book Night‚ by Elie Wiesel. Diving into the history of the Holocaust uncovered some questions that I had and in turn made me more interested in the event altogether. I already had delved into the Holocaust by watching movies and reading some books on it‚ but by reading a real experience of it‚ it made me put myself in his position and it seemed like I was seeing it through his eyes.
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would overshadow their city still today. The citizens of Dachau were oblivious that their city was going to become the origin of concentration camps and of the Holocaust‚ the mass murder committed by the Nazi s in World War II. Dachau Concentration Camp‚ which would soon be placed on the edge of their community‚ would serve as a model for all Nazi extermination camps. This perfect prototype of a Nazi killing machine has come to represent the start of the horror-filled Holocaust and the Nazi’s determination
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A concentration camp is where people got captured and taken to. These people get taken by the Nazis and go to a camp. In these camps some torched‚ beaten‚ some have a disease. This was a place for punishment. Hitler got a group of people called the nazis and rounded up millions of people to tourche in these concentration camps. Concentration camps are a brutal place. Over 40‚000 men‚ women‚ babies‚ kids people of all sorts got taken. Some people tried to hide out but it didn’t really work out for
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Night‚ an autobiography by Eliezer Weisel‚ recounts his experience of being a Jew in the Holocaust during the early 1840 ’s. The story explores the escalation of fear in the Jews and its overriding presence in their lives‚ Eliezer ’s crisis of faith‚ and the loss of humanity in the Jewish people including the numerous images of death put forth in the book. Weisel portrays their fears in ways we could never dream of and makes us look at how people are affected spiritually in the wake of dehumanizing
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Were Concentration Camps as Brutal as History States? In history people are taught about war‚ the great depression‚ and presidents‚ but what else do people learn about? People learn about the dark history of the nations past. One of the darkest times happened during the World War II‚ when Hitler began forming labor camps‚ which eventually turned into extermination camps‚ which is also known as‚ concentration camps. Concentration camps are not just brutal‚ they were darker than schools made them
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memoir‚ Night‚ we discover how Elie Wiesel‚ one of the minority of Jews to survive the holocaust during World War II‚ identity changes in response to his concentration camp experiences. The war had been raging for two years and was about to enter Sighet. The Germans believed in the Aryan race and attempted to commit genocide on the ‘lesser’ races‚ particularly Jews. The separation from Elie’s loved ones and the horrible conditions of these camps affect Elie immensely. Elie is affected in the following
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Everyone responds differently to life depending on their perspective; this is determined by whether it is a spiritual or a physical perspective. This affects how people react to dire situations. Will devastation cause a downward spiral in the wrong direction or will it inspire hope? The way an individual reacts is determined by what they “see”. Some see circumstances as overwhelming‚ while others allow those same circumstances to catapult them into great hope. Spiritual and physical perspectives
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created‚ and where was the concentration camp located? What was the treatment like for the Jewish people who resided at the camp‚ and for the workers who occupied the camp. Where is Chelmno at now‚ and what happened to the camp? These are all simple question to answer‚ In the beginning of the war‚ the Chelmno concentration camp was one of the Nazi’s‚ and Hitler’s‚ first concentration camps. Chelmno was also one of the first camps to use gas vans. The not-so-well-known camp was created in December
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do‚ in trying times‚ survival is not selfish. In high-stress environments‚ people may not know how to react‚ giving one and whoever they are trying to save added difficulty in their survival. Self- preservation is also an instinct. Instincts are uncontrollable‚ and therefore should not be shamed
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“To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time” is a quote by Eliezer Wiesel‚ the author of Night. The quote explains how remembering those who have departed from us is important and pays tribute to their loss. However‚ dismissing it would just be as bad as killing them again. The Holocaust was one of the biggest events in human history‚ considering the mass genocide of over six million Jews and the extreme anti-semitism that occurred. It is truly important to study the Holocaust
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