Response to “The Film Unfinished”

This film was supposed to let everyone see a big lie. The Germans played it out like the Jews were living a life that people wanted. When in all truth it was nothing like that. People starving to death, dying of disease, and living in filth, which none of them asked for, is absolutely mind boggling. It was all a cover up so no one knew what was really happening.  How could anyone in his or her right mind stand back and not do anything while this was going on? I just do not understand it. The Jews were not there because they wanted to be there, they were there only because they were Jews. They had no choice in the matter. As I watched this film, I felt a deep sadness. The film brought to my attention how blessed we are today. The pain and suffering that the people went through during the holocaust is too hard to imagine. The inhumanity that went on was unbearable to watch and to think that people could do this kind of thing to others is horrible. I couldn’t imagine seeing people treated like that, especially the children. Little innocent lives being taken in such a manner is barbaric! It was hard for me to watch the survivors’ reactions to the film. It was as if they had to relive it all over again.

                The bodies lying in the street is an image I cannot get out of my head and the shot when they were sliding the dead into the deep graves layer upon layer was something I wish I had never seen. The poor men that had to stack the bodies on top of each other must have had nightmares for a long time. I am glad that I had chance to see this film because I didn’t really understand the extent of what happened in the ghettos until now. I am very thankful for the life I have because it could be much worse.