charges brought against him? Wherever there is justice‚ there is obscurity. Before the summer of‚ Auschwitz was not the most lethal of the six Nazi extermination camps. The Nazis had killed more Jews at Treblinka‚ where between and Jews were killed in the 17 months of its operation‚ yet during the summer of Auschwitz overtook the other death camps not only in the number of Jews killed but in the pace of destruction. The condition of the Jews was desperate. With so much death already why would repay the
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On June 12‚ 1929‚ at 7:30 A.M. a baby girl was born in Frankfurt‚ Germany. No one realized that this infant‚ who was Jewish‚ was destined to become one of the world’s most famous victims of World War II. Her name was Anne Frank‚ and her parents were Edith Frank Hollandar and Otto Frank. She had one sister‚ Margot‚ who was three years older than she was. Anne led a happy and normal childhood‚ and on her 13th birthday she received a diary from her parents. It became special to her as years went
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Auschwitz‚ the most infamous concentration camps during the Holocaust‚ was built as an extermination centre by the Nazi Party for all Jews‚ non-Aryans‚ communists‚ and anyone that Hitler believed were not a part of this "perfect race". After its establishment‚ countless monstrosities had taken place in this very camp. Moreover‚ many captives were obliged to do hard labour in the factories. Hitler‚ the leader of the Nazi Party‚ came up with numerous methods to exterminate all Jews and others. Additionally
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* Project portfolio by Sophie Rothen Table of contents Introduction | 3 | Book report | 4 | Main characters | 5 | Themes | 7 | New book covers | 9 | Words and Phrases | 10 | Reflection | 11 | Film review | 12 | Interview | 14 | Song interpretation | 16 | Peer assessment | 18 | Vocabulary | 20 | Self evaluation | 22 | Introduction This portfolio documents my dealing with the book “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas”‚ written by John
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loner Mugo‚ a hero of the British concentration camps where he led a hunger strike and he also tried to stop a village guard from beating a pregnant woman to death. Although he is thought to be a hero through the whole book‚ he is the traitor of Kihika betraying him to the British in a selfish act to save himself. Also Gikonyo‚ an ambitious carpenter and business man who’s married to Mumbi. He confessed to taking the oath of the resistance while in a concentration camp‚ securing an early release only
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second part of the movie‚ Guido and his son were obliged to board the death train that packed likes sardines towards the concentration camp. Guido clearly knew that once they had disembarked from the train‚ there will be hardly any chance for them to return to where they belonged. Since Guido and his son‚ Giosue‚ stepped onto the train‚ not only they journeyed into the concentration camp they also voyaged into mountains of white lies which lied deep in the wonderful fantasies. In my opinion‚ I think
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story‚ Wiesel’s passionate connection to God becomes constantly tested to the utmost‚ and is eventually given up completely to adjust to the dehumanizing conditions in a German concentration camp. As a young boy‚ Elie Wiesel’s desire to strengthen his thriving connection
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Night is a dramatic book that tells the horror and evil of the concentration camps that many were imprisoned in during World War II. Throughout the book the author Elie Wiesel‚ as well as many prisoners‚ lost their faith in God. There are many examples in the beginning of Night where people are trying to keep and strengthen their faith but there are many more examples of people rebelling against God and forgetting their religion. <br> <br>The first example of Elie losing his faith is when he arrived
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Dehumanization and Destruction of War War is an event that brings about destruction‚ no matter which side a person is on. Also‚ war causes change‚ whether its physically or mentally. Through the use of several literary devices and a realistic writing style‚ Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front and Wiesel’s Night demonstrate that the horrible situations caused by war lead to the loss of humanity. Similes used in All Quiet on the Western Front show how the themes of dehumanization and destruction
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wrong conception for camp life‚ a conception mingled with sentiment and pity. Little does he know the hard fight for existence which raged among prisoners” (22). Frankl gives insight on how difficult it was to live‚ but also to survive in the conditions of the camp. It shows how the men begin focus on merely surviving in such an environment‚ almost succumbing to their animalistic nature. He begins by recalling how after getting off the train that had brought them to the death camp‚ the men and women
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