Communication of the Jews and Nazi Germany
“Escape From Sobibor” a movie that
depicts the life of Jews in a Nazi concentration camp, and more specific it
shows how important cultural communication was for the Nazis to remain in control. The Nazi had a motivation developed around
the need to hate someone; for the countries economic down turn and the loss of
WWI. The Nazi found a people of decent economic and social status and strategically decided they were to blame for the socioeconomic downturn. In
essence the Nazi targeted the Jews as a figure of hate because they needed people to blame; of course to blame someone other than
themselves, and what better motivation is there than hate.
Effective Communication was one of
the major reasons the people ‘in charge’ failed. The first communication breakdown was between
the Jews and the Nazi officers. The
Nazis rule over the Jews with fear; the fear of being taken away from your
family or of a family member being killed or one being killed themself; effective communication was completely absent
from the Nazi Jews relationship. In the
Movie “Escape from Sobibor” the Jews were able to escape because of the poor
communication skills between the Nazi officers and the Jews. While on the other hand the Jews united under
a common goal and a common enemy were able to exhibit extraordinary
communication skills, which is why they were able to succeed in their endeavor
to escape Sobibor. Code switching, a way
to change you communication based on your receiver, this became very important
in because the Jews had to talk and whispers and secrecy to hid their plans
from the Nazis. Communication also
played a major role in the fall of the Jews as a whole. Hitler was a grand communicator and
manipulator, and used his skills to have millions of innocent Jews murdered; he
also used his communication skills to gain powerful allies such as Italy and
Japan. In reality communication is what
created the problems of ‘Race’ which is a term the strictly classifies a person
basted on physical characteristics the Jewish ‘race’ was singled out by Hitler
and the Nazi party. So while
communication was a key to victory for some it was the ultimate downfall for
others.
This Genocide has had major effects
on the Jewish community, both culturally and geographically, the Jews have been
relocated and for many their faith was shaken. When you kill 70 million people
of any race there will be some major negative effects. One major point was the creation of the
Sovereign nation of Israel and the conflicts that followed. The Jews went from a race of peaceful people
to in the eyes of many a nation bent on prevent another Holocaust, which is the
motto of the Israeli Army to this date.
