Jewish People Genocide
Genocide of the Jewish People In 1939, WWⅡbegins when Adolf Hitler invaded Poland, causing six million Jewish people to fear for their lives. This fear began when all citizens had to complete a Census about their race, religion,and ancestry. Second, all people had to carry ID cards, and the Jewish people had to wear the Star of David. Third, Germany passed the Nuremberg Race laws, which took away all Jewish rights, even to the point where they were sent to ghettos. Fourth, the Jewish people were taken to concentration camps to be killed in. The effect that the Holocaust had on people who lived through it had been fear among people and their family that had been killed during this time.
The Holocaust affected thousands of people by creating a sense fear due to the creation of the Jewish people. In “The Gestapo is Born,” the author informs us about …show more content…
the fear the Gestapo had created when it had formed. For instance, the Gestapo routinely tortured people for information about other people: “Gestapo interrogation methods included: repeated near drownings of a prisoner in a bathtub filled with ice-cold water; electric shocks by attaching wires to hands, feet,and ears…(paragraph 15, pg.2).” This quote explains that the Gestapo had done anything even tortured people just to get information on someone else or on them. They spied on all the people in the town and anyone could have been a spy:children, women, and men. This had the effect on people that everywhere they go they felt that they were being watched and this caused fear among all the people.
In “Parallel Journeys,” Eleanor Ayer discusses the Night of Broken Glass, Kristallnacht, in which the Jewish people were terrorized.
People who weren't Jewish had trashed, destroyed, and vandalized Jewish business or houses. In “Parallel Journeys,” the author, Eleanor Ayer, writes, “On direct orders from Heydrich, Jewish homes and businesses were destroyed and synagogues burned. “Demonstrations,” the SS called the violence, and they informed police that they were to so nothing to stop them (paragraph 7,pg.2).” This quote explains that even when people were destroying the Jewish lives, the Jews had nobody to turn to. The police that were there to protect, didnt do anything to help or defend the Jewish people from the SS soldiers or Nazis. The Jews were terrorized on that night because of the anger of the Germans by the assassination of the German official in Paris at the hands of a Jewish teenager. The condition of the Jewish people had worsened from then on. More and more Jews had been shipped to the concentration camps or ghettos. Some Jews had stayed and hidden in their homes with their families and hoped for the
best. In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, the Holocaust tore apart Bruno and his family. For example, John Boyne details the story of a naive, young German boy who dies in the very gas chambers that his father ran. Boyne writes, “...Father was ordered to go with them, and went without complaint and was happy to do so because he didn't really mind what they did to him anymore (pg.216).” What the quotation explains is that when the father had found out what really happened with his son, he became more ruthless and heartless than ever. A while after, the soldiers had come to get the Commandant to take him to his death. Since the father had thought it was his fault of his son’s death, he didn't care about living anymore so he went without a fight. On the other hand, the mother had turned to alcohol and depression. Bruno’s death had also taken a toll on Gretel. She was upset, lonely, and sad all the time now. The effect of the Holocaust tears families apart, Jewish and German families.
In conclusion, the Holocaust had effected Jewish people in a major way. It made them fear for their lives and had created a sense of fear among people. The Holocaust had wiped out most of the Jewish population. Over six to nine million Jews had lost their life, and in WWⅡ over sixty to ninety people had died. The Holocaust should be remembered because of how much people that the German’s killed for no good reason. It should also be remembered because of the time that the Jewish people and other races or other religion that people had practiced, got blamed for the German depression and downfall of the country.
The Holocaust affected thousands of people by creating a sense fear due to the creation of the Jewish people. In “The Gestapo is Born,” the author informs us about …show more content…
the fear the Gestapo had created when it had formed. For instance, the Gestapo routinely tortured people for information about other people: “Gestapo interrogation methods included: repeated near drownings of a prisoner in a bathtub filled with ice-cold water; electric shocks by attaching wires to hands, feet,and ears…(paragraph 15, pg.2).” This quote explains that the Gestapo had done anything even tortured people just to get information on someone else or on them. They spied on all the people in the town and anyone could have been a spy:children, women, and men. This had the effect on people that everywhere they go they felt that they were being watched and this caused fear among all the people.
In “Parallel Journeys,” Eleanor Ayer discusses the Night of Broken Glass, Kristallnacht, in which the Jewish people were terrorized.
People who weren't Jewish had trashed, destroyed, and vandalized Jewish business or houses. In “Parallel Journeys,” the author, Eleanor Ayer, writes, “On direct orders from Heydrich, Jewish homes and businesses were destroyed and synagogues burned. “Demonstrations,” the SS called the violence, and they informed police that they were to so nothing to stop them (paragraph 7,pg.2).” This quote explains that even when people were destroying the Jewish lives, the Jews had nobody to turn to. The police that were there to protect, didnt do anything to help or defend the Jewish people from the SS soldiers or Nazis. The Jews were terrorized on that night because of the anger of the Germans by the assassination of the German official in Paris at the hands of a Jewish teenager. The condition of the Jewish people had worsened from then on. More and more Jews had been shipped to the concentration camps or ghettos. Some Jews had stayed and hidden in their homes with their families and hoped for the
best. In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, the Holocaust tore apart Bruno and his family. For example, John Boyne details the story of a naive, young German boy who dies in the very gas chambers that his father ran. Boyne writes, “...Father was ordered to go with them, and went without complaint and was happy to do so because he didn't really mind what they did to him anymore (pg.216).” What the quotation explains is that when the father had found out what really happened with his son, he became more ruthless and heartless than ever. A while after, the soldiers had come to get the Commandant to take him to his death. Since the father had thought it was his fault of his son’s death, he didn't care about living anymore so he went without a fight. On the other hand, the mother had turned to alcohol and depression. Bruno’s death had also taken a toll on Gretel. She was upset, lonely, and sad all the time now. The effect of the Holocaust tears families apart, Jewish and German families.
In conclusion, the Holocaust had effected Jewish people in a major way. It made them fear for their lives and had created a sense of fear among people. The Holocaust had wiped out most of the Jewish population. Over six to nine million Jews had lost their life, and in WWⅡ over sixty to ninety people had died. The Holocaust should be remembered because of how much people that the German’s killed for no good reason. It should also be remembered because of the time that the Jewish people and other races or other religion that people had practiced, got blamed for the German depression and downfall of the country.