...Fighting back. To fight back means, “To retaliate when there is an offense. Either spiritually, emotionally or 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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...) The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Could Have Succeeded: But Would It Have Mattered? One of the most horrifying realities of World War II surrounded the genocide of millions of people the Axis Powers deemed inferior. Jewish. Of those, the best known group was Every nation in Europe that fell under Axis control had some Jewish citizens, and millions of these people were arrested, detained, and eventually executed, worked, or starved to death. Poland’s Jews were the most numerous group outside of Germany itself and, from the beginning of the war, suffered under Nazi rule. Initially confined to ghettos in major cities, the Jewish population was systematically deported to concentration camps and exterminated. When Jews failed to report for deportation 1 in sufficient numbers, the Germans decided to demolish the ghettos in every city, the largest of which was in Warsaw. In the spring of 1943, some Jews in the Warsaw ghetto elected to resist militantly, and they held the German Army at bay for weeks longer than Poland itself had held out against the invaders in 1939. The ghetto uprising failed for a number of reasons, but it could have succeeded if different decisions had been made sooner and if the outside world had been willing to help.1 When the Germans decided to construct the Warsaw ghetto, the city held more than a million Jews. Through the passage of laws and military decrees, the Germans forced Jews who lived outside the Jewish area in Warsaw to move...
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...scholarly paper.) The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Could Have Succeeded: But Would It Have Mattered? One of the most horrifying realities of World War II surrounded the genocide of millions of people the Axis Powers deemed inferior. Jewish. Of those, the best known group was Every nation in Europe that fell under Axis control had some Jewish citizens, and millions of these people were arrested, detained, and eventually executed, worked, or starved to death. Poland’s Jews were the most numerous group outside of Germany itself and, from the beginning of the war, suffered under Nazi rule. Initially confined to ghettos in major cities, the Jewish population was systematically deported to concentration camps and exterminated. When Jews failed to report for deportation 1 in sufficient numbers, the Germans decided to demolish the ghettos in every city, the largest of which was in Warsaw. In the spring of 1943, some Jews in the Warsaw ghetto elected to resist militantly, and they held the German Army at bay for weeks longer than Poland itself had held out against the invaders in 1939. The ghetto uprising failed for a number of reasons, but it could have succeeded if different decisions had been made sooner and if the outside world had been willing to help.1 When the Germans decided to construct the Warsaw ghetto, the city held more than a million Jews. Through the passage of laws and military decrees, the Germans forced Jews who lived outside the Jewish area in Warsaw to move behind...
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...Although the Uprising of Jews isn't a part of the Holocaust we commonly know, there was a time where the Jews fought back against Hitler. In the Warsaw, Poland the largest ghetto for confining Jews was located. The ghetto was made for keeping the Jews captive until execution later on at a concentration camp. The Jews in the ghetto began hiding weapons and learning how to fight without the knowledge of the Nazis then retaliated. After four long weeks, the Jews were defeated by the Nazis. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising showed a new perspective on how people look at the Holocaust because it uncovered the loss of control Hitler had against the Polish Jews. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising showed a new perspective on how people look at the Holocaust because it uncovered the loss of control Hitler had against the Polish Jews.“The Germans would also have to take into account the possibility that the outbreak of fighting in the ghetto might lead to the rebellion spreading to the Polish population and might create a state of insecurity in all of occupied Poland” (Bard 1). Hitler’s “final solution” was being interfered during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising by the Polish Jews. Therefore, Hitler was losing his control of, although just a small group, of the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto. Also, as said in the quote provided this act of retaliation...
