Within Our Expansive History Lies Many Infamous Moments

At the concentration camps, the Jews and prisoners had high hopes of being free and that the holocaust would blow over within a short amount of time from the time when it really ended. When entering the museum and seeing how the Jews were treated they could feel how the Europeans treated the European Jews and started to feel the way the Jews did and how unfortunate it was. “Suparna is visibly shaken. "It's one thing to know that Nazis murdered millions of people," she says. "It's another to put yourself in their place.

The author uses these dramatic pictures to warn people of the dangers of indifference. In paragraph 5, the author give a clear picture of what life for the victims looked like, “ During the darkest of times, inside the ghettos and death camps…” It's hard to imagine that just doing nothing can cause such harm, but by not standing up to the aggressors, it's not preventing them from continuing the harm. Elie Wiesel describes the night of Kristallnacht in paragraph eight, “the first state sponsored pogrom, with hundreds of Jewish shops destroyed, synagogues burned, thousands of people put in concentration camps…” Even though this was only the first state sponsored program, the effects were still devastating and that is what Wiesel is describing here through the imagery. It conveys the tone of being cautionary because the large effects were still present and could've been prevented if people who chose to turn their backs had not. Finally, paragraph six does an excellent job of demonstrating the cautionary ton through the use of imagery. Wiesel explains how Auschwitz prisoners thought that it was such a closely guarded secret and portrays that here, “If they knew, we thought, surely those leaders would have moved heaven and earth to intervene.” The author cautions other world leaders here without even directly saying so by talking about the US government as if they were completely naive.

The concentration camps from World War II are part of a painful and tragic incident that we have learned about in school for many years. And while we are taught the facts, we may not fully understand the emotional impact it had upon the humans involved. Upon reading Night by Elie Wiesel, readers are given vivid descriptions of the gruesome and tragic behaviors that the Jews were forced to endure inside he treacherous concentration camps. Among all of the cruelties that the Jews were exposed to, a very significant form of the callous behaviors was the demoralization of the prisoners. Each inmate was given a tattoo of a number, and that tattoo became their new identity within the camp. Every prisoner was presented with tattered uniforms that became

Wiesel uses imagery to paint you a picture, a terrible one but, it 's one that you will not forget. Wiesel wants you to understand that these concentration camps were no girl scout camps, but a camp where it was life or death at any given moment. Wiesel shows you through his diction that the events that occurred at that camp still eat away at him to this present day.

The focus of the painting is based on the two soldiers passing the shell to each other and then into to the artillery to shoot against the German army. The gesture of working together in harsh realities carries the message of unity and self-sacrifice for the war. One soldier does not have his uniform on meaning no protective gear that characterizes unselfishness in the center of a great battle. Furthermore, there is a soldier, who has an injury on his hand, yet still continuing to fight. The wound shows contribution in the face of danger and heroism marked by the bandaged arm on his return to the conflict. It sets an example of selflessness and bravery and the artist shows that in war, sacrifice can be represented by their schedule of duty.

The tragedies of the holocaust forever altered history. One of the most detailed accounts of the horrific events from the Nazi regime comes from Elie Wiesel’s Night. He describes his traumatic experiences in German concentration camps, mainly Buchenwald, and engages his readers from a victim’s point of view. He bravely shares the grotesque visions that are permanently ingrained in his mind. His autobiography gives readers vivid, unforgettable, and shocking images of the past. It is beneficial that Wiesel published this, if he had not the world might not have known the extent of the Nazis reign. He exposes the cruelty of man, and the misuse of power. Through a lifetime of tragedy, Elie Wiesel struggled internally to resurrect his religious

Secondly, when I look at this picture it makes me think of the movie we watched, “The Boy in The Striped Pajamas” and the book that we are reading “Night.” The person to the left of the picture is wearing striped clothing, just as the boy was in the movie. Therefore, it is like this man was once inside one of the concentration camps. In addition, this man appears to be hanging on a barbed wire fence. It is as if he was trying to escape.

The Holocaust is one of the darkest and most saddening events in European history. The concentration camps in Europe, like Auschwitz, were places of torture and murder where millions of Jews were exterminated. As a Polish citizen myself, I have heard stories of the Holocaust that were passed down from my great grandmother who lived in Krakow, which is a small town close to where Auschwitz was located. My great grandmother and many high school history classes only ever mentioned the horrific treatment and extermination of Jews in Auschwitz. However, in 1944 Elie Wiesel’s account of Auschwitz in his memoir, Night, describes being transported from Auschwitz I, which was SS headquarters, to Auschwitz II, which was a killing centre, and then finally to Auschwitz III, which was a slave labour camp. My interest of Auschwitz’s three camps from reading Elie Wiesel’s memoir has led me to research and write about the different concentration camps, Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II (Birkenau), and Auschwitz III (Buna), that Elie Wiesel was taken to and discuss their purposes.

