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    well as concentration camps. Fritzie Weiss Fritzshall, born in 1929 in Czechoslovakia, describes the horror of such a move as a young girl: My [family] ... and all the other Jews in the community, we were all loaded onto this train .... When we were put onto this train, which of course I don't need to describe to you--it was a cattle car as you know, no windows, had no seats and no toilet. When we got onto the trains none of us knew we were being taken to a concentration camp. None of us knew anything

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    Holocaust survivors give great insight to the realities of what the life was like within the gates of the Nazi concentration and death camps. Not to say that the research of historians, writers, and professors does not provide pivotal information to the study of the Holocaust; but their research provides secondary sources and accounts. Primary sources for historic moments allows a reader to get into the mind and psyche of the writer who is sharing his or hers experiences. The ability to become one

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    responses. The theme and style of Wiesel and Ten Boom reveal individual personal beliefs and strength levels in reaction to their concentration camp experience during WWII’s Holocaust. Theme is the window which Wiesel and Ten Boom open through words and thoughts to reveal the true purpose of their tales. Although both authors experience the grime of concentration camp and grief of family loss, their responses to this suffering are distinct. This distinctness is not unexpected, for as one’s strengths

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    Life is Beautiful contains a slightly different version of innocence. Guido uses his childlike innocence and imagination to protect his own son’s innocence. This is shown particularly well when Guido uses this game (in the camp) to explain features of the concentration camp, for instance, when Guido explains to his son that “The guards are mean only because they want the tank for themselves.” Another significant technique used (particularly for Life is Beautiful) is humour. Robert Benigni made

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    The Holocaust, one of the worst genocides in history, a time that every person should know and understand, the mass murder of Jews over 5 years of pain and suffering. The best way to teach this in my opinion is with the Elie Wiesel interview Death Camp Auschwitz and to show it when middle schoolers are young, but old enough to have an idea of what happened from 1939 to 1945, but the middle schoolers can't watch this without losing important information not given in the video. So there is a reason

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    Having compared the plantations in the United States to the death and labor camps of the Nazi Regime historians believe slaves and prisoners were equally enslaved. Quite a few argue that the treatment of the slaves was as inhuman as the treatment of the prisoners, in the death camps. In countless ways, the historians can be proven correct. Designed to hold prisoners’ captive, the Nazi death camps were a place to send prisoners to their death because they were thought non-superior race. Though

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    vivid and inhuman like tendencies, unimaginable living conditions, and devilish behavior. The Holocaust existed during the time of German politician and Reich Chancellor of Germany Adolf Hitler. According to Junior Scholastic, “Adolf Hitler used the camps to imprison political dissidents, groups of “undesirables” such as Gypsies, and especially Jews”. The Holocaust vivid and inhuman tendencies were happening to all who were a threat or in the way both male and female regardless of age. These tendencies

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    Frankl. It is the inspirational story of Frankl’s experience as a prisoner in a Nazi death camps. Frankl who is a psychiatrist by profession, uses his ordeal to understand and document the psychology of survival. From his experiences, he developed a new school known as Logo therapy. He lost his parents, his pregnant wife, and brother in the same concentration camps. From 1942 to 1945, Frankl survived four death camps including Auschwitz. The story of Frankl provides a testament to his experiences as a

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    race was superior to other races. Hitler then created concentration and death camps to eliminate the inferior Jewish population from existence. Many prisoners of these camps did not survive; historians estimate that five to six million Jewish people were killed in the Holocaust. Primo Levi was one of the survivors of Auschwitz, one of the most horrible death camps in World War II. Levi wrote about his experience in the camp, to document and remember the atrocities of the Holocaust. Auschwitz was an

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    Until liberation millions of Jews were sent to death and concentration camps, such as Auschwitz. With tons of severe and cruel ways of extermination they were stuck in this horrible place. Because of the horrific living conditions, forced labor, mass murdering, and other inhumane activities, Auschwitz was the most feared, and the largest Nazi Death Camp of World War 2. Auschwitz is located in Oswiecim, Poland. The concentration camp was opened in May, 1940, under Commander Rudolf Hoss. The town of

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