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...The ghetto. The depravation. The sealed cattle car.The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and future of mankind were meant 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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...The Holocaust The holocaust was the mass murder of six million Jewish Europeans during World War Two. The Nazi Party in Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, exterminated about two thirds of the Jewish population residing in Europe. The Nazis placed the blame of all of Germany’s problems on the Jewish people. The Nazis referred to the holocaust as the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question.” This paper will discuss the terrible things that happened throughout the holocaust by the Nazi party to the Jewish population. The holocaust was not the first plan by the Nazis to get rid of the Jewish race in Europe. Their first plan was to deport all of the Jews to German colonies such as Tanganyika and South West Africa (90 facts). Hitler was against these places because he argued that no place where “so much blood of heroic Germans hath spilled” should be made available as a residence for the worst enemies of the Germans. Madagascar became the most seriously discussed location for a Jewish relocation. Madagascar was perfect because it was a remote location that had unfavorable conditions so it would hasten deaths. This plan was approved by Hitler in 1938 and was carried out until the mass murder began in 1941(Facts about the holocaust). This first step was an important psychological step on the path to the mass murders of the Holocaust. Concentration camps were where the Nazis kept Jews, political prisoners, criminals, homosexuals, gypsies, and the mentally disabled. These camps were founded...
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...It’s Worth the Fight The word Survival is a noun in the English dictionary meaning “the state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult 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 Holocaust It all started in 1933 when Hitler came to power in Germany. Adolf Hitler was a very strong minded individual that liked everything to go his way, and for what he believed in. Germany was already a very racial country, and judged people strongly on their religious beliefs, and their political communities. The Nazis, also known as the National Socialist German Worker's Party, planned to murder the Jewish people. They called this plot, “the final solution.” The Holocaust was a devastating time during World War Two,that changed the lives of many people all over the world. The name holocaust comes from the Greek word “holokauston”, meaning sacrifice from fire. The holocaust killed many groups of people such as the Gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, the disabled for persecution, but mostly the Jews. When Hitler first gained power, he formed an advanced police and military force to smother anyone who criticized his authority. With this force, Hitler developed the first concentration camp, Dachau. A concentration camp was used to work and starve prisoners to death. Later Dachau became a huge concentration camp to exterminate Jews. Hitler made life miserable for Jews. On April of 1933, the Nazis initiated by boycotting all Jewish ran businesses. The Nuremberg Laws issued in September of 1935, made it so Jews were excluded from most public life. The law included exposing the German Jews of their citizenship, and outlawed marriages...
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...It all started in 1933 when Hitler came to power in Germany. Adolf Hitler was a very strong minded individual that liked everything to go his way, and for what he believed in. Germany was already a very racial country, and judged people strongly on their religious beliefs, and their political communities. The Nazis, also known as the National Socialist German Worker's Party, planned to murder the Jewish people. They called this plot, “the final solution.” The Holocaust was a devastating time during World War Two,that changed the lives of many people all over the world. The name holocaust comes from the Greek word “holokauston”, meaning sacrifice from fire. The holocaust killed many groups of people such as the Gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, the disabled for persecution, but mostly the Jews. When Hitler first gained power, he formed an advanced police and military force to smother anyone who criticized his authority. With this force, Hitler developed the first concentration camp, Dachau. A concentration camp was used to work and starve prisoners to death. Later Dachau became a huge concentration camp to exterminate Jews. Hitler made life miserable for Jews. On April of 1933, the Nazis initiated by boycotting all Jewish ran businesses. The Nuremberg Laws issued in September of 1935, made it so Jews were excluded from most public life. The law included exposing the German Jews of their citizenship, and outlawed marriages and extramarital...
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...The Pianist is a historically based film that captivates the audience with its intense, riveting scenes. The movie outlines Hitler’s policies against the Jewish race during the holocaust in the late 1930’s. It focuses on the lives of one particular Jewish family during the period in which Hitler invades and occupies the Polish community of Warsaw. The title was inspired by the career of the main character before and after the Holocaust. The film chronicles the experiences of a Jewish pianist and his survival through the Holocaust with determination and the help of others, while millions of other Jews perish. The theme is portrayed effectively throughout the movie. The merciless treatment of the Jewish people convinces the audience to empathize with the characters in the movie. The movie begins with the pianist, Szpilman, in the studio playing the piano while the community of Warsaw is being bombed. The first scene in the film is a montage of grainy black and white scenes of Polish life before the Nazi invasion of Poland. The footage shows a dated world with old European style building and technology, people are shown walking around the town in aged clothing. The grainy dated look of the film also makes the scenes appear gloomy but relaxed at the same time. These images are used to drive the notion that it is set in a time long ago, in a different era. This scene is a critical part in the film as it refines the time and emotion, in which the film is set, so the audience can relate...
