First They Came for the Jews In today’s society it is a common act to just ignore what is going on around. The people are too involved in themselves and their own lives rather than what might be wrong in others. If an issue does not directly affect the individual they tend to pay it no mind and continue on with their day. Though people are taught to keep away from situations that do not concern them this can often be a negative way of approaching many global issues such as genocide. Genocide is the
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During 1933 to 1944‚ Anne Frank’s life was tortured because of Hitler’s Hatred of Jews. Until Hitler‚ everybody including Jews‚ were pretty much equal‚ but then it all changed. Adolf Hitler hated Jews and this was called anti-Semitism. A dictionary definition of anti-Semitism is hostility to or prejudice against Jews. Hitler’s group of followers were called the Nazis. The Nazis came to power less than four years after Anne Frank was born. The Nazis were also taking over many places. In January of
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Kunal Pathade 11/10/13 10-6 WHAP Hebrew Essay: Continuity and Cultural Diffusion The Jews lived to preserve their culture; that essentially represented the fundamental goal of life to the Jews. The Jews observed the decadence of the Sumerians as a cause of cultural diffusion‚ and wanted to make sure that same thing would not happen to them. Eventually‚ the Jews did become vulnerable to cultural diffusion around the 4th century CE when the Greek-Macedonians from the West came; the great and
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It’s normal for kids to move into a new house‚ but it’s different knowing that you’re forced to live in an attic‚ and if you leave‚ you’ll be killed. She was only be 13 when she moved into the hidden attic‚ enduring the stresses that came with it. The Frank’s and Van Daan’s stay hidden for 2 years and 1 month during WW II from the Nazi’s. The theme of Anne Frank story is her ablility to stay positive will dealing with WWII. Reading how Anne Frank tried to stay positive during life changing events
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The Holocaust was a horrific event in human history‚ but why do we need to learn about it when there have been so many other horrible events where people died because of their religion or race? Although there have been other atrocious events‚ the Holocaust is a modern day example of how hatred and discrimination can hurt so many. People will do things that they wouldn’t normally do when their society says that it is the right thing to do. Also‚ discrimination against someone because of their race
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Daily Life in the Concentration Camps If anyone knows anything about the concentration camps‚ you can imagine it would be a long hard struggle just to get through one day. But no matter what the Jews and other prisoners had to go through‚ “Prisoners strove to keep their Jewish identity” (Hazikaron‚ www.yadvashem.org). The Jews went through hardships every day. “Jewish prisoners in the camp during the holocaust suffered forced labor‚ starvation rations and the horrific daily lineups” (Hazikaron
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Alexandra Gandy Miss DiPetro English 3 May 12‚ 2011 Courage in the face of the worst “Here is a small fact: You are going to die(Zusak 4).” But have courage‚ for death will not come just yet. Show courage when faced with death and despair‚ like Hans Hubermann‚ Rosa Hubermann‚ Liesel Meminger‚ and Max Vanderburg. These are all characters from Markus Zusak’s book‚ The Book Thief‚ a story told by death‚ of a young girl‚ Liesel Meminger‚ who lives in Nazi Germany with her
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Smash ‚ crash‚ bash were the sounds heard on the “Night of Broken glass “ ‚ this night brought terror and changed the Jew’s life forever. Kristallnacht was know as “ The Night of the Broken glass” due to all the damage that was left over by the Nazi goverment. How did Kristallnacht signify the beginning of Jewish persecution? This all started with a boy named Adolf Hitler. Hitler was born on April 20‚ 1889 and had a tough life as a kid. Hitler had a always had an interest in arts but his
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The definition of anti-Semitism in the Merriam-Webster dictionary is “hatred of Jewish people” . In the article “Anti-Semites”‚ Bernard Lewis discusses anti-Semitism and how Jewish hatred was originally defined by religious terms‚ but eventually evolved a racial issue. Anti-Semitism became a force during the medieval period in Europe and has continued for centuries. When someone thinks about Jewish hatred‚ I believe that the Holocaust would be the first thing on their mind. The Holocaust was the
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The Holocaust‚ the mass murder of Jews by the Nazis from 1941-1945‚ challenged the very value of Western Civilization. But how‚ exactly? I will define key features of the Holocaust‚ by using the primary source‚ Sam Bankhalter‚ from Memories of the Holocaust. The holocaust challenged the ideas: of the equality of men and women‚ freedom of religion‚ and freedom of speech‚ that Western Civilization had. Western civilization is worth fighting for today. The Bankhalter account of Auschwitz demonstrates
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