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Holocaust
This question does not really lend itself to a simple binary answer. While some of the elements of the rise of the Nazis were a logical outcome of certain innate dynamics of modern European...
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History
This is, of course, largely a matter of opinion. People can come up with different theories about the causes of the Holocaust and whether it was a “natural” aspect of civilization. My own...
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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
The situation is getting worse for all of Holland and for the families in hiding. In this entry we learn things about the situation of the Franks and the rest of the ones in hiding as well as the...
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Holocaust
Roberto Innocenti's Rose Blanche is a picture book which tells the story of Rose Blanche, a little girl who feeds children in concentration camps. The picture book uses color on a very...
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History
This question is based on something of a misconception about the Holocaust. Some people think that the Jews did not try to resist the Holocaust. This is simply not true. It is not correct to say...
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History
There are many popular misconceptions about the Holocaust. Not all of these myths, of course, are held by all people. Let us look at a few of these misconceptions. Jews were the only victims of...
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Holocaust
There were distinctly varied reactions of Germans to the Holocaust both during the event and afterwards in reflection. There were incidents of resistance to the Nazis' actions during their rise,...
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Holocaust
This is actually a very difficult argument to refute in some ways. The most likely way to refute it is to say that there are natural laws that are so basic that they apply to all human beings at...
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Holocaust
In my view, there are at least two reasons for this. First, it was important for the Nazi leaders to be put on a formal trial so that the world could really understand what they had done. If they...
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Holocaust
First of all, it is absolutely not accurate to say that the Jews did not fight back against the Nazis and the Holocaust. In fact, they did engage in many acts of resistance. Perhaps the best...
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Holocaust
This depends upon what you mean by “genocide” and what you mean by “aware.” The world, or at least the United States , was aware that the Nazi regime was oppressing the Jews, sometimes...
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Holocaust
I am not sure that it is fair to say that the world was “in denial” about the Holocaust. I think it is fair to say that they were unaware of it at first, and then were skeptical. When it was...
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Holocaust
The first “event” that brought the Holocaust about was not really an event at all but rather a historical trend. This was the trend towards anti-Semitism in Europe in general. The fact that...
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Holocaust
First, we should realize that the “brutal treatment” of many of the people who came to Auschwitz did not last very long. One part of the Auschwitz complex was used simply as a killing center....
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Holocaust
One reason is that Germany had witnessed the rise of the Nazi Party, which had founded its rise to power on a particularly virulent brand of nationalism, one which featured racist theory and...
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The original question had to be edited down. I would suggest that one way in which the boy shows discrimination as dehumanization is through Bruno's presence. The entire world around him as...
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Holocaust
In answering this question, we must remember that not all “concentration camps” during the Holocaust were the same. This meant that not all women had the same experiences. There were camps...
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Holocaust
I think that the painting of the Holocaust could turn out to be quite a good project that provides opportunity for self reflection about the Holocaust as well as reflection for others on the topic....
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Holocaust
Eliezer's arrival into Birkenau is a challenging one where right and wrong are not clearly understood. Simply put, Eliezer does not know what the right thing to do is, what the right line to be in...
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
I tend to think that the theme of what it means to explore and delve into the theme of prejudice and discrimination is evident throughout the work. Yet, it seems that Chapter 19 is the best...
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The most evident answer is that the relationship between all four characters is that they are a family, the central family, in Boyne's novel. They are all linked by blood and the relationship they...
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
I think that there is some level of embarrassment in Bruno's inability to say what he wants to Shmuel for a couple of reasons. The first would be that Bruno has grown over the course of the...
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
At this point in the narrative, Bruno is trying to continue his "narrative." He wished for the friendship element that is such a part of his yearning. When he pursues this issue with Shmuel...
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
I think that one of the strongest and most effective themes from the book is the idea that discrimination and hatred have to be seen as moral and political wrongs. I believe that this is evident...
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Lieutenant Kotler is the typical Nazi leader in Auschwitz. He carries himself in a manner where he views himself as infallible. He will never accept his own failure or shortcomings in anything....
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Shmuel brings the other pair of pajamas to Bruno. When Bruno meets Shmuel at the fence, he finds that his friend is holding a pair that is “exactly like the one he [is] wearing.” Shmuel has...
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Holocaust
During the Holocaust, the main method used by the Germans to transport Jews from various conquered countries to the death camps was the railroad. Trains were used to move the Jews to the death...
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Holocaust
There are three main reasons for this. First, the United States did not know that the Holocaust was going to happen before WWII started. When the US turned away refugees from Nazi Germany in the...
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Holocaust
First of all, we must acknowledge that Jews did resist the Holocaust in many ways. This ranged from "spiritual resistance of the Nazis' attempts to destroy Jewish culture to actual armed...
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Holocaust
There were two major significances of these trials for the world as a whole. First, it helped to bring closure to World War II. The Nazis had committed some of the worst atrocities in the history...
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Holocaust
The Jewish people resisted the Holocaust in two different ways: active resistance and passive resistance. Active Resistance: Active resistance occurred throughout Germany and the German-occupied...
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Holocaust
Hitler started his systematic plan to annhilate the Jews from the early days of his office. 1933-1939 Forced emigration-Two-thirds of all the Jews from Austria and German were forced to leave....
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Holocaust
It depends on why the law is enacted. In Nazi Germany, many people felt that the Jewish population was in some way responsible for the German defeat in World War I. In that situation, it's easier...
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Holocaust
There are a number of reasons why the United States did not want to take many Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany. Among them were: The persecution of Jews started during the Great Depression. The...
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Holocaust
Germans were not the only people who had anti-Semitic tendencies during this time. The Nazis got help from some other governments and even from individual volunteers. An example of another...
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Holocaust
This question is difficult to answer as the US involvement in the Holocaust was one of isolationism, ignorance, denial, or anti-Semitism depending on what you read and which you believe. One...
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Holocaust
One major idea of Nazism (and fascism in general) is that all of the people of a country should conform to one, ideal, way of being. The society is strong when all people are alike, sharing in...
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Holocaust
This is a great question. "Righteous Among the Nations," is a translation from Hebrew, which literally means, "Righteous Gentiles." It is an honorific title given by the State of Israel to any...
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Holocaust
This is an interesting question that has, over time, received many different answers, especially the issue as to when the American public was aware of what we now call the "Holocaust." Even though...
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Holocaust
Zygmunt Bauman was forced out of Poland by an Anti-Semitic purge, orchestrated by the Polish Communist Secret Police. As a professor of Sociology, he has written many books on Modernity,...
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Holocaust
I cannot help but think that more detail is needed in this question. There are a couple of fundamental premises that need establishing here. The first issue is that it is really difficult to...
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History
The Holocaust, or "Shoah" as it is referred to in Hebrew, started because of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. It was genocide - an attempt to exterminate six million Jews. Hitler was a fanatic. He...
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Holocaust
The previous post was very well constructed in its definition. I just wish to add one more element to this discourse. The Primary target of the Nazis were individuals of the Jewish Faith....