Killing Of The Jews During The Holocaust

Genocide is the destruction of an ethnic, racial, or religious group. The most famous genocide, conducted by the Germans, is the extermination of the Jewish population known as the Holocaust. There are other genocides such as the Armenian or Darfur genocide, but the Holocaust is the one talked about and studied the most around the world today. Museums exist in Washington D.C, Los Angeles, and parts of Europe that focus primarily on this dark time in history. Vast amounts of books, movies, and documents concentrate on the Holocaust. Why is this chapter, between 1939 and 1945, discussed and examined? The answer lies within people who experienced the Holocaust such as Elie Wiesel, Jay Frankston, and Franks Shatz. These men have gone through hell and back, but they believe in one thing. That is, the notion of never again. The goal is to educate future generations on what really happened, so history does not repeat itself. Never again should people of any race, religion, or ethnicity, go through the horrific past of the Holocaust. In their writing, Wiesel, Frankston, and Shatz do a great job using pathos, logos, and ethos to convey their message of never again for future generations.

To Kill a Mockingbird is a witty and well-written account of the realities of a “tired old town” (4) where there was “nothing to buy and nothing to buy it with” (4). Purposefully, it comes across not merely an innocently portrayed, yet eye-opening, story of a young girl start to grasp the inequalities of her society. Rather, it is accompanied by recollection of the unfortunate pillars of hate of the places Harper Lee matured in. We now perceive this account as an ‘archaic” and “ancient” recount of some historically frowned upon mindsets in an enthralling atmosphere upon which we pin historical quantities of prejudice, racism and most of all, bigotry. The unfortunate reality is that we look at history in a vacuum and ignore the occurrences of our own times. So although we, like Scout’s teachers teaching about the horrible acts of the Holocaust while being outspokenly racist, are able to analyze social inequalities in other places in time or the world yet refuse to open our eyes to the same prejudice, racism and bigotry today. To instance, when reading To Kill a Mockingbird , we often frown upon citizens for judging “folks” based on their family name and race, although, everyday, some member of our current society, such as police officers and employers, do the same thing and no one bats an eye. Alternatively, the issue which we definitely desperately desire to avoid, racism, is explicitly tackled in To Kill a Mockingbird to the point of viral awareness of the problem in

What causes conflict? Well, conflict is caused when there is a disagreement or miscommunication. The Holocaust was a huge and bloody disagreement that led to World War II and was a horrific event that took place in the 1930-1940’s. A man that we’ve probably all heard of, named Adolf Hitler, came into power and participated in the slaughter of nearly 6 million jews, 250,000 disabled, and 196,000-220,000 Gypsies (according to the National Holocaust Memorial Museum website). These deaths were all over the European continent that were under German rule. My position on the main cause for the Holocaust was that the end of World War I left Germany in poverty. With the government in corruption, the people were desperate for change, so they allowed Hitler into power with the belief that others could control him if he did something bad. This obviously wasn’t true.

Holocaust is the term was used to describe government campaigns organized by the government of Nazi Germany and some of its allies for the purpose of persecution and ethnic cleansing of Jews in Europe during World War II. The word Holocaust is a word derived from the Greek word holókauston, ὁλόκαυστον which means complete burning of the sacrifices made for the creator of the universe. In the nineteenth century was the use of the word to describe the great disasters or tragedies.,The Holocaust was the mass murder of six million Jews and millions of other people leading up to, and during, World War II. Nearly seven out of every ten Jews living in Europe were killed.

Who are the Jews and how did they manage to survive during the time of the Holocaust? This is a question that is often brought up among people and can be answered with help of those who survived and those who worked in helping save the Jews. The Jews are simply people who have their own religious beliefs and practices just like any other religious group. (www.remember.org “Who are the Jews”) The religious and cultural aspects of the Jews was often looked upon as elaborate and sophisticated to those who viewed it from the outside such as the Christians. (Kagan, Ozment, Turner 271) The Jews practices include dietary laws, the Jewish calendar, sabbath and festival observance , ritual clothing, and life cycle events. The Jews may not eat certain foods or foods that does not have the blood removed. In order to set dates, the Jews use both lunar and solar calendars. The Jewish people celebrate many different holidays and festivals that have their own rituals to go along with them. For example, “Rosh Hashanah” or the new year is celebrated and Jews do not attend school or do work on that day. The Jews also have different ways of dressing for occasions. During prayer, a male must wear a skull cap that covers the head, phylacteries which are Torah passages written on parchment with leather straps and are usually worn on the forehead and left arm, and fringed shawls are also worn. Every Jew must also go through certain life cycles. Every male will be circumcised on the eighth day

Millions of people witnessed the crimes of the Holocaust all over Europe in there every day lives. There were numerous people across Europe who willingly collaborated or were complicit in the Nazi crimes during Holocaust. What could motivate so many people to turn against other human beings and treat them as lesser? Why did others not help? There were a lot of people who did help the Jews. Everyone believes in something and has ideas of what they believe to be right or wrong. Most people will stand up for what they believe in. People tend to waver in their support of their beliefs when they come up against scrutiny by a perceived group of power or influence. There are some people who will stand up for what they believe or oppose something

