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Analysis Of Liesel Meminger From 'The Book Thief'

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Stories of the Holocaust

In the midst of World War II the Holocaust was an event that caused the most civilian casualties. Over 6,000,000 Jews were killed throughout much of Europe. Why did this terrible event occur? Adolf Hitler wanted and believed many things. In his mind he thought that Jews caused all the problems Germany faced. He wanted to expand Germany, so during the war he invaded many countries such as, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and many more (bbc.co.uk). Many people fell victim to Hitler’s regime, one example would be the Frank family. Many stories were told or written about the Holocaust, Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel are examples of non-fiction stories. Liesel Meminger from The Book Thief is an example of fiction tellings of the Holocaust. There were over 6,000,000 innocent people were killed between the years 1933-1945. One person to fall victim was Anne Frank. Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1929. Her life would end too soon, at a young age of 15 years old. During World War II Anne Frank and her family lived in Amsterdam. In order to escape persecution by the Nazis, the Frank family went into hiding for two years. They hid in secret quarters in the …show more content…

This time period was an especially dark time in the world’s history. The concentration camps that held millions of Jews from 1933 to 1945, were vast, unsanitary, and inhumane. The mass murder of an entire race of people was taken place in those camps. People packed into chambers and smothered with noxious gas until their heart stopped beating. Thrown into holes in the ground and burned alive. Somehow, prisoners managed to escape, be saved from their death, which seemed so certain. People with no sense of humanity, no shame to mankind, killed 6,000,000 to 11,000,000 people just because of what they believed in. Night taught me how grim and somber life in the camps

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