...physically. The “fight” during the holocaust was crucial to the Jews humanity. During World War II, Hitler was elected having the idea for mass murder of Jews. The holocaust is responsible for the death of over 6 million Jews, victims of over 17 million people. The ghettos were a great example. The conditions in these ghettos were unbearable for human conception. They were deprived of food, money and spiritual beliefs. Not to mention unreasonable deaths. During the Holocaust, Jews used armed and unarmed forms of resistance in order to retain their humanity For example, the Jews turned to weaponry as a form of armed resistance. The Warsaw Ghetto uprising was a magnificent example of armed resistance. “Jews from Warsaw on January 18, 1943. A group of Jewish fighters, armed with pistols, infiltrated a column of Jews being forced to the Umschlagplatz (transfer point) and, at a prearranged signal, broke ranks and fought their German escorts. Most of these Jewish fighters died in the battle, but the attack sufficiently disoriented the Germans to allow the Jews arranged in columns at the Umschlagplatz a chance to disperse.” (“Warsaw Ghetto”). Jews fought back with...
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...In the context of the Holocaust, oral history has been especially significant and beneficial to document and give witness to the horrific suffering and torture sustained by humans during the World War II. Particularly, it is imperative and an obligation to study the testimonials and biographies of those who were labeled as political prisoners taken away to concentration camps to be brutally persecuted and killed. The Holocaust was an atrocity of an unimaginable magnitude, with the loss of 6 million Jews plus 5 million others; it is unacceptable to question the validity of oral history in relationship to the Holocaust. To question or deny the oral testimonies of the Holocaust is as if one were to refute the existence of the Holocaust, along with all those who have lost their lives, and its impact on modern society. However, the article entitled History Matters, as seen on George Mason University’s website under the Interpreting Oral History section, points out the potential flaws of oral history. The article states, “just because someone says something is true, however colorfully or convincingly they say it, doesn't...
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...circumstances” (Dictionary.com). Survival is exactly what happened and what the “undesirables” did during the time of the Holocaust. From the years 1933 and 1945, the horrible event of the Holocaust took place (History.com). It was a time where people of the Jewish religion, and others, were targeted by Nazis and were discriminated because of their religion and beliefs. At a later time, Jews that were living in cities of Germany, Poland, and other parts of Europe were separated and placed into areas called “ghettos” where they were caged in a small area...
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...The Changing Len of Danish Holocaust History Danish Holocaust history has gone through remarkable shifts in how the event has been perceived. Originally, Denmark’s rescue of the majority of their Jews had been a heroic tale of Danish goodwill. More recently this idealistic view of the Danish Holocaust has been reexamined and scrutinized. There reasons surrounding why Danish Holocaust history is different from all of the other occupied European countries is very complex. Denmark was able so successful, not solely because of their character, but because of a multitude of factors which combined in a way that allowed an environment for Jewish rescue from deportation. At the surface Danish Holocaust history is presented as a light in the darkness...
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...services, while women recruited members for the communist resistance. French soldiers were captivated and took to war prison camps, while women were risking their lives playing violin outside for them. Women transported weapons, distributed anti-Nazis leaflets, and scribbled “V” for victory in the walls of France. One of the actions that the Germans...
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...During the Holocaust, millions of Jews, gypsies, and members of other groups were persecuted and murdered by Nazi occupied Europe. However, many forget to acknowledge that among these were children. It may never be known exactly how many children were murdered but it is said that as many as some 1.5 million children may have fell victim to the Nazi party. Although children were not a main target of the Nazi's violence, they did fall subject to persecution along with their parents. Jewish children were first exposed to persecution in school. Many of their friends who were not Jewish began not socializing with them and even began to treat them in prejudice ways. This was soon followed with the announcement that, "German Jewish children were prohibited from attending German schools (www.mtsu.edu/.baustin/children.html). The life of children had quickly become as torn apart as their parents. However, there were more efforts to help the children escape the grips of the Nazi rule. Before 1939, several thousand children were able to escape in "Kindertransports to the Netherlands, Great Britain, Palestine, and the United States (www.mtsu.edu/.baustin/children.html). Those who were not able to escape were placed in ghettos and transit camps. These ghettos and transit camps served as the foreground to the death and slave labor camps that would soon follow. It was written in a Jewish diary, A Jewish ghetto in the traditional sense is impossible; certainly a closed ghetto is...
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...to be sacrificed” (Weisel). The holocaust in 1940 was a tragedy, were Jews were taking out of their homes to Ghettos, concentration camps, and mass killings. But Jews tried their best to keep their humanity by spiritually and armed resistasting. During the Holocaust, Jews used armed and unarmed forms of resistance in order to retain their humanity. Armed resistance in ghettos was common, Jews went at Nazi soldiers with weapons. Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto had an armed uprising against German soldiers in 1943. For example, “As German SS and police units entered the ghetto, members of the Jewish Fighting Organization and other Jewish groups attacked German tanks with Molotov cocktails, hand grenades, and a handful of small arms” (Jewish Resistance).This fits in armed REsistance because jews fought back with weapons against Nazi’s. Armed resistance helped Jews keep their humanity because they were not just dying without a fight. Another way jews resisted was unarmed resistance...
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...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 write to George Brady, asking him to share...
