Serrano‚ Edric “HIDDEN INTELLECTUALISM” Reading Response Journal In the article “Hidden Intellectualism” by Gerald Graff‚ The Author is telling us that knowledge can be seen not only from academic thinking but also in the form of “street smarts”. Graff explains that we know some “impressively street smarts” but does not do well in school‚ but Graff argues that “street smarts” are just as important as “book smarts”. Many people think that it is such a waste‚ that “street smarts” should be taking
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Holocaust‚ The Concentration Camps …the first anti – Semitic measures taken by the National Socialist immediately after taking over government in 1933. The measures represent the end of the equality of citizenship that Jews had enjoyed throughout Germany since 1871. By gradually removing the citizenship rights of German Jews the Nazi’s were fulfilling one of the principal demands that radical anti – Semites had been making since the 1870’s. ¹ Holocaust is defined as the systematic‚ bureaucratic
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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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Medical Experiments of the Holocaust Kaitlin Holocaust in History January 6‚ 2013 Many brutal atrocities were committed during the Holocaust by the Nazi party against anyone they viewed as “unpure”. This included the Jews‚ Gypsies‚ homosexuals‚ Afro-Germans‚ Slavs‚ communists‚ the handicapped‚ and the mentally disabled. These groups were targeted‚ stripped away of their rights and citizenship‚ and then sent to concentration camps. Some of these camps were death camps; created for the sole
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destroyed and burned down. No children are playing on the streets‚ and there are Anti-Jew propaganda flyers on every store window. Newspapers read‚ “Germany Winning War”‚ and “Hitler‚ Our Nation’s Finest”. None of these articles are fair‚ though. It was Pro-Nazis who wrote them. There are no disabled people. There are no openly gay or transgender people anywhere in Germany‚ unless they are in a concentration camp. In the Jewish concentration camps‚ the women and children are killed‚ or [sometimes]
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There have been many attempts and successes at introducing young girls of color to the untold and inspirational stories of women of color. For example‚ the movie Hidden Figures which stormed the box offices on Christmas of 2015 stirring up buzz about its profound message and effects on young women across the world. The movie displays the stories of three women of color working for NASA as “computers‚” people who
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Carly Underkoffler Dr. Brendon Corcoran English 338-401 April 19‚ 2011 The Holocaust: Death by Lost Hope "If you lose hope‚ somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving‚ you lose that courage to be‚ that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all." - Martin Luther King The Holocaust was a horrific genocide in which the Nazi party systematically exterminated millions of Jews‚ homosexuals‚ mentally retarded persons‚ and others‚ on the pretense of ‘purifying’ the German race. The Nazis
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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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Choose a topic that you’re interested in and want to know more about. B. Choose a thesis statement C. Research topic D. Create an outline E. List your sources F. Write your information in your homework notebook G. Check all the links listed HOLOCAUST The Nazi’s deliberately chose dehumansing ways to kill‚ and used torture‚ to intimidate and terrify the Jews. Following the "Great War‚" Adolph Hitler blamed Germany’s downfalls on the country’s Jewish population causing discrimination‚ violent
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The Holocaust (1933 – 1955) is‚ with no doubt‚ one of the most horrific occurrences in modern history in which millions of Jews and other groups perceived as “inferior” by the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazi Party) were persecuted. A question that surrounds the holocaust is whether or not the extermination of the Jews had been intended from the start. The structuralist argument states that there was no long-term plan from the Nazis to exterminate the Jewish people‚ but that it was
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