1.Though the author was born in Sweden after the end of the Holocaust, the events have nevertheless had a profound effect on his life. Discuss the nature of these effects and why the Holocaust remains such a formative event.

There aren't many events worse than the Holocaust . Really, it was a dark spot on humanity that will never be erased. It wasn't merely what the Nazis did but the complacency of the rest of the world while they did it. The horrific details are difficult to comprehend. Ethnic cleansing on a scale of the Holocaust was something seldom seen in modern history.