According to (www.dosomething.org) , the holocaust began in 1933 when Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. It ended in 1945 when Allied powers defeated the Nazi’s.” I believe that the Holocaust should be considered act of genocide. When a religious group is being brutally murdered to completely wipe out the certain religious group.The Holocaust was a period of time where people of semitic were killed and severely tortured by the Nazis ran by the German leader Adolf Hitler. Not only was this act dehumanizing the people of hebrew faith but also their freedom was being ripped away. Hitler wanted to utterly wipe out the Jews. Concentration camps were organized to place the Jews in. Others may believe that the destruction that Holocaust caused

Genocide a word that brings forth the morbid image of barbed wire fences, trenches overflowing with bodies, malnourished men, women, and children, a depressing black sky. Genocides definition is “the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group” (Merriam-Webster.com) True to its name genocide is a word that has the ability to cause war and leaves a hellish vision in its victims. Despite all of this the seemingly impossibility it is possible to solve and end genocide. And although it is seen as a dreadful plague and world powers should focus partially on ending this catastrophe.

The Holocaust occurred before World War II, it was a mass murder by the Nazis killing 6 million Jews (Hurban 1). People killed in the Holocaust were people Adolf Hitler thought were unfit for a civilized society (Rogasky 76) including Jews, Gypsies, Professional Criminals, and Prisoners from other countries (Journey par. 27). The Holocaust took place during 1933 to 1945 in Germany, Poland, Soviet Union, and places Germany occupied. Adolf Hitler separated all these people to the ghettos and later sent them to concentration camps where the Nazis held the Jews in harsh conditions (Hurban 23). Later, countries liberated few of these people left (Soviet par. 22). The Holocaust was the persecution of 6 million Jews and millions of others forced to

Over 11 million people were killed during the Holocaust. The way they were killed was terrible and wrong. Not only would the SS kill people, they would also separate families from each other. One man was the man responsible for all of this. He was the most important figure in the holocaust because without him, there wouldn’t have been one.

At the end of the second world war, when the Nazi’s were already in the act of exterminating six million Jews and 25% of these Jews were children. This was called the “holocaust”. The Nazis wanted to end the entire Jewish population and its culture. . Adolf Hitler also known by only his last name, was the leader of the Nazi party and he demanded that the Jews were tortured and killed. This event became worst and worst slowly between 1933 and 1945. This event basically made the word “racism”. If you look back in time, this was the first time racism was used. The extermination of Jews gave the case of the word racism, which is why the word I used so much till this day

Dehumanization is the psychological process of destroying the enemy, making them seem less than human. The Nazis conducted dehumanization to the Jews, while they were imprisoned in the concentration camps. Certain things the Nazis would do is not feed them. “We had spend the day without food” (17). They would also make them cut their hair so that they would all look the same, losing someone's hair is like losing a part of their identity. “Their clippers tore out our hair, shaved every hair on our bodies” (35). Also, the Jews were instructed to stand for hours on end for roll call, where they lined up and they were counted before they went anywhere, and they were not allowed to sit down. “We stood up. We were counted. We sat down.

The Holocaust is the mass murder of six million European Jews and other people who opposed the German Nazis during World War II. Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazis Party, saw the Jews as an alien threat to the German society. During the years of the Nazi rule, Jews were rapidly being persecuted. There were 42,500 concentration camps that were used for slave labor and mass murder and other human rights abuses. From 1941 to 1945, Jews were continuously being murdered in the most deadliest genocide in the history of the world. Other victims include the Poles, Slavs, Soviets, Soviet Pous, Romains, communists, homosexuals, Freemasons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, mentally ill, and physically disabled people. From the earliest years of

The Holocaust was a mass murder of millions of individuals’ primary to and during World War II. “Only 54 percent of the people surveyed by the Anti- Defamation League (ADL) in a massive, global poll have ever heard of the Holocaust” (Wiener-Bronner). The Holocaust was from 1933-1945 and was run by German leader named Adolf Hitler. Hitler was a man who wanted to create his own race of people. Therefore to create this race, he wiped out anyone who did not have the specific descriptions that he wanted. For people to fit into his race, they had to have blue eyes and blond hair. This excluded the Jews and from then on Hitler slowly dehumanized them. In the concentration camp the first thing they had to pass was the selection test. The selection test was what the SS man (German soldiers) used to determine who was fit for work. Usually children, mothers, and elders were the first to die because they were not mentally fit for the work they were going to be given. People who passed the selection process either died by starvation, disease, fatigue, or assassination. It took twelve years before anyone intervened and by then it was too late for millions of people. Even though over twelve million people died during the Holocaust, genocides have still happened in Rwanda, Darfur and Cambodia.

The mass murder of millions of Jews was a horrendous experiment and something only men filled with hatred could inflict on the innocent lives of that era. A deportation train would arrive at a Natzi camp and unload all of the Jews that had been collected and taken from their homes. The Jews would be unloaded and the men were separated from the woman and children. A physician would glance at each person to see determine their health status and whether they were worth keeping alive. The ones deemed weak in the eyes of the Natzi’s were taken to gas chambers. In order to prevent panic, the victims were told they were simply taking a shower to get rid of the lice. Each person would hand over their valuables and then fully undress. The line of Jews