Positive Attitudes During The Holocaust

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What is genocide? It is the purposeful killing of a lot of people because of their race or religion. One of the most studied and saddest genocides is known as the Holocaust. A lot of people were killed for no reason and they didn't even fight back that much during it. But one of the things that help these people through it was having a positive attitude.Two examples of having a positive attitude are Anne Frank and Leon Leyson. They proved that it is the best response to conflict, especially in time of war.
One good example of having a positive attitude would be Anne Frank. Anne Frank was a thirteen year old Jewish girl who lived during the Holocaust. She wrote a diary and in that diary she wrote about hard times she went through, and during all this she still stayed positive. ¨I don't think I´ll ever feel at home in this house, but that doesn't mean I hate it… it may be damp and lopsided, but there´s probably not a more comfortable hiding place in all of Amsterdam.¨ (Frank 18) This relates back to the idea that having a positive attitude is the best way to deal with conflict because even though she had to be in hiding she still saw the positive that she was still in a house and still living rather than being in the camps and then dying.
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