Hearing about the Holocaust, have you ever wondered, why is it called the Holocaust and who thought to call it that? Well in this essay you will learn that the word Holocaust that actually means “burnt offering” can be seen as problematic in some ways. The person somewhat credited for the arousal of this topic in the past is Bruno Bettelheim, who is an actual holocaust survivor; he showed interest in a topic most looked over when it came to the actual occurrence of the “Holocaust”. Now knowing that some of the background, we can move onto why the word is just so problematic. A major point or reason that was discussed throughout Bettelheim’s essay was in the meaning of the Holocaust itself. The meaning acted as a scapegoat word for those who didn’t personally experience the holocaust or just truly didn’t want to express the fact of what went on during those years. “Burnt offering” as explained in Bettelheim’s essay is described as a martyr, because of the way that people used it. The ugly truth about the matter is that martyr is explained as being a sacrifice of something for religious reasons and it had no immediate connection. The Jewish people were the most…show more content… They were seen as an ignorant waist and thought that if any ridicule or harm was brought upon them that is was just a recurring instance. Well as explain in both the essay and Elizer Wielder’s book “The Night” the non-Aryan race was use to the troubles and then when the holocaust actually started they didn’t realize that horrible things were starting to happen. This reason led to the ridicule of the people after the holocaust because some people saw it as the non-Aryans fault. This then tied back in as them being a “martyr”, even though they had very little control over the
