To The Little Polish Boy Standing With His Arms Up Analysis

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The Holocaust is a historical moment of grief and pain. Adolf Hitler started the Holocaust with his Nazi party to get rid of the Jews. And not just the Jews. He killed homosexuals, Catholics, Poles, and Gypsies. Eleven million corpses were counted. 6-7 million were Jews. 1.1 million were children. This took place in Germany and Eastern Europe during 1933-1945. There are many stories that show the horror of the Holocaust. Here are two stories that are both very powerful, both from a different perspective. One a victim, another a bystander. Elie Wiesel wrote Night. Peter Fischl the bystander wrote a poem called "To the Little Polish Boy Standing With His Arms Up." The insight I gathered is that people will change for better or worse after experiencing the Holocaust.
One key lesson in the book Night is: that the author believes that when people are pushed into a life threatening situation, they can lose their faith.When Wiesel was young his faith in God was strong."I was almost thirteen and deeply observant. By day I studied Talmud" (Wiesel 3). …show more content…
Peter Fischl uses repetition to get his point of the danger of staying silent and not speaking up for others. The author uses repetition to point out the mistake the world made.He repeats the phrase "the world who said nothing" six times throughout the poem. This shows that many people knew what was going on, and did nothing to stop it. Fischl repeats himself to emphasize the fact that he wanted others to do is speak up and not stay quiet. For this reason, this is my favorite poem. It is my favorite because it rings with truth. There were many Nazis pointing guns at children and men. I believed that this actually had happened. I would recommend this poem to someone who loves history or wants to read a good
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