The Drowned and the Saved (Continued) Again!

In class today, we didn't talk about the new reading we had to do for today. Instead, we continued talking about The Drowned and the Saved.

We talked about the meaning of the Holocaust and whether anything could be learned from it.

I argued that learning about the Holocaust may help prevent future atrocities of the type from occurring in the future.

Even if, as Levi seems to argue, there is really no way to prevent people from falling into the raw hatred encouraged by totalitarian regimes (a point I personally contest), one can still watch for the warning signs and work to prevent the rise of governments that use atrocious acts to condition their people into a "violent submission."