Examples Of Response To Conflict

Recalling his devoted years to the Hitler Youth program, author Alfons Heck states “I have never once during the Hitler years thought of myself as anything but a decent, honorable young German, blessed with a glorious future” (206). This honesty conveyed by Heck elucidates the selfish ideals of those in the Hitler Youth, a theme apparent in the novel A Child of Hitler. Although Heck’s thoughts are self-conceited, they convey the opinions of those decieved by the Hitler Youth principles. As politically incorrect as these principles were, A Child of Hitler portrays them differently than other literature reporting on the subject. Through his descriptions of daily activities, Heck describes the pressure that children faced as Hitler Youth.

As I began to hear the testimony, I recalled all the various wars that have created us into what we are today. Brother against brother, kings that ruled the land, and dictators that overtook anything they desired. Survivors from various disasters have had a chance to let others hear and feel what they have gone through when they were younger like us. Cesia Kingston, one of the many survivors of the disastrous Holocaust, shares her many experiences throughout her life. Some too precious to forget, but others filled with pain and sorrow. Through every word Cesia spoke, they filled my thoughts like a wave, but at the same moment I remembered the times when pain and fear overtook me.

Literature helps us remember the Holocaust and how other people tried helping the Jewish. In the text The Grand Mosque of Paris it states ¨Other Muslims also took a stand against the Nazi oppressors by refusing to reveal the whereabouts of the fugitives. Some helped Jews avoid detection by coaching them to speak like a Arabs. In The Diary of Anne Frank it states ¨Ration cards, the kind Miep Gies might have used to get food for the Franks.¨ both explain how other people helped

One of the most memorable events about World War II was the holocaust. Most people remember the many lives that were lost in this massive genocide. Although many lives were lost a few were able to survive and share their experiences in those harsh times. Many non Jewish people helped in anyway possible such as Stefania Podgorska. During the holocaust Podgorska kept resistance by hiding and providing for Jews in the most necessary times.

My goal with my research is to look into the resistance of both the Jewish people and the others in European society who assisted in Jewish escapes. The perceived image of the Jews during the Holocaust is of “lambs to the slaughter.” The pictured painted of the rest of European society is one of either knowing accomplices or silent spectators. The Jewish people had many forms of resistance, some small and some large. While many of their neighbors were silent spectators, but many people were actively resisting the tyrannical Nazi government by assisting Jewish escapes. Each of these individuals risked their lives and the lives of their families and friends to aid these hunted individuals. They all deserve to have their stories heard and honored. In a time of complete chaos and destruction many people would not have the ability or fortitude to save the life of another person. The people that I will discuss in this paper were not only able to take that step, but put themselves and their families in real and eminent danger for the life, at times, of a complete stranger.

There were "Righteous Among the Nations" in every country overrun by the Nazis, and their deeds often led to the rescue of Jewish lives. Neighbors or friends of the Jews would help by warning the families of the oncoming danger, by hiding Jews under the floorboards in their house, or by lying to the Nazi officers about the Jews race and life. These people risked their own safety to help the Jews who were being hunted by the Nazi’s. In the museum we had the chance to read stories of these amazing acts of kindness provided by normal people sick of watching others perish. Some of the stories I read were about a couple who pretended a young Jewish girl was their maid and was not Jewish, another was of a German family that hid three children under the floorboards in their kitchen for the entire wars

Jewish Holocaust survivors enduring horrendous treatment of the Holocaust, and it impacted the aftermath of the event as well. Because of the emotional and physical trauma after liberation, Jewish Holocaust survivors struggled with rebuilding their lives and adapting to live a “normal life”.

According to Elie Wiesel, an American Jewish writer and holocaust survivor, “It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed.” Wiesel was describing how the future was questionable, and how they did so much to affect how we live today. In the holocaust, lives of many were put to waste, and innocent people were tortured. Though most non-Jews supported the holocaust, there was a select group of people who worked hard to end it. This group was known as the resistance. During the Holocaust, many groups contributed to the freedom of Jews. First, Jewish partisans fought for freedom of Jews. Secondly,

Do you know how many Jews died in the Holocaust? Only an estimated 37% of Jewish people survived Hitler’s horrible reign. There are only so many people out there willing to risk everything they have and everything they stand for, all to spare others from pain and misery. But the feeling obtained from helping others is pure satisfaction. Both Werner Klemke and Ernie Feld learned that hard work can save lives

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Frank, Anne. "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl." Studysync: Reading & Writing Companion. Sonoma, CA: BookheadEd Learning, LLC, 2015. 372-75. Print.

"Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow." Studysync: Reading & Writing Companion. Sonoma, CA: BookheadEd Learning, LLC, 2015. 397-400. Print.

Viewing a tragedy such as the Holocaust with a lens of any other shade besides remorseful compassion is nearly impossible. Even harder is trying to imagine a group of victims other than the souls whose lives were ruined and then cut down during their prime because they were deemed unworthy by their own government. It’s easy to view these events from the comfortable distance of our own time period and point blame at the German military under the command of Adolph Hitler; those men and women who carried out his orders with unwavering loyalty. This essay is designed to take a step back to the beginning: before the Final Solution was put in place and millions of innocent people were slaughtered, before Kristallnacht when Jewish homes, hospitals, and schools were ransacked

Imagery about the Holocaust usually brings to mind leaping flames of destruction, yellow Stars of David, and trains arriving at Auschwitz. The total destruction of the Jewish people was a central goal of the Nazis. It is so hard for people today to understand the various parts of this genocide or really to comprehend what it means. Yet, despite the horrible fate that befell the millions of victims, we also need to remember the individual actions taken by average people. Throughout this time of the Nazi invasion, there were people such as Chiune Sugihara, Pere Marie-Benoit, and Miep Gies, each of whom, in a very personal way, changed outcomes and saved lives. In the overall statistics of death, the numbers they saved were tiny, but in reality, their actions echo humanity today. They proved that individuals have the power to impact the world, even under the most horrific circumstances.

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