Weblog Entry 5

1. The implications of giving a newspaper article the title "No News" are numerous. For one thing it is rather ironic to entitle an informative piece with a heading that makes the piece look as if it were not worth reading(since theres "No News"). However, the fact that there is "no news" to be delivered in an article could also give the article a purpose to be read, as if the article were an un-addressed problem that desperately needs to be solved. In the newspaper article "No News From Auswitch" instead of addressing an unsolved problem, author A.M Rosenthal addresses the millions who died in Auswitch and the fact that there was "No News" about their lives or any or their trials in a most unspeakable place.  In 1958, this article was debut in the New York Times newspaper, and within this story Rosenthal describes the concentration camp Auswitch and the horrors that were conducted inside these walls. In this story Rosenthal uses imagery of cheerful things such as children playing and daises at Auswitch to amplify the horrors the victims experienced during one of the darkest periods of time. Although this was a very despondent story to include in a newspaper, Rosenthal felt that it was his duty to honor the victims of Auswitch, even though there is nothing evil occurring at Auswitch anymore. By entitling his article "No News From Auswitch," Rosenthal gives the millions who died a voice that could not be heard long ago. 
2. Rosenthal's piece "No News From Auswitch" would probably belong in the Tourism/Travel tips section of a newspaper. This piece would not encourage or discourage people from traveling to Auswitch, but it will provide tourists with information on one of the most unsettling travel spots that one could ever want to visit to.