Maus Reflection

The most interesting parts of the first half of this piece came in the descriptions of the cruelty committed in Auschwitz. Vladek's description of the gas chambers and the guards sounds frightening and disturbing. in today's world, it is not possible to fully imagine or know what it must have been like to be a prisoner of Auschwitz.

"We pulled the bodies apart with hooks. Big piles, with strongest on top, older ones and babies crushed below...often the skulls were smashed."

"Their fingers were broken from trying to climb up the walls...and sometimes their arms were as long as their bodies, pulled from the sockets."

These two quotes really stood out to me. These quotes are disturbing. I cannot believe this truly happened. The world was a frightening place back then.

Congo Today

Today's Congo is being raped in two different manners. One manner involves the actual rape and seduction of women and children. The second type of rape is the rape of the Congo's precious natural resources. Much war and mass killings is resulting from the manipulation and seduction of the Congolese people.
http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2008/1/24/the_invisible_war

In Africa today, there is a conflict that is the deadliest since World War II. Women are the victims of rape. They are being sold to make profit and are seen as sub-human. More than 500,000 Africans have left their homes and villages to escape battle and mass killings in the past year. This is a devastatingly destructive period of time in the Congo.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/11/60minutes/main3701249.shtml