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    Elie Wiesel was born in the Romanian town of Sighet. His parents came from Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish families. Both of hi parents died in the Nazi concentration camps, as did his younger sister; his two elder sister survived. After the war, Wiesel went an Orphanage in France, studies at the Sorbonne, and became a journalist. The name of the book is call the Night. It were written in the 1955-1958. It also were written from South America, France. The book was published in Argentina, France. The

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    As a prisoner in a Japanese prison camp a choice is given between death and life, but very few chose life. A young boy faces this exact decision in the Japanese prison camp called Lunghua Camp in the novel, Empire of the Sun. This boy’s name is Jim and at the beginning of the novel he is separated from his parents because of a world war. Later, he gets placed in Japanese prison camps where he becomes friends with Basie and Dr. Ransome who provide knowledge and guidance to him throughout his imprisonment

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    Discrimination against Jews had been going on for many years before the time MOV was written. They have had their temples damaged, unjust laws imposed on them, and were even killed. During the time MOV was written, they were forced to live in a certain part of a city and they weren’t allowed to be citizens of some major cities. The anti-semitic laws and opinions were easily seen in the MOV. The way Shylock was treated was one of the most obvious examples of beliefs and laws against Jews. Shakespeare’s

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    musical structures in terms of composition, rhythm, melody and poetic units (Jackson 8-9). Consequently, they were religious events performed in the morning with a religious implication. Such performances were deeply rooted in the Social life of urban Jews (Seroussi 36). They had a customary routine that involved rising in the mid hours of the night to worship God through prayers and symbolic, praiseworthy sacred songs. Therefore, it is important to note the extensive resemblance of the Jewish-Moroccan

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    Many are familiar with Anne Frank's diary and have even sat down and watched the movie The Diary of Anne Frank. With her diary we learn a lot about Anne and her family, as well as the tragic story of their life, and the lives of many other Jews. However, this is not the only movie that gives us an insight in the life of a young girl during World War II. The Book Thief is in many ways similar to The Diary of Anne Frank in which the viewer is provided the experiences of the war between two very different

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    million Jews. Perpetrators of the Holocaust were Rudolf Lange, Friedrich Jeckeln. Franz Walter Stahlecker, Viktors Arajas, Erich Koch, Otto Ohlendorf, Paul Blobel. This all takes place in Nazi Germany, Ukraine, and Latvia. In 1935, the Nazis announced new laws that excluded German Jews from Reich citizenship and prohibited them from marrying or having sexual relations with persons of German or “related blood.” These laws were called the Nuremberg Laws. The Nuremberg Laws did not define Jews as people

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    The Meiwes Case

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    The Meiwes case created absolute hysteria in a time where people thought that cannibalism was something of the past. The sensation of the case ensued widespread global media coverage over a man who his neighbors regarded as a “quiet”. The hysteria all started when Meiwes, from a small German village of Rotenburg, sent out an unusual request on the Internet seeking a person who was willing to be killed and subsequently eaten. After receiving his willing host he was eventually arrested. The issue for

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    Heinrich Himmler, acted as mobile killing units with massive killing operations in the jewish communities . Mobile gas vans where implemented under the SS. Himmler assigned German General Odilo Globocnik to implement the plan to systematically murder the Jews of Generalgouvernment by means of killing center that where set up for the

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    “We came as equals in this world; consequently, equals shall we go out of it”. It’s devastating to see how people are separated due to race, poverty and sexual orientation. Everyone should be treated fairly, for not everyone has it as facile in their situation ;in addition, it helps people unite as segregation. First and foremost, some people get to be spoon fed all their life; on the contrary, others have to work day and night to have enough to survive. For example,some kids get judged at

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    merchant named Antonio, Antonio is unable to make the loan so they go to a Jew, Shylock, who creates a contract if Bassanio is unable to return the ducats. Because Antonio cannot get the loan back to Shylock, he is seen as a villain for wanting to cut off a pound of flesh. Some people may think The Merchant of Venice should not be taught in school because they will get the wrong idea about Jews and start acting rude towards Jews, and become anti semitic. The book The Merchant of Venice should be taught

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