S. Reading 050 11/29/11 The Story of Blima: A Holocaust Survivor I. Before the Storm A. Blima’s personality 1. Known as best child; smart 2. Works at bakery with Aunt 3. Embarrassed about chest B. Blima’s guilt 1. At 6 years old dropped baby brother‚ Zalman‚ and he died when 2 months old 2. Mother is very forgiving C. Blima’s vanity 1. Thinks she’s not pretty like her sister‚ Adele 2. Mother says Blima looks most like herself D.
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1 . 1 3 . 1 9 4 1; Too old. Too young. Too short. Too tall. I could not understand how the Nazis could just kill. They killed mercilessly and without thought. They murdered simply because someone was too different. They took people away for being too Jewish. My family was too Jewish. My parents were too old. My brothers and I were holding each other tight‚ trying our best not to think of the events of just hours before. We focused on everything around us—the little warmth in our bodies‚ the sound
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shoes of a Holocaust survivor. Would you fear the sound of fireworks because they sound identical to gunshots? Would you be afraid of soldiers? Would you fear the word “camp”? Holocaust survivors are living with those memories every single day. Survivors of the Holocaust have gone through much trauma‚ and for them to open up and tell their stories is frightening. Yet‚ many have found that sharing their experience can be quite therapeutic‚ in addition to joining them to a community of survivors. Those
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INTRODUCTION The Story of Blima: A Holocaust Survivor is a true story. It tells of the experience of Blima Weisstuch‚ a Jewish girl in Poland‚ between the years 1936 and 1947. To a reader today‚ those words—Jews‚ 1940s‚ Poland—may not suggest anything particular. But to someone who lived through those years‚ the words evoke shudders of horror. For during that era‚ Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party were rising to power in Europe. As Blima herself says‚ “[The Nazis] had some plan they talked about
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The lecture I attended was the holocaust survivor lecture. I was deeply moved by this lecture. Sonia talked of the horrifying time she spent in the holocaust‚ and how she managed. Going into this lecture I thought it would be a person talking about how they survived a tragic time. Although she did talk about this time she gave us visuals and helped us better see what it was like during that time. Not only did she do these things she taught us life long lessons. After leaving this lecture I felt
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in the Holocaust. Many people were put to death for speaking out against Hitler and for disagreeing with the government. In the book The Holocaust by Seymour Rossel it is estimated that about 6‚000‚000 Jews died. Not only were Jews being killed during the Holocaust but so were gypsies‚ slaves‚ the mentally ill‚ and the physically deformed people. (Rossel‚ p. 3) The survivors of the Holocaust suffered from depression‚ anxiety‚ nightmares‚ and guilt. Many people may refer to this as survivor syndrome
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Brandon Putty 10/27/2013 Blima For starters blima was based on a true story with events mostly all of the elder people from this generation from Europe can relate to.in 1936 Europe was having an economics depression and was looking for a leader that’s when Hitler stepped and was going to be the voice for all Germans. His action affected families like blima’s and truck fear through millions heart.blima is telling a story about her mother who experienced the holocaust. Though she can’t fully relate
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would be the Holocaust. During the Holocaust‚ the Germans who were known as the Nazis‚ considered the Jews to be “enemy aliens”. As part of this‚ the Nazis thought that “Aryans” were a master race. Therefore‚ they decided to destroy the Jewish race‚ and created genocide. The Jews were put into unbearable torture at many concentration and death camps. In fact‚ 6 million Jews were killed in this incident; however‚ there were many victims who survived this anguish. One of the many survivors was Simon Wiesenthal
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event known as the Holocaust took place. Many Jews were taken from their homes and thrown into concentration camps. It took many years for people across the world to find out the ugly truth that was going on. A man named Hitler‚ which was known as a savior in many people’s eyes‚ was now known as the man who was responsible for taking the lives of a huge number of Jews. The purpose of this paper is to give information on what happened during the holocaust‚ to talk about a brave survivor of this event‚
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According to the text‚ Holocaust survivors had a negative effect on the people who survived. Jews were first to fear the Gestapo so they often felt they had to do as they were told. They were put into Ghettos and Concentration camps where they were abused or treated like animals. Eventually‚ 6 to 9 million people died as a result of the Holocaust. According to the text‚ Holocaust survivors suffered negative effects due to the fact they had been abused‚ lost loved ones‚ and were treated less than
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