The Quiet Horrible Inaction
The recent footage of poison gas blowing off, wire fence standing pitiless and women weeping over the parting with their children increasingly appear in the film. The description sounds like a story, but this footage comes from the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1940. In Auschwitz concentration camp, the Nazi cruelly oppressed the Jews; however, no one took the responsibilities years later even after the war came to an end. In the film, Night and Fog, the indifferent attitude and irresponsible language of various people who worked at the Auschwitz concentration camp were incredibly shocking. The lower ranking soldiers used “following orders” as a way to divert personal responsibility and to justify their sins. …show more content…
More importantly, neglect in the long run will lead to one’s inaction becoming the weapon of the bad guy. In this way, Karl Konrad Keinkind should be prosecuted. Karl Konrad Keinkind, a volunteer who worked as a general assistant, neglected all the tragedies of the Jews. As a general assistant at the camp, he was never personally involved in any killings; however, his silence just capriciously supported the Nazi in his way. He silently falsified the cause of prisoners’ death to cover the sins of Nazi but never told the truth. He could have refused the orders of the Nazi, but he chose to follow the orders. The neglect of one assistant is tiny, but when each assistant contributes to the same kind of neglect, the inaction becomes a source of power. Even though it is hard to expect every ordinary person to challenge the authority directly, but if one wants to make changes or do something for those innocent people, one should always find a way to fight against the wrong. During World War II, there was a doctor named Hans Munch, who worked at Auschwitz concentration camp. When prisoners disembarked on the camp, Nazi always kept strong men alive and executed women and the sick whom they thought to be weaker. Munch refused to judge who should be executed when the Nazi asked him to do so. As a righteous human being, he could not bear to the end of the lives of others in such a brutal way. He was silent as well, but he …show more content…
Should they stay silent and ignore the justice happening right in front of their eyes or should they take a stand against injustice? Similarly, the relationship between inaction and action is explored in a Chinese film, The Dead End, which narrates the story of three men who spend their whole life achieving their redemption. A justice police, a kindness taxi driver and an ordinary fisherman with an adopted little girl lead their peaceful life. No one can image these three men involved in a brutal case ten years ago when a whole family was murdered and a young woman was being raped until she died. The truth will come to light sooner or later that they suffer the last sanction of the law. Regrettably, it turns out the truth is not so simple that the fourth man, the real murderer, appears after the sanction. I still cannot forget the scenes he indifferently expresses how he killed the family and scornful laughs at how timid the three men were. It is further shocking when the police find the girl they adopted is the dead woman’s daughter. Ten years ago, they hid the girl away and quietly raised her up to make up for their mistakes. To give the girl with a better life, they could even abandon their dignity. They are not afraid of death, but they are afraid their daughter became an orphan. Why are they willing to be executed instead of