Night and Fog

1.  I thought this film approached the holocaust in a way that went down to the persecuted's perspective.  It described what happened in a concentration camp through images and pictures.  I also like how it changed from black and white to color to represent the past and the present.
2.  The image that stuck out most to me is the how the camp looks present day.  It looks really nice with the grass and trees.  It is a stark contrast to the way it looked like during the Holocaust.  It just shows how deceiving the Holocaust was.  It seemed like a patriotic act, however in reality it was a mass murder.
3.  I think it is necessary to show graphic images just so people can get the effect of the event.  It is one thing to talk about what happened, but to physically see what occured in the camps is a humbling experience to the hype surrounded by the word "Holocaust."
4.  It was helpful because the subtitles combined with the music were distracting, so it helped to have a background knowledge of what your viewing.

Swing Kids

1.  I thought this film showed how the Nazi's basically  brain-washed young adults into believing in the Navi ideology.  They engrained it into thier curriculum at school.  Swing Kids shows how three friends were broken apart by different ideolgies.  At first the HGA seemed like the appropriate place to go, but as Peter realizes how corrupt Naziism is, he decides not to follow Hitler, while Peter's best friend Thomas feeds right into the Nazis.  Arvid is ignored because he is crippled and Jewish so he is the first to be separated from his group of German friends.  The movie showed the strength of the youth and how they were controlled which affected their future and the future of others.

2.  I think this movie was historically accurate.  It showed how in the HGA they teach the youth that Jews are a disease that needs to be destroyed.  It also showed how corrupt the police was.  They would beat people up just because they wanted to.  It predicts how the people feared the Navis so they would obey them at all cost.  The movie showed rebels as well in it's depiction of the swing kids.

3.  I think I could relate to Peter's mother the most.  She just wanted to protect her children and provide for her family.  She was scared of the police because her husband was dead and she was the main authority in the household so if something happened, it would be up to her to figure out what to do.  I think if I was in her position I would feel the same way; just wanting my family to stay safe and together.

Imaginary Witness

1)  I think the title Imaginary Witness is titled  so because many of the producers that created these films base their films off of interpretation, stories, and from survivors.  They weren't actually there on a day-to-day basis filiming the persecution.  They are trying to document what others have witnessed, but there is no way to imagine what happened. 
2)  I feel creating such graphic films are necessary to accurately portray the Holocaust because it is one thing to base your ideas and views from the media and what we read, but it's another to actually witness the graphic nature of the crimes that were commited.  The Holocaust is not a light subject so the movies I feel should not be created "lightly."
3)  I am taking this course because I think it is important to learn about what happened and hopefully to gain the knowledge to better understand why this happened.  I hope to gain a better understanding of how this event could of occured and the ideals behind the events.