How is the Holocaust relevant to today's society?

Answer 1

The very fact that such an act happened is important for people to remember. We too often hear people say "something like that could never happen here or now." But similar events on a smaller scale are happening like this every year in many different countries.

The very fact that some people still believe the Holocaust never happened is not only beyond belief, but another reason the Holocaust hold import and value for us today.

The manipulation of facts, truth and reality is an ongoing matter we all need to be aware of.

The impact of all the above just scratches the surface of the importance of the Holocaust.

History can kill, and if you kill the true story of history, the true history can still kill.

Answer 2

The simplest answer is that it is not. Over half of the people in the world are unaware that the Holocaust even happened. The Holocaust may have been influencial in establishing the modern state of Israel and human rights laws, but they both may have been established eventually anyway.

It is not as if human rights are any higher on the agendas of governments, they are still interested in the same things.

It is not as if people have stopped killing each other on masse. The Holocaust is very relevent for those few suvivors and the many historians, but other than that all it is (to the people who have heard of it) is a set of platitudes "we must always remember", by people who do not even know what to remember, or " so that it does not happen again", even though it is happening and happening now, but it is easier to say things than to do things.

The simplest answer is that it is irrelevent to today's society, nothing in most people's society changed because of the Holocaust, or in any aspect of their lives.

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Without agreeing with the above, it nevertheless strikes me as odd that Holocaust Remembrance has become so fashionable in many countries in the 2000s - long, long after the events. (One doesn't have to agree with Norman Finkelstein's view on 'The Holocaust Industry' to notice this).

That said, the Holocaust is widely regarded in Europe, North America and some other areas as one of the key events of the 20th century. One can learn things about human beings, civilization and group dynamics from the Holocaust (but not from platitudes about it).

Answer 3

the reason we study it , is so that we will never, ever forget what happened so history does NOT repeat itself.