"It was the summer of 1944 and Adolf Hitler’s operations were running at full speed and his demented plan seemed to be going much more smoothly than the Nazis hoped … until it didn’t!"
The Germans were in retreat everywhere by the summer of 1944.
This piece fails at a basic level.
The opening sentence is logically incoherent and adopts a flippant tone that is inappropriate for the subject. From there, the essay treats World War II and the Holocaust as a collection of symbolic names and familiar horrors rather than as a history that requires precision, context, and restraint. Dates drift, causality is blurred, and emotionally charged anecdotes are substituted for understanding.
Most troubling is that the piece borrows gravity it has not earned. Invoking Auschwitz, quoting Rod Serling, and declaring moral intentions do not substitute for demonstrated knowledge. Writing about the Holocaust is not an exercise in signaling concern; it demands accuracy, discipline, and responsibility. This draft shows none of those consistently.
For the benefit of anyone reading along: material like this does not honor history or remembrance. It trivializes them.
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