Geography and the Holocaust

The geography in Europe made the Nazis' lives much easier during the Holocaust. There's no chance of even trying to control the world if you are not in contact with or in a very close proximity to the countries that are the first target. It makes it easier to invade a country when it is just a train ride away. "World War II and the Holocaust," displayed just how convenient it was to go to a surrounding country with the railroad situation. Germany never would have made it as far as they did in the war, or even attempted to do so if the geography were not more perfect for them. Germany was able to go in just about any direction, as there was nothing holding them back. The addition of a plan like Germany's and the perfect geographical situation made it possible for Germany to achieve what they did in WWII.

As it is difficult to present information about something as horrific as the Holocaust without a strong opinion about how it went, there is certainly a bias at the USHMM. Their website will of course display the same opinions that the creators have in the museum. I think that it is easy to look over the bias and disregard it because such a strong percentage of the viewers of the museum or the website most likely agree with what the people of the USHMM have to say. To show the Holocaust in a certain light and to go into grueling detail about how each person was brutally murdered during the Holocaust definitely presents bias. There are facts and statistics in the Holocaust that do not tend to have as much impact on people hearing about it, but they still do not lie, and they give a true understanding of just how bad the Holocaust was. I think the USHMM is a monument because it brings a memory of what happened during the Holocaust.