The world cannot be allowed to forget. But Holocaust movies as a whole are ones that I prefer not to watch. They hit too close to home for me.

Evil takes too many forms, and such a blatant display was unnecessary. Let's hope that a regime like the Third Reich never again rise to power.

Answer 3

I cannot think of a thing but I have met many Holocaust survivors who amazingly found small everyday rituals and things to hold on to in the camps that helped them survive. I knew one lady who said she survived emotionally by caring for the commandant's chickens and picking lice off of them . She found great joy in caring for another living creature each day, even if it was doing a task others might find disgusting. So - if anything remotely positive came out of it at all - it might be a better understanding of the strength of the human spirit. I feel reassured that no matter how evil a person, government, or society gets - humans have the ability to persevere. We are amazing creatures.

Answer 4

As another respondent wrote, the State of Israel was formed at last.

The Holocaust brought good people together for a common cause.

For Christians, the Holocaust was an opportunity for outreach,* and many souls were saved.

Answer 5

A large percentage of knowledge about the human body and mind was gathered during that time.
All the out comes of the gruesome experiments performed on the prisoners were documented.
Much was found out about the blood system,nervous system,brain and other systems that until that time was a mystery until the documents were seized after the war.
This practice is nothing new.
Much of what American Doctors knew about medical and operating procedure was learned by using slaves as Guinea pigs.
There are a couple of particular gruesome experiments.
A southern doctor in the early 1800s wanted to know what a person would do if that person did not have a lower jawbone.So,he got a slave,tied him to a barber's chair and cut off his lower jaw without the aid of anestegia..
The first head of the A.M.A. received his position by devising an operation that helped to eliminate a complication prevalent to childbirth back in the 1800's.
This doctor learned his technique by performing unnecessary surgery on female slaves.Cutting on them sometimes more than once and again,without anestegia.
If you want to know more about the American version of the Holocaust,check out a book called 'Medical Apartheid.'
Oh yeah,many of the torture tactics America uses in the Middle East were devised in Nazi Germany prison camps.Is that a positive?

Answer 6

there are none

i am biased on this question

but that might be because i'm jewish.

if your family was wiped out by a mass murderer and people told you that it showed your strength that you survived or gave them courage to endure there own hardships, you would probably want to kick them in the face. you would at least think they were pretty insensitive.

if you don't think so ask about the positives of slavery in america. i doubt you find many educated people saying it's about strength of spirit, even if roots is a damn good movie.

(i didn't mean you should really ask on here. that would be hateful and there are always morons who are willing to say hurtful things. i was just trying to prove a point.)

Answer 7

It got Americans attention away from ourselves and started seeing the rest of the world. other than that nothing really unless you consider the military technology that was gained and still in use, while fighting against the Holocaust and Hitler's regime.

Answer 8

Millions of people died during the holocaust.. there aren't any positives in something like that.

Answer 9

I don't think there are any positives when 6 million people die. But luckily anyone touting it in many countries gets to go to jail.

Answer 10

a) Was so bad that hopefully a nation will never commit that level of genocide again (unfortunately that's not been the case already)

b) It proved Germans have no sense of humor.

Edit: Now i'll say what everyone is thinking... less jews... man that's bad... sorry!