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    murder inside these infamous structures. To this day, skeptics are unclear whether these camps were built for extermination and doubt whether this historical event ever occurred. Even though some so-called experts argue that concentration camps like Auschwitz existed, but they were not used for killing Jews, they are incorrect because there is evidence in

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    War is a human experience that affects people greatly. To some people, war is a source of pride, but to many it is a horrible, violent, and life changing experience. When war comes up in any conversation, it evokes negative feelings in a person like pain, hurt, and even sadness. Many individuals have been direct victims of war and some are indirectly affected but still influenced, nonetheless. War continues to be a pervasive subject and an inspiration for many artists to draw upon. Many artists use

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    Hannah Boggs English 8 Block 3 Mrs. Guidry 8 February 2017 The Holocaust The Holocaust was the Nazi attempt to wipe out the Jewish race (Rossel 12). The Holocaust took place from 1933 to 1945 (Rossel 12). The Holocaust took place in Europe, mainly Germany (“Introduction” par 3). Mainly Jewish and Nazi people were involved in the Holocaust, as well as some Gypsies (“Introduction” par 2, 3). The Holocaust was the persecution of 6 million Jews and millions of others forced to live in ghettos

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    Introduction [attention getter] Mengele once said, “The more we do to you, the less you seem to believe we are doing it.” [topic justification] Mengele is very important to the Holocaust because he shows that Nazis didn’t care. They didn’t care if the Jews suffered and died, they just knew Hitler was their leader and wanted to keep their family safe. [credibility] Research shows that Mengele did many experiments on camp prisoners. [orientation] WWII started September 1st 1939 and lasted until September

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    unfriendly. There are other children? Yep, turns out Bruno's window has a lovely view of the Auschwitz death camp. Bruno thinks

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    Elie Wiesel, a prisoner of war at the Auschwitz concentration camp escaped the ironic chances of death. Auschwitz was a death factory, with survival being highly unlikely, any traces of survival would be ironic. Elie’s story is a pure example of this irony. Elie began to escape death the moment he gets to the camp, with help and guidance from fellow prisoners. Escaping death selection, harsh weather and starvation are all ironic features of Elies stay at Auschwitz. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel,

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    Night Elie Wiesel Quotes

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    which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust." (Page 133) The are the words of Elie Wiesel in the book “Night”. The book takes place during World War II while Elie is only 15 years old and is forced to go to a concentration camp, Auschwitz. He and his father are separated from the rest of his family and has Elie working in the camp while taking care of his father. The more time he spends in the camp the more changes he starts to develop. One significant change of Elie during the book

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    During Elie's first day at Auschwitz, his luggage and clothing are taken from him, and his hair is shaved. Afterwards, he and the other prisoners are given uniforms to wear, and he says, "The student of Talmud, the child I was, had been consumed by the flames. All that was left was a shape that resembled me." (Wiesel 37). When one is ripped away from their life and is denied the right to have and be able to do what others can, living can be similar to death. At Auschwitz, Elie is stripped of everything

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    In Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night, he illustrates that the Jews of Sighet, his home town, have an illusion of safety up until their arrival at Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland. When Moishe the Beadle come to warn Jews of Sighet about the war, they refuse to believe thinking “[Moishe the Beadle] was imagining things”(7) which in turn brought them an illusion of safety. By hearing “Germany would be defeated” (8) on the radio, the Jews of Sighet assume the war will end soon which brought them a false

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    rights of a person or a group of people are ignored or violated in many ways. One big example of social injustice is the holocaust lead by nazi Germany 's. The nazis were a group against Jewish people and killed them in massive death camps like Auschwitz . People of many ages were brought there. From retired grandpas and grandma to children not even in preschool. The treatment was the same for all. The perspective on the other hand was different. The little kids may not have realized how bad it was

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