Anselm Kiefer was a German artist who was born directly after World War II. The art that Kiefer created focused on a reconciliation with the shame and horror surrounding the holocaust, aimed aimed to redefine what it meant to be German in a “post-Nazi World (Smith).” The piece I studied is located at the MoMa in San Francisco and is entitled “Shulamite”. “Shulamite” is a historical painting of a Nazi Memorial Site, which Kiefer created it in 1983. In this painting, Kiefer transformed the architecture of a site which was meant to honor Nazi heroes into a memorial for their victims. Kiefer uses some very interesting aesthetic techniques to reflect the intense emotions of that time and to reflect the rage, grief, and shame that Germans felt in response to the Holocaust. His intention was to reconcile with the country’s dark past through memorializing the persecuted while painting the country as no longer representative of it’s dark past.

Has it ever dawned upon you how a twelve year old boy might have experienced the Holocaust? In the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, Mr. Wiesel told his story, leaving us with an astonishing and vehement view to what it was like to be sent to a concentration camp at the young age of twelve. To enhance the powerful effect of the book, a multitude of motifs were utilized, although one was undeniably conspicuous: The dehumanization of the Jews. The book was a full chronicle of one young man’s experience of the Holocaust, which included multifarious occurrences of the horrors Jewish prisoners were put through, ultimately removing the essence of their humanity. Symbolism was incorporated into this motif, in which Mr. Wiesel showed how one’s eyes not

The history of the United States is marred with instances of racial injustice and discrimination. It was out this sordid history rose Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the African-American Civil Rights Movement. An eloquent King used his right to free speech and to peaceful assembly to bring light to the oppressive system of injustice, racism and discrimination affecting people of color. King and the civil rights movement may have brought about several changes and needed awakening, however, many of the problems still exist. This essay will examine how the system of racial injustice affects the treatment of African-Americans and Latinos as it relates to policing, sentencing and voting. Dr. King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail and Opal Tometi’s

The Holocaust had a profound effect on modern history. Millions of European Jews lost their lives during this brutal extermination period. Many Jewish professionals were removed from their businesses and denied education. Thousands of Jewish businesses were ransacked and destroyed throughout Germany. In the middle of the night, Nazi officials broke into Jewish homes kidnapping all Jews regardless of age and gender. These men, women, and children were now confined in Jewish Ghettos as they awaited deportation to the concentration camps. In these brutal concentration camps, men, women, and children faced terrible conditions. Forced labor was common and individuals often died from exhaustion and poor working conditions. Prisoners were denied medical care and food leading to disease being rampant and many dying from starvation. Brutal executions were commonplace, and many were shot upon entrance to the camp. Those who were lucky to survive entry were often sent to showers and gassed. The holocaust is a chilling memory of both the brutality of humans and the atrocities of World War II at the hands of the Third Reich. In August of 1988, German citizens became outraged over the lack of a central Holocaust memorial in Germany. A group of them started a decade-long campaign for a strong, national memorial dedicated to Europe 's Murdered Jews (PBS Frontline). The memorial was first proposed by journalist Lea Rosh and historian

This is a famous photo of the teenager Herschel Grynszpan as he was being arrested after killing the German diplomat Ernst vom Rath. The reason why Grynszpan killed the diplomat was because in October 28th, 1938, Polish Jews were forced across the border to Poland by the Germans, but Poland wouldn't allow the Jews to enter so they were stuck in the middle of Germany and Poland. Thousands of Jews were kicked out of their homes as well as Herschel and his family. Herschel's sister Berta sent him a postcard telling him all about the torments she went through. This caused Herschel to seek revenge and to go buy a gun and kill the diplomat.

The “The Shared Secret” is a chapter of the book The German War. This chapter opens up with what could have been modified and its positive affect on World War II. It opens up the question as to how history could have been very different. Photo evidence is a major concept in this chapter. Despite the disallowing of photos to be taken, they were made possible. These photos allow people everywhere today, to see the detriment and horror that was the holocaust. The photos spoke for themselves, when depicting the absolute morbidity of what was happening.

The intention of the illustration “Camouflage” created by James Montgomery Flagg during World War I, was to nurture the burgeoning anti-German sentiment in America. Flagg’s key concept echoes mainstream America’s distrust of the loyalty of German-Americans. The character in the image is outwardly projecting American loyalty, but privately rooting for a German victory. Flagg supports this point by playing on American’s stereotypes of the typical German with a portly body type and, as evident by the man hoisting a lager of beer, a drunkard. The character is also outfitted in traditional German attire and smoking a German pipe. The image is punctuated by the character waving the American flag out the open window while exclaiming “Hoch Der Kaiser,” the German rallying cry meaning “Up with the Kaiser.”