Questions on 'One Survivor Remembers'

One of the most powerful scenes of One Survivor Remembers was when her friend Hilda knew that she was going to die. This scene of the documentary was so powerful for me because she knew she was going to die but stayed calm. Hilda knew that she wasn't going to live much longer yet she stayed calm, and was still a good friend and enjoyed the last few moments that she had on earth. Hilda gave the one potato she was given away. I believe that this is so powerful because it is human nature to do whatever you can to keep yourself alive.
The Nazis dehumanized the Jews by making them feel like nothing, that one wrong move and they would be dead. You had one shot based on your age, if you were over a certain age you were no good and would be killed. The way the Jews had to witness the ones they loved being pushed to their death would be very dehumanizing, and the way the Nazis could be so non-chalant about it. Jews were also physically dehumanized by not being fed. The woman said that she was 70 pounds during the death march. I think that she worked to overcome it by forcing herself to persevere, and telling herself that she had to stay with the group and just hope that everything would be okay. The woman who ran the factory that she went to helped also. She was kind instead of being nasty like most other Nazis. I think that the fact that she wasn't treated so harshly there helped her to feel human.
I think if I were put in that position and forced to occupy my time by thinking about the little things I would think about the things I love to do. I would try as hard as possible to keep a positive attitude, and think, when I get out of this mess this is what I will do, even if the odds are against me ever making it out alive. I would think about the food I love to eat, and imagine how nice it will be when I eat them again. I think I take many things for granted, even though I always try to be grateful for everything around me, it is sometimes hard because it has become such a normal thing for me to have so I forget that it's possible for me to not have them. I mostly take for granted food I eat because I love to snack, the things I have like clothes a guitar a skateboard, and the people around me that love and care about me.
I mostly see persecution in the form of being stereotypical, and making jokes about it. I think that in Israel there is much persecution going on because of all of the hate for the different ethnic groups. I see that Muslims are commonly targeted because most people still see all Muslims as crazy and violent people. I think that it is hard to make people see that we should all be friendly towards one another. I think that to have all people properly educated about all of the different people in our world would help. However, I do think that we will never be able to fully attain a world where all people are approving of one another's beliefs. People are brought up to believe that things should be a certain way all over the world just like Nazis did with Hitler Youth. If you are raised as a child to believe one thing it would be very hard to learn that you are wrong, and that you need to be a different way. This is why I think that we can never fully eliminate prejudice in our world.
I think that one of the biggest heroes of the film is the man that she winds up marrying because he saved all of the women who were living in the bicycle factory at the end. Had he not showed up and saved them all they most likely would not be alive. Another hero is the woman Nazi who was so kind to her when she was forced to do labor in the factory. If that woman hadn't been so kind and told her that she had to look well and try to work she would without a doubt be dead. They make me hopeful because it makes it seem like no matter how bad things are there is always something to brighten things up a bit, and it makes me hopeful that there is always someone who would help me. I think that I could do anything I wanted to make the world a better place if I took initiative. However, I think that just being friendly to all, and being open to other's beliefs, and ways is very important if I want to make the world a better place.