Defiance
Defiance is an inspirational film and at times hard to watch. I embraced the courageousness and perseverance of over a thousand jews stranded in a forest for over a year. I can't even imagine myself going through an ordeal such as theirs without either breaking down mentally or physically. Not only did these people successfully hide from the Nazis for a very long time, but they also fought back against the Germans when they were discovered in the forest, something fairly uncommon at the time for Jews in Europe to do. They surprised the Germans with overwhelming force at the end of the film and were able to save over a thousand jews from inhumane acts. The surviving Jews saved many more jews intangibly and are remembered today for what they did in that hostile forest.
I agree partially with both because in my opinion, violence must be avoided unless completely necessary for survival, which would relate to their situation. Violence is justifiable for them to survive against the Germans, but it is unnecessary to kill innocent people like the Germans.
These are related because they have the opportunity to kill Germans, but that does not literally mean kill random Germans.
I do not agree with Bielskis and it is cliche to say fighting back is just as bad as the true killers. It was necessary to kill Germans in order to survive. They were in no way doing wrong by killing Germans and are probably saving many more lives by doing so. Other instances of murder may not be as justifiable.
I agree completely with Obama's statement regarding evil and force. However I disagree with Simon's statement explaining that evil only causes more evil. There is no way the Holocost could of been stopped by a nonviolent movement. IF hitler was willing to go to such lengths to try and abolish an entire religion, what makes you think words or even protesting would stop him? It just isn't realistic to say that negotiations and a nonviolent movement could of stopped the horrors that took place