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...WWII was the deadliest military conflict in history in terms of the total death toll. WWII, unlike any war previously, was a total war and involved the deliberate targeting of civilians. Soldiers, members of both the Allied and Axis Powers suffered immensely throughout the war. The Holocaust, which resulted in the genocide of over 6 million Jews and non-Semitics , arose as a result of Hitler’s fascist ideals and saw widespread suffering. As a result of the new technological advances throughout the war, bombing became a major tactic and many major cities were destroyed, which resulted in the death and evacuation of many civilians and widespread suffering. Rations were introduced because of a restricted food supply. This shortage resulted in the death of many civilians and soldiers. Resistance fighters, if captured, would face certain death at...
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...but that all soon came to a halt. During the World War II the Holocaust began liquidating all Jews by placing them in death camps or filthy ghettos. They had many rules to abide by however, that did not stop them from resisting. During the Holocaust, Jews used armed and unarmed forms of resistance in order to retain their humanity. Unarmed resistance was just one way the Jewish population rebelled against the Nazis without using physical harm. One example of this type of resistance was the use of books and libraries in the ghettos. “Jews smuggled books and manuscripts into may ghettos for safekeeping and opened underground libraries in numerous ghettos” (“Spiritual”). The Jewish...
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...Resistance Irena Sendler is considered one of the most unacknowledged heroes in the world. Causing positive impacts and accomplishing innumerable effects Irena Sendler conquers what almost seems the impossible. Throughout the holocaust period “Irena Sendler defied the Nazis and saved 2500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the warsaw ghetto.” Therefore, her achievements and her endless efforts shall forever be cherished and respected. Irena Sendler is known as a resistance hero during the holocaust due to the fact that she put her own life at risk, accomplished various things, and had the strength to fight for what she believed in. Irena was greatly influenced by her father who was a doctor she eventually embarked as a health worker. Throughout her journey Irena Sendler becomes appalled by the many conditions occurring in her surroundings. Irena decides to join a council for aid to the jews.She comes to the conclusion that while aiding she’ll save the lives of children taking in consideration that she'd be putting her own life at risk . Many years exceed and her plan goes unnoticed, all secrets come out at one point and when Irenas secret was revealed she was arrested, imprisoned, tortured, and sentenced to death. Until the end still no one managed to break her spirit and at last minute she's saved by the Zegota members. Irena Sendler is truly...
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...Jewish Resistance The Holocaust, one of the most horrific incidents of all time. This tragedy was the reason for 6 million jews deaths. The holocaust started in the 1930s and came to an end in the 1940s. This was a very disappointing event that led to a lot of tension and heart breaks. The holocaust had many heros. Oskar Schindler, Klara Baic, and Pere Marie- Benoit are just three of the many heros. Oskar Schindler was a german industrialist who saved 1,200 jews lives during the holocaust by employing them. “Schindler was unequivocally a hero who saved jewish lives and who thus deserves the righteous among the nations that honor him and his wife emilie” (History dispute, 1). Oskar Schindler saved jews from the holocaust by employing them...
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...Name: Global II Date: The Holocaust Historical Information: According to the Holocaust Museum, the Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945 (www.ushmm.org). The Task: View the United States Holocaust Museum web site to familiarize yourself with this horrific time period. As you browse, please click on and view the pictures, maps and graphics that accompany the text you read. Step by Step: 1. Type in www.ushmm.org 2. Scroll down and look to the left menu bar. 3. Under Education, click on “for students” 4. Scroll down and on the bottom, click on “The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students.” 5. Click on “View More.” 6. Click on the headings that match the headings on your web quest. Click on Jews in Pre War Germany 1. How did Hitler define a “Jew?” How did this alter the number of Jews in Germany? 2. ________% of Jews held German citizenship, totaling approximately _________________ people. _________________ percent of Jews in Germany lived in _______________________. The largest Jewish populated area was _______________________. Click on Anti-Semitism 1. Describe reasons for anti-Semitism in Europe. European leaders who wanted to establish colonies in Africa and Asia argued that whites were superior to other races and therefore had to spread and take over the "weaker"...
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...became the Holocaust. During this time, Max helps the little girl who protects him. Hans, also from The Book Thief, was the friend that took Max in. Hans not only helped Max, but he also looked after a foster daughter named Liesel, who he then shelters too. Both the Holocaust and what happened in Rwanda are called genocides. A genocide is the killing of large groups of people, sometimes related to ethnicity or race.In Rwanda, a large genocide occurred because of...
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...The Truth about the Holocaust January 30,1933 through May 8,1945 was a tragic time for the Jews. This period of time is known as the Holocaust and it means, “sacrifice by fire.” The Holocaust consisted of the persecution and murder of over 5,860,000 Jews by the Nazis. Not only were the Jews killed during this time, but the Nazis also murdered gypsies, Serbs, polish intelligentsia, resistance fighters from all nations, German opponents of Nazism, homosexuals, Jehovah’s witnesses, habitual criminals, and beggars. Most were captured and sent to death camps also known as concentration camps. We need to understand why the Jews were singled out for mass genocide and why people today deny that the Holocaust ever happened. It is only with complete knowledge of the past can we prevent this from ever occurring in the future. The reason that the Jews were singled out during the Holocaust is based on the Nazis belief that the goal of the Jews was world domination and that this would obstruct Aryan dominance. Also, many Nazis believed that the Jews were the killers of Christ. They claimed that the Jews were the agents of the devil, and that they practiced witchcraft. The Germans defined who was Jewish by issuing the following definition on November 14, 1935: “anyone with three Jewish grandparents; someone with two Jewish grandparents who belonged to the Jewish community on September 15, 1935; someone who was married to a Jew on September 15, 1935 or after; and children that were offspring...
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