...inhumanity articulated by the Nazis. The diaries of both Chaim Kaplan and Dawid Sierakowiak are first hand accounts of not only the atrocities committed by the Nazis, but accounts of Jewish leadership in the Warsaw and Lodz ghettos. Both authors paint a vivid picture about the Jewish leadership, the Judenrat or the Jewish Council. Each author has their own viewpoints on their specific leader and, throughout the diary, their perspectives on their leaders transform. Regardless of the leader, the diaries provide disturbing tails of Jewish governance and leaders oppressing other Jewish victims of Nazi persecution during World War II. In many ways, the diaries of Sierakowiak and Kaplan are very similar. In terms of...
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...1. One day in Joszfow- Christopher Browing a. Emphasizes the old age of the officers- 39 b. Shows that they were trained to be like this and had a choice. They were not brainwashed o Myth that Browning is trying to disprove; that all Nazi’s were thoroughly indoctrinated • Some of the killers were old enough to think for themselves o Trying to give the lie to idea that people thought they had to kill so that they themselves would not be killed o Conclusions Browning drew about killers: • Some men did not want to appear cowardly to the other men • peer pressure of not stepping up against the idea • Testimony was consistent—gives it weight and truth • Career destruction – thought that if they refused to kill Jews that it would destroy there business/careers • Holocaust: The ignored Reality- Timothy Snyder • What is wrong with making (A) the iconic Holocaust experience? o It was the western most camp o Eastern killings are much unknown o Should view as one mass murder o Most Jews were polish Jews that were killed o Jews killed at (A) were not representative victims • Jews at (A) came mostly from western Europe • More educated/less religious than Polish Jews o (A) was not as bad other camps • Gets attention because there are a lot of survivors • Educated prisoners were able to write and share their story • Western released prisoners were able to spread their stories easier than eastern survivors who were under Soviet rule o 50% of the victims...
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...what they did wrong against the Jews. Anti-Semitism and unfair grudges are two factors that can cause Genocide. During the movie, Eric Dorf claimed he did not feel bad about Kristallnacht or what happened to the Jews, because he said the Jews provoked it. Even though Kristallnacht was the first major pogrom, a government sponsored attack on the Jews, and was terribly destructive, Eric said that they killed Christ and they deserved what they got (The Holocaust). In addition, Heydrich believed that Germans and the Aryan race was superior to the Jewish race and they had to "isolate the germ carriers" (The Holocaust), so he decided to go through with the plan for Jewish ghettos. The ghettos were intended to hold the Jews in a temporary Jewish community until they could be efficiently exterminated. This demonstrates how Anti-Semitism and grudges can produce Genocide. In the video, "Conversations With Oprah: Elie Wiesel", Wiesel explains that the most important...
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...to see this production. Photocopy or download additional copies from FirstStage.org INSIDE THE GUIDE preparing for the play A NOTE TO TEACHERS AND PARENTS HANA’S SUITCASE is the true story of Jewish girl who died at Auschwitz at the age of thirteen and how, although her life was taken at such a young age, her memory and spirit continue to live on today. Adapted from the book of the same title by Karen Levine, HANA’S SUITCASE explores the journey of teacher and children at the Tokyo Holocaust Education Center take to find out who Hana Brady is—all from a suitcase the Center received with Hana’s name, birth date, and the word waisenkind (orphan) written on it. The children at the Center are captivated by this suitcase, and the girl who once owned it, and they begin flooding Fumiko Ishioka, the Center’s Director, with question after question about Hana. Fumiko recognizes the importance of uncovering Hana’s story for her students. This tragic event cannot be summed up in numbers or facts— it affected individuals, young and old, who each had a story, families, and hopes and dreams. As Fumiko slowly but determinedly reveals Hana’s story, she discovers that Hana was sent to live in Theresienstadt, a Jewish ghetto, and eventually died at Auschwitz. However, as devastating as this is for Fumiko and the children at the Center to find out, they also learn that Hana had an older brother who survived the Holocaust and was now living with his family in Canada. Fumiko and the children...
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...CJ133 April 3, 2011 Questions For Reflection 1. This book emphasizes a social problems versus social responsibility theme. Describe both perspectives. How might social policy decisions based on these perspectives vary? Social problems is a what people believe that the person that commits crime comes from a troubled home with violence or that lives in poverty and such social problems. Social responsibility is the believe that the person that commits a crime is because that person chooses to commit the crime. Social policy might help in a way to help those that commit crime that come from poverty or that live in a violent place like the ghetto or have family violence. But towards social responsibility there might not be much that a person can do because they choose to do crime than be a law abiding citizen. 2. Do you think you might want to become a criminologist? Why or Why not? At the moment maybe not because I have had a plan of becoming a police officer and from there going up to a detective. 3. What do crimes such as doctor-assisted suicide tell us about the nature of the law and about crime in general? Do you believe that doctor-assisted suicide should be legalized? Why or why not? I think that doctor assisted crimes are just saying if the person leaves a note saying that they wanted to die and they wanted assistance that the other person has no responsibility on being called a murderer. So a person that kills a person can make a note and be free...