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...people with special needs * Laws/restrictions put on Jews in 1935, preventing them from having businesses/other benefits, also prevented them from flourishing * By Germans, pictures shown that they were proud of what they did. By Jews, taking pictures of the horrors that were displayed * Longest standing ghetto, had the most Jews and is where the jewish rebellion/uprising started * Mass killing of a race * People that fough Nazi’s through different methods * People(100) that he saved from the factory by creating his own ghetto and then sent them to another of his and kept them alive * Adolf Ikeman, testified bringing Nazi atrocities to light, testifying against the Nazis and showing off the horrors. * When Germany had no clue what to do with the Jews because their population became too large * Germany ran out of raw materials. Army vs Business. Only had enough to supply production for one. Hitler eliminated both sides so that he would be the only power * Became good and didn’t want to kill anyone. Concentration camps were created because they couldn’t kill people anymore. * Between Moscow and Berlin. Territories where the Holocaust took place and...
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...Concentration Camps during The Holocaust A concentration camp is where prisoners of war, enemy aliens, and political prisoners are detained and confined, typically under harsh conditions, or place or situation characterized by extremely harsh conditions. The first concentration camps were established in 1933 for confinement of opponents of the Nazi Party. The supposed opposition soon included all Jews, Gypsies, and certain other groups. By 1939 there were six camps: Dachau, Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald, Mauthausen, Flossenburg, and Ravensbruck. It all started in 1933 when Hitler came to power in Germany. Adolf Hitler was a very strong minded individual that liked everything to go his way, and for what he believed in. Germany was already a very racial country, and judged people strongly on their religious beliefs, and their political communities. The Nazis, also known as the National Socialist German Worker's Party, planned to murder the Jewish people. They called this plot, "the final solution." The Holocaust was a devastating time during World War Two,that changed the lives of many people all over the world. The name holocaust comes from the Greek word "holokauston", meaning sacrifice from fire. The holocaust killed many groups of people such as the Gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, the disabled for persecution, but mostly the Jews. When Hitler first gained power, he formed an advanced police and military force to smother anyone who criticized his authority. With...
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...No Escape: The Polish Genocide of World War II Still, the Polish people were willing to fight for their freedom. Within the ghetto at Warsaw, the Jewish Fighter Organization (in Polish, the Z.P.B.) was created as a means for the young displaced people to fight back against the exterminations which were going on in Poland. Many younger Jews held in Warsaw dressed in disguise as SS, many tried to hide and/or escape. The entirety of Warsaw was burned down in the subsequent battle against actual Nazi soldiers, and all offenders were either killed on the spot, or shipped off to death camps for their crimes. It is possible that this attempted uprising made even larger targets (if such a thing were possible) of the Polish people in the...
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...produced were in black and white, and even though you get an idea of what the destruction and devastation was like, nothing will prepare you for seeing the devastation on all sides of the war in a color video format. “World War II in Color: Total War” is an unbiased documentary that was aired on the A&E Network in the year 2000. This documentary was put together using diary entries, letters, and interviews of those who lived through World War II on all sides of the war. Some of the diary entries were horrifying to listen to, but when set to video of the event it really brought home how horrible this war was to live through by the civilians living in hard-hit cities. Mary Borg was a seventeen year old Jewish girl who lived in the Warsaw Ghetto and wrote in her diary about the great number of children left to be orphans because their parents were killed and how this affected them. She talked about how malnourished they were and how they looked like monkeys instead of children. These words were chilling in themselves, but to view the video of these small children ranging in ages of three years old and up made you want to cry. This documentary also highlights the thoughts of soldiers fighting this war and some of the thoughts they had while killing others or running for their lives. Pvt. Harry Melart, a German soldier, wrote a letter home to his wife a week before his death that talked about how the battlefield disgusts him and he did not want to see bodies or blood anymore...
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...The population of the Jewish community once flourished with pride 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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