David Nguyen 9/11/2011 World History The Judenrat’s Mistake During the holocaust‚ Jews were losing their jobs‚ rights‚ and property. In 1933‚ the Nazi leaders began assigning Jews to handle situations to help the jews in the Ghettos‚ these Jews were known as the Judenrat. The Judenrate weren’t Jewish volunteers‚ they were assigned and given tasks to perform: “Composed of 24 male jews … prescribed as 1) executing German orders‚ 2) taking an improvised census of the Jew in their area‚ 3) executing
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Briar Rose Basic Summary Plot-The book is divided into two parts‚ the "home"‚ and the "castle". The ending is part of the "home" section‚ returning after the castle. The story is based around the German fairy tale of Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty) which is told by "Gemma"‚ an elderly woman‚ to her three granddaughters. She tells this to the children almost all the time and it is the only bedtime story she ever tells. The times when "Gemma" tells the story are flashbacks and alternate between the present-day
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“When trying to determine a novel’s place within the canon we have to determine whether its message and themes deal with fundamental concepts or understandings about the world or offer a unique perspective or opinion on our humanity. What we are asking is‚ does this piece of writing matter? If there is any novel which might fit this criteria‚ Schindler’s Ark would certainly be a candidate. The novel portrays in graphic details the atrocities of the Holocaust‚ an event in history when the Nazis
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extermination and for the camp structure. It was so sad what happen to The Concentration Camp in Belzec. Despite all their efforts‚ the construction team was unable to make the building airtight. They were covered wagons. One contingent came from Treblinka‚ the other from Sobibor. A number of local villages testified about the first transport that arrived in Belzec. The Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles educates people about the Jews during the Holocaust with exhibits like the Holocaust and Anne
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What is the first thing that comes to mind when World War II is mentioned? The typical response will most likely always be Hitler and his cruelty toward Jews. What is strange about this answer is the fact that the majority of people do not realize what actually occurred in Europe during this time. To most people‚ the Holocaust was an event where many Jews were killed by Nazis. (www.ushmm.org) In fact‚ the Holocaust was a tragic point in history which many believe never occurred‚ or do not realize
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operations to methodically kill Jews of Generalgouvernement‚ in the autumn of 1941. This plan was given the name ‘Operation Reinhard.’ Three killings were set up in Poland‚ Belzec‚ Sobibor‚ and Treblinka. Mass murders of Jews were the main purpose of these
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Explain why Auschwitz became the main Nazi Death Camp in 1942. Firstly‚ until mid-1943‚ the main death camps were camps similar to Sobibor‚ Belzec‚ and Treblinka. However‚ when all of the ‘non desirables’ had been liquidated‚ these camps shut down. Death camps were only meant to be a temporary place‚ and once their job was completed‚ they would quickly be dismantled. Auschwitz was different. It incorporated a Labour camp – so was designed for a much longer use than its’ contenders. The fact that
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continue with their mass deportations with plans to torture and annihilate‚ and send nearly 100‚000 Jews from the occupied Netherlands to the east‚ yet again‚ mainly to Auschwitz. Soon after‚ over 300‚000 Jews from the Warsaw ghetto are sent to the Treblinka killing center‚ successfully deporting about 265‚000. Within the concentration camps‚ the Jew were deprived of food and acceptable living conditions. The weak‚ elderly‚ women‚ and babies were gassed and burned upon arrival. The prisoners slept on
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Many lives suffered during the holocaust ‚ from different chances of dying in the concentration camps. From Gas chambers‚ execution‚ and starvation. The main easier way to kill wew gas chambers‚ gas chambers were invented in February 8 1924‚ According to (http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/16700249)BBC; “How did people die in the holocaust”‚ in the United states and were used for death rows. Gas chambers in the holocaust were originally used in 1941 in extermination camps in order to kill quicker
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camps forced labor of work camps and extermination camps. A concentration camp is a death camp or a mass murder camp. This camp is a place where you got taken and had a form of murder Six camps called Auschwitz‚ belzec‚ Chelmno‚ Majdanek‚ Sobibor‚ Treblinka‚ All were located in poland. The german extreme or death camps and killing centers were designed and built by nazi germany during world war 2 1935-1945 to systematically kill millions of jews‚ slavs‚‚ communists and other whom the nazis considered
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