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    Poland was invaded by the Nazi Germany in 1939‚ and was defended by the Allies. During the invasion of Poland‚ the Jews were persecuted‚ maltreated and deported to extermination camps. All these situations that the Jews had to live during the Jewish Holocaust in the WWII are shown in the film The Pianist (Roman Polanski‚ 2003) from the point of view of Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrien Brody)‚ a Polish Jew pianist that escapes and hides from the Nazis in order to survive. The movie is the witness of Szpilman

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    for the future of our world‚ it’s almost unfeasible to grasp the horror of the Holocaust. Our country is sold upon the notion today that all men truly were created equal. Unfortunately there are some people in this world who still believe that to be a mere opinion. However‚ with today’s teaching and tools‚ I believe we are effectively working tords eliminating narrow-minded thinking. <br> <br>Learning about the Holocaust has helped me to understand that human beings are capable of unthinkable hate

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    tension that exists within current historiography of the Holocaust. Both seek to define the Holocaust upon different criteria‚ of which ultimately devalues different groups that experienced Nazi persecution. Sybil Milton’s‚ “Gypsies and the Holocaust” details the history of the Gypsies under the Nazi movement. Milton’s article is a convincing argument for the inclusion of the Gypsies and as a by-product‚ the handicapped‚ as victims of the Holocaust. Milton provides a detailed history of the Nazi treatment

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    believe the Holocaust never happened. This theory began during World War II. These people were called the Holocaust Deniers. They believed that the 20 million lives that were lost were all a joke. Important topics in the Holocaust are the history‚ mental thinking‚ and evidence. An important topic is the history of Holocaust Denial. The Holocaust denial theory began by Nazi commandants who destroyed concentration camps‚ records‚ and prisoners because they were all evidence of the Holocaust. Most Nazis

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    How did the hierarchy and structure of the camps determine survival? During the events of World War II the Nazi party began the systematic destruction of minority groups‚ in particular the Jewish people‚ in what became known as the holocaust. This genocide has since become the blue print of all other genocides and even prompted the coining of the word itself. To aid in the systematic killing of the Jewish people‚ the Nazi regime setup death camps which became notorious for their dehumanisation

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    THE HOLOCAUST The Holocaust was the systematic‚ bureaucratic‚ state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. "Holocaust" is a word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by fire." The Nazis‚ who came to power in Germany in January 1933‚ believed that Germans were "racially superior" and that the Jews‚ deemed "inferior‚" were an alien threat to the so-called German racial community. During the era of the Holocaust‚ German authorities

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    about the Holocaust; knowledge that we can use in the future. Knowing about the brutality of the Holocaust could definetly help prevent it‚ or anything like it‚ from ever happening again‚ because we can learn from our mistakes in the past‚ become more aware of what’s going on in the world‚ and teach our future generations about how malevolent‚ horrific‚ and demented the Holocaust truly was. To begin with‚ learning from mistakes in the past always helps us in the future. During the Holocaust‚ America

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    Have you ever wanted to learn about the Holocaust? Have you ever wondered if there was anybody that survived through it all? Surviving the Holocaust is a very big deal. Very few people survived the concentration camps. The adults and children in the Holocaust were beaten and hurt badly. The people in the Holocaust prayed for survival and hoped that they would survive the horrors of the concentration camp. In my research paper I am going to talk about the different survivors and their stories. On

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    Heroes and Villains of The Holocaust The resistance would interrupt germany’s weapon shipments to the front line.The partisans were a big role model for jews to join them in the fight against germany.Partisans were like superman an inspiration to all that their is hope.In the holocaust germany planned to kill all the jews they saw but they had minor setbacks with the partisans ‚and russians.these heroes saw germany’s wicked ways ‚and rose to fight for germany’s reign to end. The rescuers

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    Imagine surviving the Holocaust while millions of other people have perished. Dying people from left to right. You honestly wanted to help them‚ however you could not.Would you feel the guilt that you were alive while the person next to you did not? Even if you had the chance‚ would you even have saved them? Tons of the survivors wanted to forget this historical event‚ although they could not. While many consider the Holocaust in the past‚ for the survivors‚ the horror will never be completely over

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