The Holocaust is considered the largest genocide of our entire world, killing more than 600,000,000 Jews during the years 1933-1945. The memories and history that filled our lives that occurred during the Holocaust are constantly remembered throughout the world. Many populations today "think" that the continuous reminders allow them to be informed and contribute to decreasing hatred towards other races even today. These scholars believe that by remembering the Holocaust one can gain more knowledge and learn how to prevent it from happening again. Since the Holocaust in a sense impacted the entire human race and world history, there are traces of the Holocaust throughout our culture today. As I continue to remember the victims of this tragic time, I think of all the ways our world remembers the Holocaust in today's society. Through the spread of word, media works and memorials around the world, I am continually reminded of the tragedy that occurred. Despite the fact that the Holocaust is remembered all over the world, many people think that it should not be. Some say that remembering the Holocaust only allows people “to recall and explain the atrocities that happened decades ago, to relive them, even to engage with them in films or documentaries. All of these serve as "reminders". But these reminders force us to look back and make us miss what is happening around us” (Why “Remembering” the Holocaust Does More Harm than Good). They think that remembering the tragic events that happened forces people to show the hatred and anti-Semitism that still exists today. By exhibiting this hatred they assume it will bring negative energy back into the world. Others believe that focusing on the tragedy... at the center of the paper... Program ce." JSTOR. Np, July 1982. Web. April 28, 2014."Remembrance." The Hall of Remembrance. Yad Vashem, nd Web. April 28 2014. Shlapenokh, Dmitry. “Babi Yar.” Modern Age 55.1-2 (2013): 121+ Living Remembers Nazi Victims.” DW.DE. Deutsche Welle, 4 July 2013. Web. 28 April 2014. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, n.d. Web. April 28, 2014. "The Visual Center." Film and the Holocaust. Yad Vashem, n.d. Web. 29 April 2014. Woodward, Kenneth L. "We Are Witnesses".. 2014.