The term genocide was not coined until 1943 when Raphael Lamkin used it to describe the Nazi reign in Europe (ROD notes). Genocide refers to the systematic destruction of a racial or cultural group. Two examples of this are the Holocaust and the Rape of Nanking. The Holocaust deals with the Nazi’s takeover of Europe during World War II‚ and the Rape of Nanking is the Japanese invasion of China in the late 1930’s. These events in history serve a painful reminder of the cruelest depths of human nature
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The Holocaust‚ a gruesome slaughter of what is estimated to be eleven million people‚ mainly Jews‚ is arguably the most influential event to occur in human history. This tragic event occurred in the modern day countries of Germany‚ Austria and Poland‚ which were all Nazi occupied countries at the time. Before Jews and other victims were murdered‚ they were often forced into physical labor. Victims were also killed in horrendous ways‚ such as being left without food and water for days‚ before being
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The Holocaust‚ also referred to as the Shoah‚ has been one of the most horrific events that has occurred in the history of humanity. It was a time period in which Jews were viewed upon as “an inferior race” and an “alien threat to German racial purity and community‚” as well as to all of Europe (History). During the Holocaust‚ approximately six million Jews were killed by the Nazis‚ who were led by their leader and Fuhrer of Nazi Germany‚ Adolf Hitler. Hitler hated the Jews for having a successful
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are they engaging the reader in what they are reading but also they are giving suspense towards what will happen further on in the story. I deeply believe that authors use these techniques to engage the reader’s attention in the happenings of the holocaust. Repetition‚ a technique often used by several authors to assure that the audience understands logically but also with the use of emotions. Document B uses a variety of repetition by using “Jew” 2‚004 times to show
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Mind Over Matter The Holocaust was one of the most horrendous events ever to take place in our world’s history. It involved people all over the world and affected millions both directly and indirectly. It led to the death of over 11 million people‚ mostly Jews‚ and was started and controlled by the infamous German Nazis. Adolf Hitler‚ the mastermind behind the whole plan‚ was the chief organizer and began slowly starting to make those he thought were inferior suffer when he became Fuhrer in 1933
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I was walking to the Meissen market from my house on the bank of the Elbe river to get food for my family when I saw German troops walking down the hill. “Finde alle Juden! Wir werden jeden töten‚ der heute nicht deutsch ist!” The Commander said. I don’t understand German that much so I carried on walking my down to Meissen. When I was coming back to my house the same troops came marching by and the commander said‚ “Diese Christen hatten keine Chance!”. They all laughed at that comment. When I
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Sierra Bychowski Urja Patel Damaris Period 5 AP world history 12/3/2012 Hinduism Hinduism is a religion that began in India thousands of years ago. It is the oldest‚ most complex and world’s third largest religion. The term Hindu derived from Sanskrit name for Indus river. It meant that those who lived on one part of the Indus river. Hinduism is a mixture of religious‚ philosophical‚ cultural ideas and practices that originated in India. Hinduism is one of the most unique religions. It
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1. I was sitting with my family at the breakfast table drinking milk and eating a piece of burnt toast; that was when I heard the feint sound of sirens coming from the east end of the block. My dads face grew pale and my mother quickly stood up and grabbed my brother and mines hand. She guided us towards the back of the house through a small opening in the floor. Once we reached the hole‚ she took my brothers hand and placed it in mine‚ telling him to watch over me. We were put into the hole and
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Statement: Antisemitism is to blame for the lack of concern among non-Jews during the up rise of the Holocaust. It is hard to grasp the number of lives lost during the Holocaust. How someone could have so much hatred towards one group of people. Or how so many people could set back and watch something like this take place without protest. To begin to understand how a tragedy like the Holocaust could have took place without intervention we need to understand antisemitism. Merriam-Webster
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During the Holocaust many of the Jews had to find several ways so they could hide in order to survive. There for the Belgian underground was created. This underground was to help Jews hide in plain sight or for them to be involved in resistance movements.Several of these ideas ended up helping the Jews survive and some of these ideas killed millions of Jews. The Belgian underground was a group of people who tried to find several ways in how the Belgian Jews could survive or fight back. This group
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