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...Broken on All Sides October 7, 2014 When you think of something that is “Broken on All Sides,” it’s close to falling apart, crumbling, and isn’t stable. You wouldn’t stand in a building that was broken on all sides and you wouldn’t drive car that is broken on all sides. It’s a term that refers to a structure that is unstable, having trouble staying together and is near disaster. In this case “Broken on All Sides” refers to the poor area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and its prison system. Not only does it relay a message of the Philly area but also relates to our entire countries problem with crime and imprisonment. "Broken On All Sides is a compelling documentary addressing racial inequities within our criminal justice system and its devastating collateral consequences. It is an excellent resource to use in educating, motivating, and empowering your group, organization, or community on this critical issue." - James E. Williams, Jr. One of the major reasons the country struggles with crime and imprisonment is because it continually targets the same areas of cities and the same type of people. Those who live in poor ghettos around the country including Philadelphia are targeted every day for crimes they commit. They feel as if they are targeted daily for crimes and cant get away from the police because of the way they live and where they live. The people in the ghettos are frustrated and feel as if they have no help from the law; the law is just against them. Instead...
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...Motor Company, and also the sponsor of the development of the assemble line to do mass production. He brought mass production of the automobile to Detroit, making it a place where you could secure your economics, and many could get a job with pension afterwards. The base of Detroit’s economics laid its ground in the automobile industry for quite some time. The automobile industry through the 20th century had many good years but also a lot of bad years. Many factories’ met a wall, which lead to a lot of lay-offs and which furthermore not only hurt the Detroit’s economics but the United States as well. A lot of times when you think about Detroit you get this picture of a ghetto city, with a great deal of violence and “black people”. This might be the reason for Carolyn Edgar to write the article “My happy Detroit”. In the start of the article Carolyn writes “The city didn’t die when the white flight hit in the 1960s. It became a bastion for black families like mine.” This is might her way of telling that there is still people living there, and we should not just forget them even though the city has been on a downfall. Growing up Carolyn Edgar loved the summer, their garden was in full bloom, and they had the opportunity of enjoying strawberries, cucumber and so on. As she Carolyn says herself “You might be surprised to learn that this idyllic scene happened in, of all places, Detroit.” When she was young Detroit was not a bad place to live, but after the bankruptcy and the end...
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...My Movie Critique of The Blind Side Shannon Cowper English 225: Introduction to Film Michael Warren February 2, 2014 Some people may feel that if a movie wins an academy award that it is a great movie because the film critics have experience, the film critics are paid professionals, and also that the film critics decide which movies are nominated for an academy award so the movie must be good. But this is where many people beg to differ regarding the film critic’s reviews on a particular film. In some cases, if a film critic decides that a movie is good, not every movie goer will feel the same way. I have sat and listened to Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert as they either praised or destroyed a film. Whenever I chose to go and view a film they have given their customary thumbs up to I would normally not enjoy the film. It is possible that I did not see the same things within a film as they did as it was evident that I was not viewing the film in the same manner as a film critic by looking for camera angles, editing, or frames. All that I cared about was escaping for a couple of hours and receiving some enjoyment from the movie. Some people feel that this is a special time for film criticism. Never before have more people been able to express their views about a film. Being a film critic was once a profession, but it’s not a job any longer and there is not a huge financial gain by doing so. However, this opens the door for those who want to critique a film and also...
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...|How Hip-Hop Holds Blacks Back | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Not long ago, I was having lunch in a KFC in Harlem, sitting near eight African-American boys, aged about 14. Since 1) it was 1:30 on a school day, 2) they were carrying book bags, and 3) they seemed to be in no hurry, I assumed they were skipping school. They were extremely loud and unruly, tossing food at one another and leaving it on the floor. Black people ran the restaurant and made up the bulk of the customers, but it was hard to see much healthy “black community” here. After repeatedly warning the boys to stop throwing food and keep quiet, the manager finally told them to leave. The kids ignored her. Only after she called a male security guard did they start slowly making their way out, tauntingly...
