The Crooked Mirror Analysis

The history of Jews in host cities often depict a story of success or of failure when it comes to relations between the Jews and the Christians in Europe. Historian Jonathan Elukin, author of Living Together, Living Apart, presents the integration as a success process with rare, and special cases, of failure. On the other side of the spectrum is historian Raymond P. Scheindlin. Scheindlin’s novel, A Short History of the Jewish People, presents many cases of integration between the Christians and Jews that led to massacres and brutal endings for the Jewish community. There are many monumental events that take place during the long span of time that oversees European Jewish history, and both historians study and evaluate the events, however, they do so through different lenses.

“The War Against The Jews” by Lucy Dawidowicz explores a very dark time in history and interprets it from her view. Through the use of other novels, she concurs and agrees to form her opinion. This essay will explore who Dawidowicz is, why she wrote the book, what the book is about, what other authors have explored with the same topic, and how I feel about the topic she wrote about. All in all, much research will be presented throughout the essay. In the end you will see how strongly I feel about the topic I chose. I believe that although Hitler terrorized the Jews, they continued to be stronger than ever, and tried to keep up their society.

As the war dwindled down, the Bilecki family lingered to their Polish home. Though they were rich in heart, the friction between the slips of tinted cash and the jangling of the metal coins were the only sound that seemed to be worth hearing. Sadly, for them there was a lack of it. The Jews that they saved acted as their guardian angel, as the Bilecki clan did for them. From all around the world, across the sea, the Jews kept them from malnutrition and naked chills. It wasn’t until 1998 that the secret of the Bilecki kindness was unveiled. Not only did they get the recognition they deserve, the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous had planned an infinitesimal surprise. Waiting, as the sounds of aircrafts roared, stood five of the survivors the Bilecki family had guided to asylum. The vulnerability of the raw moment was exposed as they shared their tears. The applause throbbed emphatically like the robust flapping of an angel’s wings. Their life saving feat did not go unacknowledged by the Righteous Among the Nations. Their unselfish deeds of valor and grace set themselves into being heroes.

"Man in the Mirror" was written by Glen Ballard and Siedah Garrett and co-produced by Michael Jackson, and released from the album Bad on August 31,1987 and released as a single January 16,1988 (YouTube). Siedah Garrett had an idea about a man looking in a mirror in her head for quite some time and took her ideas to her writing partner Glen Ballard. Once Garrett shared her lyric ideas, Ballard added some soulful vocals to help make the song become more powerful, which helped make the lyrics even stronger. The straightforward lyrics about making a change to yourself first caught Michael Jackson’s attention for his album Bad he was working on. “His chemistry with Garrett was so strong that he invited her to duet with him on another Bad single” (Yahoo! Music). The uplifting lyrics of making a change to yourself first, with the combination of Michael Jackson’s voice took off on the charts in no time. “Even though it wasn't a song he wrote himself, it was a message that was strongly identified with him and reflective of his own philosophies, as demonstrated through his actions and expressed in some of his own lyrics” (YouTube). “Man in the Mirror” became a world-wide hit in the late 80’s helping to inspire people to make a change within themselves and to help others.

Vladek went through the various Nazi genocide stages as brought out by Raul Hilberg. According to Hilberg, the four distinct phases of the Holocaust were identification, economic discrimination, and separation, concentration, and extermination. Although Vladek was not eventually exterminated, his close relatives and friends did not survive the lethal last stage through the various sugar-coated tactics employed by the Germans. The essay will scrutinize these Holocaust stages and relate them to the life events of the Vladek, the main character in Maus 1 and 2 written by Art Spiegelman. The works of other scholars in predicting the impacts of the Holocaust will also be looked at.

The Holocaust is considered one of the darkest times in history. The Nazis killed over six million people in one of the largest coordinated mass genocides in history. When reflecting on this time in history, it is assumed that the deaths of many came at the hands of the few or, in this case the Nazis. That, simply, is not the case. Although Hitler, the SS and the rest of the Nazi party were the principal players, this book makes it abundantly clear that the Nazis delegated some of the racial tasks to the common people in Germany. In the book, A Small Town Near Auschwitz, by Mary Fulbrook, she examines the life and actions of Udo Klausa. Klausa is a civilian administrator in the Nazi regime, in the town of Bedzin. Bedzin is a small town near the famous concentration camp of Auschwitz. Fulbrook discusses the actions that Klausa must take and the laws he must enforce in order to live with the Nazis. Klausa was charged with enforcing the racial laws put into effect by the Nazis. He was a civil servant, the Chief Executive of the county. This paper will examine how the Holocaust Process almost destroys the town of Bedzin, as well as, Klausa’s struggles to distance himself from being involved in the violence of the war

Peter Longerich's Holocaust: The Nazi Persecution and Murder of the Jews is a recent contribution to the contemporary scholarly literature on the subject. The book was originally published in 1998 in German, under the title Politik der Vernichtung, Politics of Destruction. This 2010 English-language release is, as the author claims, shorter in some areas and longer in others. The primary additions include a chapter on anti-Semitism in the Weimar Republic, which adds considerable meat to the contextual evidence that Longerich includes in his history of the Holocaust. Moreover, the author draws on the release of new primary source data from the archives in Warsaw and elsewhere in Eastern Europe, which have only recently been revealed, archived, and cataloged.

