tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-677209319135965287.post4466102805538357813..comments2023-04-07T11:04:13.530-05:00Comments on It's All Happening: Book Club 2009 RecapAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14255122350588702668noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-677209319135965287.post-35560178729417475402009-12-05T18:01:24.378-06:002009-12-05T18:01:24.378-06:00Sometimes authors use a novel or screenplay to sup...Sometimes authors use a novel or screenplay to support political or social beliefs; or to cry out for morality and ethical principles. This is no more clearly evident than with Holocaust books and films. Whenever we stand up to those who deny or minimize the Holocaust, or to those who support genocide we send a critical message to the world. <br /><br />We know from captured German war records that millions of innocent Jews were systematically exterminated by Nazi Germany - most in gas chambers. Despite this knowledge, Holocaust deniers ply their mendacious poison everywhere, especially with young people on the Internet. Holocaust books and films help to tell the true story of the Shoah, combating anti-Semitic historical revision. And, they protect vulnerable future generations from making the same mistakes.<br /><br />I wrote Jacob's Courage to promote Holocaust education. This coming of age love story presents accurate scenes and situations of Jews in ghettos and concentration camps, with particular attention to Theresienstadt and Auschwitz. It examines a constellation of emotions during a time of incomprehensible brutality. A world that continues to allow genocide requires such ethical reminders and remediation.<br /><br />Many authors feel compelled to use their talent to promote moral causes. Holocaust books and movies carry that message globally, in an age when the world needs to learn that genocide is unacceptable. Such authors attempt to show the world that religious, racial, ethnic and gender persecution is wrong; and that tolerance is our progeny's only hope.<br /><br />We need books and films that allow individuals to comprehend the terror experienced by Holocaust victims on a personal level. They reveal the horror of genocide and the triumphant spirit of humankind.<br /><br />Charles Weinblatt<br />Author, "Jacob's Courage"<br />http://jacobscourage.wordpress.com/Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543105906628694496noreply@blogger.com