A Sequel To Hendrick's Story

Love is a powerful thing. But the Holocaust shows us just how powerful it is. Syvia, a Jew in hiding, sneaked out to grab a pear from a pear tree. While she was leaving she saw another pear and ran back to get it for her sister. (Doc B) She risked getting caught by a Nazi to get her sister a pear because she loved her sister.

“ I-I-I am so sorry, I also have family issues.” She said with a sad look on her face “My father was in charge of Auschwitz and he let my little brother Bruno die in a concentration camp…” she was cut off by the noise of dogs barking .

It is extremely evident that Jews were the main target for dire judgmental opinions, but there was one man who had a passion for Germany; he believed he was the ‘saviour’ of Germany, this man served in the first world war, and it was then, near the end of the war, recovering from a war wound, when Germany was weak and crumbling, he made a vow to himself, that he would be the one, to make Germany strong, he was: Adolf Hitler.

The Germans see Jews as not important, not human, and without feelings. They treat Jews as hungry wild animals that would do anything for food. The author’s description of Jews killing each other for a piece of bread shows how acts of prejudice can escalate to murder.

Nazis, death, atrocities and girlfriends? During the Holocaust millions of European Jews were inhumanly killed. In dire times, companionship increases one's chances of survival. This is shown in Elie Wiesel’s memoir “Night” and Michele Ohayon’s documentary “Steal A Pencil For Me”. These two works are both non-fictional and show how companionship helps lead to survival.

Love is one way the human spirit triumphed during the holocaust. In yellow star, Syvia and her family are currently living in Lodz. We learn that Syvia’s mom would rather starve than watch her children be hungry. The poem says “ Mother does not eat her meal/she gives it to me instead/ she does not say “I love you’ in hugs or kisses, but her love fills my plate, and I gobble it up,” (Doc A)

There are many moments in one 's life, where a choice has to be made , but there are only a few times where one collides with a split second decision. Although you only have a few breaths, a minute at most, to decide what to do, your decision, impacts the rest of your life. Simon Wiesenthal 's had many times in his 96 years of life, where he faced difficult choices , yet the one he faced the day he spent at the bedside of a German soldier was undoubtedly a moment which shaped the rest of his life . Dying Karl Seidl, the soldier in question, told Simon of the deeds he committed, towards the Jews, but as the final attempt to cleanse himself of his actions, Seidl asked Wiesenthal for forgiveness. Whatever choice Simon made, would lead

Antisemitism, the hatred for the Jewish people, has been called the longest hatred in history. This history is deep rooted and has existed for thousands of years, taking different forms throughout its existence, and intensifying up until and through the Holocaust, to then diminish to an extent but still be prevalent in most societies. Antisemitism exists in different forms, religious, ethnic, and political. The presence of Christianity as the predominant religion in Europe can be noted as a driving factor in religious and ethnic antisemitism, as can the Holocaust. Whereas instances such as the Islamic view on Judaism can be

In the Holocaust, people were discriminated against and treated horribly for their beliefs. They were separated and discounted. They were considered, at times, aliens. But in all of that they had a choice to make. Would they abandon everything they knew and live in fear for the rest of their lives. Or would they choose to love those around them and cherish everything they had while they had it. You can see countless cases where people decided to go with the latter. For example, the Franks. They were forced to live in hiding for

Beautiful Acts of Love During a Time of War Imagine if you were separated from your family and enslaved just because of your religion. In 1939, this happened to millions upon millions of Jewish people. This traumatic experience is known as the Holocaust. Where because of one man's bias, millions of Jews died a tragic death. This man is Adolf Hitler, whose goal was to rid the world of Jews and make ‘a perfect race’.

During the evils that took place in World War II, the Germans impugned the natural rights of the Jewish people living in Europe and ultimately executed millions of innocent people. With a basis of racial superiority and social darwinism, the Germans’ ruthless attempt to remove an entire racial population involved the killing of pure children and defenseless elderly citizens. The fact that the basic universal rights, which should apply to all of humanity, were intruded upon illustrates the absolute evil in man and the lack of response by the rest of society. Ultimately, those who did survive found it their duty and responsibility to share their difficult experiences with the rest of the world to avoid a recurrence of such prejudice and hatred.

In 1945, the world had taken on a whole new meaning; the genocide of six million Jew, by the German Nazi’s during the Second World War. The anti -Semitic leader of the Nazi group, Adolf Hitler, believed that the Jewish people were and inferior race, a threat to the German racial purity and community. In Elie Wiesel’s memoir, ‘Night’, it shows the brutality of what happened in the Holocaust, when Elie and his father were sent to the concentration camp, Auschwitz, located in Oswiecim, Poland. This memoir shows many lessons that can be used in today's generation, such as, it is easy to forget and forgive than to get revenge, every person has to fend for themselves, and that survival comes with a cost.

“Sort through the clothing; valuables in one pile, rags in another. Keep anything for yourselves and I’ll kill you myself” the Nazi barked. Although I wouldn’t call my job enjoyable, I was able to avoid the wrath of the Nazi’s, for I couldn’t mess too much up, if I got cold, I could dig my arms into the piles of clothes, but my favorite part was working with Josef, my work companion. One day, Josef found a piece of bread in a coat pocket, and he quickly ate it, but not quick enough, for a Nazi soldier shoved his foot on the small of his back, pushing him to the ground. “Did you not know how to listen?” the Nazi shouted “I said I’d kill you myself, and that’s exactly what I’ll do” A shot rattled through the air, but his words rattled me. “I said I’ll kill you. I said I’ll kill you. I said I’ll kill

Many religious conflicts are built from bigotry; however, only few will forever have an imprint on the world’s history. While some may leave a smear on the world’s past, some – like the homicide of Semitic people – may leave a scar. The Holocaust, closely tied to World War II, was a devastating and systematic persecution of millions of Jews by the Nazi regime and allies. Hitler, an anti-Semitic leader of the Nazis, believed that the Jewish race made the Aryan race impure. The Nazis did all in their power to annihilate the followers of Judaism, while the Jews attempted to rebel, rioted against the government, and united as one. Furthermore, the genocide had many social science factors that caused the opposition between the Jews and Nazis.

Fate works in mysterious ways, everyone makes choices out of their own free will which affects their