“Man in the Mirror” is about a man who believes that only by changing himself will he be able to change the world. The main focus of the song is a man’s struggle to improve himself morally after witnessing his inability to impact the lives of those in need. Michael Jackson reflects on how the world around him is suffering while he lives a life of comfort, and the guilt triggers his decision to change himself so that he can eventually help the world. . The song raises up questions such as,“What purpose does an individual serve in a community? How can we bring about positive changes to the world? How can one person make a major impact in the world? “Man in the Mirror” sends a very universal message, basically telling the world to improve themselves individually so that the whole improves as a result. The discussion will focus more on the symbolical lyrics because there is a lot of straightforward vocabulary in each verse.

After World War I, Poland was emerged from the breakup of the Empire and was considered a successor state. Many Polish nationalist believed Poland should be without Jews. In fact, a right wing national party was created that pushed Jews out and tried to establish Roman Catholic as the dominant religion. During this time, Jews were given economic and educational restrictions. A man by the name of Morgenthau, explained the anti-Jewish violence in Poland with examples and was published in a New York Times article. Below are some of the examples he used that explain the anti-Jewish violence in Poland.

The pop artist Michael Jackson known as the king of pop released "Man in The Mirror" on January ninth, 1988. Glen Ballard and Siedah Garrett composed the popular record and Quincy Jones produced it with the collaboration of Jackson himself. People in general thinks of it as one of his best works. The record was nominated for a record of the year at the Grammys' and it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks. The main idea of the song is about a change in Jackson’s perspective after seeing the less fortunate and realizing how selfish he has been and asking the people to change their views with him.

The last organization that uses and/or abuses the history of Schindler is not restricted by physical borders, but is perpetuated by a collective ideology, namely ‘Western culture’, focussing on the European Union. Part of the $4.3 million renovation1 of Schindler's Factory, as well as half the MOCAK, came from EU funds.23 This collaboration has to have a fundamental argument, which can be found in the role of history MacMillan, and many others have written about. We see that the depiction of a historical hero is interesting for an ideology, because it glorifies the noble act of an individual to help the multitude. Heroes appear as the courages individuals in history books. When people reflect those stories on today's society, it strenghtens the connection through historical knowledge. WWII is deeply rooted in European's shared history. With Poland as its unfortunate epicenter, it seems of importance to deliver a positive, heroic message from Kraków to proclaim the possibility of a better present, and perhaps future. A review of Dangerous Games, by Braw, comments on to this view: "history offers simplicity when the present

In addition individuals with autism show deficits in understanding the emotional states of others which is seen in how they imitate and perceive facial expressions. Dapretto et al, (2006) studied MNS by investigating neural-activity during the imitation and observation of emotional facial expressions in high-functioning autistic children and found activity in the anterior component of the MNS was greater in controls then children with ASD. They found that typically developing children rely on right hemisphere mirror neuron mechanisms which is linked to the limbic system where meaning of the observed emotion is understood. Dapretto and colleagues suggested that since individuals with ASD displayed a dysfunction in their MNS they have to use alternate

In 1939, when Germany invaded Poland they brought with them terror, murder and violence. During this time, Irena was a Senior Administrator in the Warsaw Social Welfare Department, which operated the canteens in every district of Warsaw. Before 1939, the canteens would provide meals, financial aid, and other services for orphans, the elderly, the poor and the destitute. However, after the invasion by the Nazi’s Irena expanded the services that the canteens would provide. The Canteens would now provide clothing, medicine and money for the Jews. What she did to avoid detection by the nazi’s was to register the Jewish families names under false Christian names, and she would prevent inspections by the Nazi SS by falsely reporting that the

It is evident that during 1939 - 1945 World War II and the horrors associated with it, had much to do with German Powers deporting and killing entire populations, political bodies, and social groups. Among this segregated fraction of society were the Jewish people. Mark Raphael Bakers historical memoir ‘The Fiftieth Gate,’ is an amalgamation of multiple voices and text types which coalesce to articulate an extensively coherent account of Jewish oppression throughout World War II. Through the utilisation of present, past, authentic and imaginative voices, along with historical, political, archival, statistical and fictional text types, Baker engendered a literary masterpiece which transcends the means by which factual accounts are told, and in doing so, intimately explored his beloved family’s history and their past events that in some way shaped his own life. In composing an unnatural, non-linear historical and poetic eloquence, Baker has fulfilled his pursuit for Jewish historical

Mirrors and glasses are wonderful exponents to reveal the glory of the house and its owners. If they are clean, then it indicates the people in the house take care of things and if they are tarnished, it indicates that the people in the house lack discipline or doesn’t bother about maintaining a neat environment. Unfortunately, not every technique can be used to clean the glass or mirror situated in different places. For instance, the cleaning method for champagne glasses differs from that of a bathroom mirror. This is not understood by many and they end up with unattractive mirrors. Below are some of the methods suitable for cleaning different mirrors and glasses: