Berlin Boxing Club

The book I was reading was Surviving Hitler, by Andrea Warren. I rate this book 10. Surviving Hitler talks about a young boy named Jack surviving a death camp. Jack was Jewish, his family was not religious but Jack knew little about his religion. They lived in a city and dressed no differently than their mostly Catholic neighbors.

Max Vandenburg, a jew, has been hiding almost all of his adult life from the Nazis. Max makes his way across Germany to Molching where Hans and Rosa Hubermann take him into hiding. If Max were to be discovered by anyone outside of the household, the Hubermanns and Max would most likely be killed because Hitler had 90% of the German population convinced jews were the enemy.pg 422-423. As for political discrimination, if a German was not part of the Nazi party, they were treated poorly compared to those who were in the Nazi party. Hans Hubermann was saved by a jew, Max’s father Eric and Hans could not hate the jews. Hans is a painter but he does not find much work because most of his customers were jewish people, driven out and killed by the

The powerful and gripping novel The Boy Who Dared, written by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, is a Newbery Honor book. The novel is based on Helmuth Hubener who lived during the Holocaust when the Nazis were rising to power in 1933. Helmuth was one of the very few young boys who tried to expose Hitler to the people of Germany. Hitler was torturing the Jews and declaring wars on countries just because he wanted war. He also ruined Jewish shops and destroyed their futures. The Boy Who Dared shows historical accuracy in many ways, especially as it focuses on Helmuth’s life, the

“The Boy In the Striped Pyjamas” by John Boyne gives an insight to the holocaust and the rule of Nazi Germany in WW2, Boyne’s novel demonstrates Friendship through protagonist Bruno. Boyne writes about the an inhumane period, even if his book is a fable it still is based on the hardship that the jewish people suffered during this dark time. Throughout the Novel Bruno’s perspective on Friendship changes, he realises that you shouldn’t judge a friend by there appearance. The characters show intricate acts of friendship for life, friendship between young and old. Mateship between four “best friends for life” (karl, Daniel, Martin and Bruno) and the protagonist, Bruno, “crossing the fence” by entering an concentration and extermination camp for his jewish friend, Shmuel. The book is set on the German Polish border in about the year 1942 in the middle of Nazi Germany.

From the time that Max left the Hubermanns to when Liesel saw Max in the marching is the Climax of The Book Thief. When Max left the Hubermann’s it was because of an incident that happened with Hans. During one of the first Jewish marching Hans threw out a piece of bread to the Jews, which was most frowned upon by the Nazis. Hans didn’t think of the consequences of what had happened, and he knew Max had to leave because the Nazis were most likely suspecting he was hiding Jews. When Hans threw bread to the Jew, Liesel and Hans realized how the simplest actions could enrage the Nazis so greatly and they saw what the Nazis were really doing to the Jews. At this point they weren’t just hearing about what the Nazi party was doing, but they witnessed

As we have discussed the penalties for harboring a jew was very high. Throughout the book distant members of the Hubermann family come into the picture which makes hiding Max quite a bit harder. Just like today politics are a gray area in family discussions. Politics have a habit of making perfectly peaceful conversations into, Angry gibberish being shouted all over the place. But during world war two political conversation could stir up a lot more than just angry words. For example, We meet Hans Junior and right from the get go we know that he is a member of the Nazi party and quite disgusted by his father's lack of support for the Nazi party. In Summary the whole conversation ends with Hans Junior disowning his father and never talking to him again. The Hubermanns and many other families during this time did not inform their family that they were harboring a “fugitive” and you can clearly see why. Max did not exist as far as the rest of the Hubermanns family was concerned. The Hubermann fell apart ,over a secret. Which only added more fear and more hate towards the Nazis. The Hubermanns had the mindset of “you can do what you want as long as you don't get caught” and it is perfectly displayed on page

In "The Berlin Boxing Club," the setting was an essential aspect of the novel. The novel took place in the late 1930's with the Nazi dictatorship at its height. Karl, being Jewish, was constantly discriminated against by many Nazis. In fact, discrimination against Jews got so bad, that a series of laws known as the Nuremberg Laws, were passed. Page 189 explained, "...The Nuremberg Laws have been carefully designed to protect and secure the purity of German blood against the insidious influence of the Jews." This quote showed that the Nazis had full power over Germany's government and it's people. Furthermore, many people turned their backs to many Jews. Karl's friends, Kurt, and Hans, even turned their backs to him. "Some of the boys sitting

