This documentary was very intense. The film maker did a great job by capturing the the essence of the historical surroundings. It amazed me how people were going “missing” on these trains and yet they were persistent to get on it, for a new start. They overlooked their reality. This film captures the Holocaust. It was hurtful to watch man kind abuse their power. The concentration camps were stink with gas chambers, the victims starved to death, they would crawl and slowly die in the snow or in the soil for a more peaceful death. The audience can relate to human suffrage by having sympathy. The film maker used the pathos and ethos techniques. The images made me see how inhumane and distraught humans can be, even though we have the will to change the outcome, we tend to go along with the crowd. This film can depict the lesson of what can be beautiful on the outside can be toxic on the inside. The camp looked beautiful, almost as a mini town but in all reality it was the death penalty awaiting. Resnais narrative was significant. The body image deteriorating everyday, the political perspective and even though there were traumatizing scenes I was able to feel like I was present in that time period.