The Berlin Wall : The Holocaust's Role In The Holocaust

During the war it was up to the women to replace the men that went off to fight, some women chose to take over the jobs while some chose to stay and take care of their family. The women were forced to work and and to have children but the government did not have any luck (“ War Impact on Life in Germany”). The German government was trying to increase the birth rate because they did not know how long the war was going to last and if they would need more soldiers. The women had to deal with so much stress everyday. Just watching their children going to school could have been the last time they every saw them. The fathers where only allowed to come home and visit twice a year.

In the book Frauen: German Women Recall the Third Reich by Alison Owings, we are provided with plenty of women who describe their lives before, during and after Hitler received power. This book provides us with different views of the time era and as well as how the impact of Hitler affected every woman differently through social class, age, marital status and etc. This paper will explore the lives of three German women who seem to be in the Grey area during the over control of Hitler but mostly with the killings of the Jews. This paper will further explore the complicity and the different levels of resistance that these three women had during this time era which is 1933-1945. The three women that will be discussed in this paper are Margarete (Margrit) Fischer, Ellen Frey, and Christine (Tini) Weihs. When looking into the lives of all three women these women it seems as though women didn’t have much of a responsibility for the events that were happening around them. Although these women seemed to be complaint to a certain degree with the events there were going on around them. These women would have been complaint due to the fear of what happened to Germans when they stood against the events that took part.

It’s about the jews and how and what happened to them after the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the time where about six million jews and one million other people dying. Most people were killed because they belonged to different races and religions. The Nazis wanted to kill people that weren’t from their same religious group. The Nazis also killed people who disrespected Hitler. Hitler was the leader of the Nazi party.

“Frauen: German Women Recall the Third Reich” by Alison Owings displays interviews with women who lived in Germany during the 1930s to 1940s. The two women in this book, Liselotte Otting and Freya von Moltke discuss their feelings about the Nazi government and their actions, most importantly how they felt about genocide of the Jewish population. Both women discussed their attitude and behavior toward during this time.

The Holocaust was a terrifying time, it brought to light how important it was to fight for each other. Men and women either sat and stayed quiet out of fear or they got up and fought for what they believed in no matter the cost. These brave souls risked their lives and the lives of their families to save those prosecuted by the Nazis. They weren’t afraid to stand up to the Nazis. Some hid Jews in their homes, other snuck into ghettos and other places to help people in need. Some even falsified documents in order to help Jews escape. Individuals like these stand out in history for showing that standing up to oppressors can be done, and that it is the right thing to do as a part of the human race.

Holocaust began in 1933 when Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany and ended in 1945 when the Nazis were defeated by the Allied powers. The term Holocaust is derived from the Greek word holokauston, which means sacrifice by fire. It refers to the Nazi persecution and planned slaughter of the Jewish people and others considered inferior to "true" Germans.

Sit back, and imagine this: you’re sitting on a hard mattress. You can smell the smoke. The screams and tears of adults and children, just the same, fill the dirty air you breathe. Outside, acres upon acres of barbed wire and fortified walls. Platforms, cremation ovens, gallows, and gas chambers. The year is 1945, January 27th to be exact. This is a day that will be remembered for years to come. This is the day that the prisoners at camp Auschwitz being held by Nazi German soldiers were liberated.

When people elevate to the status of citizen in their respective country, it’s surely a momentous occasion. However, once the title of citizen is acquired there are certain responsibilities that must be fulfilled. Tim Holden said "The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism and stereotyping on a society. It forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and confront the powerful ramifications of indifference and inaction"(Holden). Holden’s quote has a specific point that is incredibly important which is confronting the consequences of inaction. Anger and revulsion can arise from a variety of epicenters, but one that undoubtedly protrudes is Adolf Hitler throughout World War II. Inaction can be a godsend, but definitely has a dangerous side which held true during the Holocaust and still holds true today.

The subject of the Holocaust is brought up many times but I'l now tell you the actually reality of this whole time. Back then we Jews never knew what was going on. No one ever mentioned that we would be stuck in a camp having to work our butts off just so we basically I can afford our life. During the time when we first arrived we were joyful besides having to be cramp and having to sit or stand on the train ride here. But once we finally were out and had all of our luggage we were joyful for the vacation we were promised. But that all took a mad turn in sudden minutes. The Nazis all the sudden command that we get into two lines. One was filled with mother and children while the other was filled with the men. looked around and all could see was worry in everyone's eyes. We then realized the

17.5.1. The War’s Aftermath Hitler had promised in 1933 that in ten years one would not be able to recognize Germany. This came true, but in a negative way. Though the Allies were aware of the Nazi concentration camps during the war, it was only at the end of the war the whole story of the horror of the Holocaust was discovered. American General Eisenhower visited the death camps personally to see the extent of Nazi brutality.

World War 2 brought upon a time of disappointment and the Jewish purgatory. This event caused millions of death to innocent people and disgrace to many Jewish families. This time period was ruled by the powerful leader of the Nazis as they were know for. He was the chancellor of Germany, he was Adolf Hitler he was known as the greatest leader to all the Nazi’s party. Hitler came into power in the year of 1933. This Nazi’s party planned to exterminate all the Jewish. This event was called the “Final Solution” also known as the holocaust. The Holocaust was created to operate massive killing along with, death camps, concentration camps, resistance efforts, Warsaw-ghetto, and liberation. All these schemes were fabricated to massacre all the

The holocaust began in 1933. Adolf Hitler was a man who wanted great power and to do so he put others below him, making them a “lesser” kind of human than what he was. In 1933 approximately nine million Jews lived in the 21 countries of Europe that later on would be surrounded with SS soldiers. In this tragic event, many people were killed and used for experiments. Not just Jews, but also homosexuals, disabled people, people that were ill and Catholics.

When Hitler became Chancellor in 1933 there were several areas that concerned him about the position of women in Germany. A few of these included the drastic decrease of babies born in 1933, the big increase of female employment and the ‘immorality’ of women. Hitler believed that the role of women was to stay at home and have children, as many as possible.

Women in Nazi German experienced and lifestyles were heavily influenced by Adolf Hitler. They had to stay at home, stop working, and bear children. For many women they believed and followed Hitler policies. This wasn’t the case for all women. There was with inequality and discrimination between men and women.

Known as one of the most horrific events in history, World War II (WW2) caused tremendous adversity and suffering amongst the lives of people across the globe. However, what is most concerning about the war, was what happened behind closed doors, specifically within Germany. The Holocaust is still considered one the worst ethnic cleansing attacks in the world. Although there is an endless amount of research and hard evidence of the Holocaust occurring, certain groups of individuals strongly reject it. Known as “Holocaust Denial”, this conspiracy theory has always been personally intriguing due to several reasons and will be analyzed more thoroughly.