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...Castro is a thirty-year-old, Hispanic mother of four children. The youngest of her children, a two-year-old boy, recently diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. However, before her child was diagnosed, she had to go through several clinics and doctors to get the services that her child needed. Estela Castro lives in South Los Angeles, California, an area concentrated of low-income Latinos and African Americans. Communities, like Estela's, suffer from lack of resources such as education and health. Imagine you are Estela, you notice that compared to your other children your younger child is taking longer to speak. The pediatrician tells you that breastfeeding might be the cause. Of course, as a mother, you are not satisfied with the response. Friends and family tell you not to worry about it because the development of every child is different. However, your maternal instinct feels that something...
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...Wiesel’s Changes of Faith The Holocaust brought about many hardships and created severe adversity for its victims that may have created experiences ultimately too traumatic that transformed their lives for years to come, either through starvation and labor in the concentration camps or execution and incineration in the extermination camps. In the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, Wiesel tells the story of himself as a young Jewish boy born in Romania, who in 1944, was forced into ghettos with the rest of the Jewish citizens and later deported, along with his father, to the Nazi’s largest killing center, Auschwitz-Birkenau. While living through this day-to-day horrifying basis, Elie begins to live with overwhelming fear and total alienation, as well as his increasing loss of faith on God and whether God is even existent or not for His lack of participation in trying to help the Jews. Although Elie manages to survive his long and frightening journey through both labor and death camps, his faith was never at the high-most air-reaching level as it dramatically changed throughout the course of the novel because of his disturbing experiences in witnessing cremated human beings, executions, and the going through the loss of his entire family. Prior to being deported to the camps, Elie’s faith was extremely high as he was well-established with his studies in mysticism and the cabbala and his great involvement with religion through prayers. Elie is finding a great interest in wanting to...
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...Night by Elie Wiesel is a novel of post-Holocaust literature. It is a story about a Jewish man and his family and of the unspeakable horrors that they endured during World War II. Night is a retelling of a terrible story, everything that leads to Wiesel and his family entering Auschwitz, the most notorious death camp to this day, and the aftermath of liberation. Night is an incredibly well written novel. It twines together the power of fear and the loss of faith. It touches on how humanity changes in the face of power and oppression. This novel is able to not only testify, but discuss the atrocities of events that are not easily spoken about. Wiesel manages to takes many difficult subjects like murder, religion, and false hope and force people...
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.....………...5 2. Almost Lost My Mind.............................................................................5 3. Do You Love Me....................................................................................6 4. One Fine Day ..............................................................................................6 5. Fingertips (Part 2)..........................................................................................7 6.Mona Lisa……………………...........................................................................7 7. Shop Around......................................................................................................8 8. Please Mr. Postman...........................................................................................8 9. Save the Last Dance for Me...............................................................................9 10. Hello Stranger.....................................................................................................9 11. I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Hunny Bunch)..............................................9,10 12. Stop! in the Name of Love..................................................................10 13. Love Don’t Love Nobody..................................................................................10,11 14. You Can't Hurry Love........................................................................................11 15. Saturday...
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...company thinks women who is light-skinned are pretty. A light-skinned woman have nice long hair, make-up is flawless, nails is well kept, clothes are the latest business suits. The woman might not have all of the qualifications but she will learn the ropes of the business. So they hired her and to top if off her salary is the highest and comes with a nice package. In back in the bosses mind he hopes that she can catch on quick, but he will show her off to all his business partners. Now will a dark-skinned woman, who have all the qualifications they will not hired her, because the company does not see her pretty enough. They see a dark-skinned woman as greasy, nappy hair, and ghetto, and that’s to get to the point. This beautiful lady that the company will not hired, will have been a great asset to the company. The lady would have given 110% of her time, and even had ideas on how to make the company grow, she wouldn’t be concern about when is pay day and how long is her lunch so she could go the nail shop. Some women have a hard time dating, because some men will not date a woman who is dark-skinned. I think some men just want a pretty girl on his arm. They don’t even care about her just show her a good time. Some of these women might have low self esteem and really don’t care how the man treats her just as long he keep her happy with all the gifts. If a man feels really feels this way with the woman he will not introduce her to his family, closet friends, nor will...
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...community. The message of the song is conveyed clearly and concisely, and although it uses similes, metaphors, symbolism, and other literary devices to get the point across, the message is very clear. The song is very upbeat and positive, like it is a song to uplift people, particularly the black woman. It meant to say, life is gonna get better, and no matter what happens you just gotta keep your head up. Song Interpretation The first verse tackles the abuse black woman face from black men, questioning their actions. For example, he says, in the song, “I wonder why we take from our women, Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?, think it’s time to kill for our women, Time to heal our women, be real to our...
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