Leni Riefenstahl - Hsc Question Response

Irena Sendler was born in 1910 in Otwock, Poland. When Irena was very young her father died from Typhus. Many years later the outbreak of World War Two. It was a cold and desalint morning all the sudden

Eva was born on January 1,1923. She was given a special blessing by a famous Rabbi, The Belzer Rebbe. This was a very huge event in their town. Eva was the oldest of eight children. The town she was born and raised in Oleszyce, Poland. The Jews and non-Jews only interacted for business and they never really talked socially.

Elie Wiesel was born on September 30, 1928 in the small town of Sighet Romania. (Roth page 1) He was 3rd born and the only son to Sholmo and Sarah Wiesel. (Roth page 1) In Elie’s hometown of Sighet about 40% of the population was Jewish.

Elie Wiesel was born in 1928. He was born in the town of Sighet, Transylvania. Unfortunately, he became a victim of the Jewish Holocaust, Adolf Hitler was running the country when the holocaust started. Elie was a teenager when he was taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944. He had to overcome constant death around him. He was separated from his mom and sisters. He suffered humiliation and watched people die everyday from starvation. He had to overcome the death of all his family and everyone he knew. These adversities made him a great and generous man.

The influential career of Leni Riefenstahl has been a point of great contention amongst scholars and filmmakers over the last few decades. The legacy Riefenstahl leaves behind are her achievements and failures of her

Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City in October 11, 1884, to Anna Hall Roosevelt, and Elliott Bolloch Roosevelt, into a family of great wealth. Eleanor was the niece of Theodore Roosevelt. Eleanor attended school in England as a teenager, which helped her come out of her shell Somewhat (Biography of Eleanor

She said that “she regrets her decision and wishes that she didn’t do anything to harm him but she saw an opportunity and took it. Now after the holocaust she is living in the UK with her 9 cats and 3 dogs. Her husband died of a heart attack while he was sitting in his chair at her house. She also has 4 children and 6 grandchildren.

The major influences that led to Leni Riefenstahl’s rise to prominence includes a fateful event that kindles her fascination with film, the continual influence of mountain (Berg) films and acclaimed director Dr Arnold Fanck as well as her first début as a director and producer.

Hana’s experience in Theresienstadt was very unpleasant, but had some silver linings. Hana and the other Jews were still left on the verge of starvation and were yelled at by the Nazis. The silver lining of being in the concentration camp at Theresienstadt for Hana was being able to go to music and art classes, and Hana made some friends. This was evident when the author described how there were rats and bugs in the food and how the commandant would order them with a very harsh tone. The author also stated how Hana would draw and sing during the secret classes and Hana’s friends were very kind to her. All these facts, summarize Hana's life in Thersienstadt during the second World

Born on September 30, 1928, in the small town of Sighet, Romania, Elie Wiesel and his family was sent to concentration camps.Elie and his two sisters were the only survivors of Buchenwald. After being released from Auschwitz in 1945 going through allied troops, he was sent to paris and became a journalist.

Irena Sendler was born in early 1910 in Warsaw, Poland, but grew up in Otwock. During WWII she was living in Warsaw, and saw the ghetto develop in her neighborhood.

Elie Wiesel was born on September 30th 1928 into an Orthodox Jewish family in Sighet, Transylvania. Wiesel lived with his parents and sisters. His parents, Shlomo and Sarah, along with his sisters Hilda, Bea, and Tsiporah who all practiced Judaism while growing

“There is a watch lying on the green carpet of the living room of my childhood. The hands seem to stand motionless… freezing time when it happened,” (3). In this instant, Gerda Weissmann Klein’s life was changed forever. In 1939 Adolf Hitler obtained power and he used it for his own gain. He wanted to eliminate all of the Jewish people. Gerda Weissmann was one of the few Jewish people who he didn’t destroy. After her liberation, Gerda wrote All But My Life, in which she tells how she survives because of the hope to see her family again, her friends, and the promise that she made to her father.

Elie Wiesel was born in 1928 in Transylvania, which is now Romania. He and his family were deported by the Nazi’s in 1943 to the most notorious concentration camp of all time, Auschwitz. He regained his freedom in 1945 when the camp he was at, he was transferred to Buchenwald with his father, was liberated by the allies. After the war, Elie studied writing and became a journalist in Paris. It was

Gloria Steinem was born March 25, 1934, in Toledo, OH. She is the daughter of Leo and Ruth Steinem. Leo divorced his wife, Ruth, while Gloria was 8 years old. Ruth was a college graduate and journalist who suffered severe depression. Gloria spent most