Also, Hans feels guilty for what he did to Erik’s son, Max Vandenburg. Since the Vanderburg family is a family of Jews, the believe only one person in their family would survive, because of this the only person they try to save is Max, sending him to hide (which Max feels guilty for leaving his family behind). Though he stays at his friend’s store for sometime, when it gets too dangerous for him to be there, his friend, Walter Kugler goes to Himmel Street and Hans agrees to take Max, feeling it’s the least he can do for Erik. For the period of time that Max is in the Hubermann home, he becomes close with Hans, Ilsa and Liesel, with him writing books for Liesel, making a snowman in the basement and fist fights Hitler in the basement. To get to the Dachau Camp, at least once a

Behind The Bedroom Wall, by Laura E. Williams, is the book that will make you rethink what freedom really is. This book takes place in 1939 with the 13-year-old German girl named Korinna Rehme who is an active member of the local Jungmadel which is a place where children had to learn about Adolf Hitler. Korinna Rehme believes that Hitler is a good man; she listens to him speak about the “Jewish Problem”, and she even has a picture of him in her living room. Korrina agreed with Hitler when he said that the Jews, along with other races, were making Germany weaker. Along with the idea that Jews were making Germany frail, Hitler also states Jews were the reason they lost WWI. Because of this, Korrina believes that she is a loyal German, well, until she finds a Jewish family living in a small, enclosed room in her bedroom wall. Historical events like mistreatment of Jews, Hitler’s reign, and hiding Jewish people are all featured in Behind the Bedroom Wall which makes this novel historically accurate.

Connection: It is clear that Max resists and defies the Nazi regime and its goal by hiding from them and escaping death. In the novel, Max escapes with Walter Kugler to a hidden storeroom, despite this being very dangerous. Max, “The Jewish First Fighter,” does anything within his power to escape the Nazis, even if this means leaving behind his family. Max does not succumb to the Nazi ideology that Jews are inferior to Germans, and fights to survive in hiding. Although, the Jews and Max are surrounded by a hostile and terrorized population, Max is one of the very few to find a place to run to and hide. In essence, Max resists and defies the Nazi regime by not letting them kill him. Max’s survival is seen as a resistance to Hitler and injustice.

The Daily Lives of Jewish Children and Youth in the “Third Reich”, the title of the fourth chapter focuses mainly on the daily lives of the children. In April 1933, the “Law Against the Overcrowding of German Schools” was created, in essence establishing a quota of 1.5 percent total enrollment for Jews. Where Jews made up more than 5 percent of the population, schools could allow up to 5 percent of their pupils to be Jewish. Exemptions included Jewish pupils whose fathers had served during World War I, children of mixed marriages (with no more than two Jewish grandparents), and Jewish children with foreign citizenship (94-95). However, for the Elementary school, the Volksschule, attendance stayed the same. Like the other laws, the actual number of exemptions shocked the Nazis. School teachers and administrators barred Jewish children from schools events, inside and outside of school. When movies were shown, Jewish children weren’t allowed to attend them but afterward they had to listen to the other children discussing the film (95). I could not

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The Holocaust becomes the center of this. Whether it be at his Hebrew school, where Jewish history shaped not only the curriculum they learn. But, also as a collective identity shared by a new and contemporary Jewish generation. While still being connected to the past. This is a struggle for Mark, who does not even identify himself as Jewish for most of the story, He is continuously challenged with where to place himself in this new world, as a second-generation immigrant to Toronto. For Mark, being a young Latvian Jew is not easy.

“A View from the Bridge” is a tragic play written by Arthur Miller, based on the concept of illegal immigrants being snitched on by their own relatives.  In this play, the boxing scene refers to the last part of Act 1 or Episode 5 of the play. So far in the play, we learn that Beatrice and Eddie are married, and their adopted child is Catherine, who is almost a legal adult.  Marco and Rodolfo are illegal immigrants from Sicily, who are Beatrice’s cousins.   Catherine and Rodolfo soon start to develop feelings for each other, and Eddie is trying to prevent this, as he has an unnatural attraction for Catherine.  In the boxing scene, Eddie insults Rodolfo many times, and tries to humiliate him through boxing with him. Marco gets angry

In Schindler’s List Sterns admiration is not revealed to the audience until deep within the films plot. Soon Schindler and Stern are on their way to the creation of a factory that would completely run on Jewish labour. Soon after this “safe haven” for the Jewish people is created, the prosecution of the Jewish people of Poland begins, with their forced re-location in the ghettoes. Earlier in the Novel Oskar Schindler is seen as: Within the novel Schindler’s Ark the epilogue is dedicated to Oskar Schindler’s life and what had happened to him after the Nazi Campaign.