Peter Farag 10A Mr. Laidlaw The holocaust. Adolf Hitler couldn’t help but just keep killing people when he took power in Germany during the year 1933. The Nazis (Hitler’s army) killed millions of Jews and Gypsies basically because they thought that they were smarter than the Germans. The mass killing of Jews occurred in late 1938 and ended in 1945 during World War 2. Many concentration camps were constructed by Hitler and his men to hold people who he called his enemy. People who were sent to camps
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chambers while pumping poisonous gas for the purpose of mass murder. Many of the tortured people were starved and shot or worked to death. This slaughtering and murdering of millions of Jews and others‚ this genocide‚ was called the Holocaust. As a result of the Holocaust‚ approximately 11 million people died in total‚ which included 6 million Jews and 5 million non-Jews which contained the Gypsies‚ homosexuals‚ artists and dissidents. Even though‚ the U.S and its allies‚ which included the Britain
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“The Holocaust‚ taken by itself‚ is a black hole. To look at it directly is to be swallowed up by it.”-David Novak. The Holocaust was a sad and depressing era for the Jews and all of Europe. Hitler was a sadistic man that rose to power in 1933 and not long after he created what he thought was a great government power scheme known as The Nazi’s. Hitler then took that power and created a perfect race and took out The Jews and others because he deemed them as weak. Hitler’s ideology caused a great sadness
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La Tisha Johnson October 10‚ 2010 Civilization 1 Why does the flood happen? Why is Utnapishtim singled out to be saved? Why does the flood happen? The flood happens because the counselor Enlil wanted to kill off all humans that lived in Shuruppak. He wanted to punish all of the humans for their sins and crimes they have committed. “It is right to punish the sinner for his sins‚ to punish the criminal for his crime”(pg 189-190 book xi. ) Five of the Gods in secret agreed to flood Shuruppak
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Hitler and the Holocaust The Holocaust is a tragic event that happened not so long ago‚ but many people have already forgotten about this horrible event. Today‚ there are only few survivors left to tell their own personal stories of the Holocaust and what they had to go through. But what will happen when there ’s no survivor left to tell his/her story or speak of the truth that the Holocaust really did happen? Who will speak out for them and millions of Jews who had died in the Holocaust? Who will help
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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 the suffering behind the widespread destruction. The pain and conditions experienced by the victims is unimaginable by
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The Holocaust was a wretched chapter in history and the victims or survivors had to adapt to a whole new life. The death rate was as high as over about 13 million. One fortunate survivor still living today is Marion Blumenthal-Lazan. Life for Marion during and after the Holocaust was dehumanizing‚ a struggle‚ and in the end‚ enlightening for many. It does not take much to realize that many actions during this time‚ were awfully dehumanizing. Hitler and the Nazi Party began to
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People question how a tragic event like the Holocaust was allowed to happen. Many think that one person or one factor caused the Holocaust‚ when in actuality multiple factors and average people of that time contributed greatly to the rise of the Nazis. Although they may not have known it‚ the general public began to conform to the beliefs of Nazis. It could be seen as a feat to get almost a whole country to conform to a single person’s beliefs‚ but many studies show that it would not be as hard
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Whatever Happens‚ Happens for the Best Once upon a time there was an old man called Bob‚ who lived alone in a village. He would go about his business alone‚ even in his old age. He was a nice‚ friendly man who was liked by all the people in the village. Bob had only one son and he moved to a school far away from the village. Many people in the village always felt sorry for Bob‚ they knew he must be lonely. The villagers would always ask Bob if his son would ever return. To all of them‚ Bob would
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believed that they threatened the German race‚ warning Germans not to marry any. Jews were ordered to wear armbands with a yellow Star of David to indicate their religion. As the anti-Semitism grew worse‚ what eventually brewed from this was the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a systematic genocide by Nazi Germany aimed at eliminating the
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