Gawking at Jews

The Sunflower tells a tale of a time of despair for the certain religion in World War II. The Jews were treated very harsh during the war sent to concentration camps and tortured until death. This book written by Simon Wiesenthal, a Jew, he faces a daunting task to forgive or not to forgive a SS man who on his death bed is asking for forgiveness for the crimes he committed while in the war. While describing how he felt walking in a line through town with one of his work groups, he says they felt like “animals in a zoo.” Being paraded up and down the street made them loose all sense of humanity. The Germans gawked while they walked by pointing just like you would a monkey in a zoo. They had no choice on what or when they did anything. He describes when some Jews were hung in the street that a lady remarked that it was “kosher meat.” Totally normal to see a human just like them, except for their religion choice hung to their death in the street. No one gave a second glance just accepted it. Just like when visiting a zoo most people don’t think of how the animals fell or if they are okay, just looking for enjoyment. No one gave a second glance to the Jew hanging, just went along like it was the right thing to do and it would help themselves out in the end. Simon went through pure hell at this time and he felt like a worthless animal at a zoo.