Inhumanity Towards Other Humans
Photo from blackandright.com

Even though this photo is a little dramatic and corny, it relates to the holocaust by showing how crazy the idea of something so terrible like killing a teenager for being sassy sounds to people. When the Jews were in Ghettos they heard of the horrible things happening at their so-called vacation spot, but they didn't believe anything like that would ever actually happen.

After dealing with the cruel things happening around him, Elie had trouble making sense of the world. He also becomes aware of the cruel things Elie himself is capable of. For the first time in his life he has to witness his father being beat and he does nothing about it. Elie learns that cruelty only brings more cruelty. Instead of pulling together in their time of need, the inmates turn against each other leaving every man for himself.