ROUGH DRAFT due: Monday, June 6th
-4 pages
-Complete in homework notebook
A. Choose a topic that you're interested in and want to know more about.
B. Choose a thesis statement
C. Research topic
D. Create an outline
E. List your sources
F. Write your information in your homework notebook
G. Check all the links listed
HOLOCAUST
The Nazi's deliberately chose dehumansing ways to kill, and used torture, to intimidate and terrify the Jews.
Following the "Great War," Adolph Hitler blamed Germany's downfalls on the country's Jewish population causing discrimination, violent action, and a mass exodus of European Jews.
Six million people died just because of their religion compared it to 911, when thousands of people …show more content…
"The first thing the Germans did was to enforce laws against the Jews that became stronger and stronger," said Miep. Soon, Jews could not own radios, could not hold most jobs, could not shop in most stores. They weren't even allowed out on the street at most times of the day. The Nazis were trying to make everyone hate the Jews, to make them look ridiculous to their neighbors, so that when they finally sent them to concentration camps, nobody would care.
Miep and her husband, Henk, did care. They were good friends with Anne's parents, the Franks. Miep worked in Otto Frank's small business, and they often went to the Franks' house for dinner. Miep and Henk watched in horror while their friends were persecuted. Soon, the Franks were not even allowed to invite them over for dinner. Miep couldn't bear to watch any longer. "You could not watch what the Germans did to them. It was terrible. You had to act, you must help," she said.
In 1941 Otto Frank called Miep into his office. He told her that the Franks and another family were going into hiding, and asked her if she would help. She said yes without hesitation. She knew if she got caught she would probably be killed, but that was better than standing by and doing