Adolf Hitler created Nazis and took aways Jews rights‚ deported them to ghettos and concentration camps‚ and were killed during World War II. The Nazis and Hitler tried to abolish all Jews and go against them because they thought the Jews were the reason for Germany’s crisis. Together the Nazis killed the "largest remaining Jewish population in Europe- the Jews of Hungary." In this documentary‚ it tells the story of the five Hungarian survivors. Many stories are similar to each other. Some of these
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Dehumanization found in Ellie Wiesel’s Night Ellie Wiezel‚ along with millions of other Jews‚ were subjected to the relentless torture of the Nazis throughout WWII. During their time in the concentration camps the Nazis took pleasure in stripping the Jews of their sense of self. Everything and anything that characterized them as humans was taken away. Thus‚ dehumanizing them to the fullest extent. Dehumanization plays a role in every genocide‚ as the oppressors take advantage of the mental
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dehumanized by Nazis into a little more than “things”. Graphic images are drawn into our head as a young Elie Wiesel retells what he saw. First of all‚ the Jews were humiliated and treated like second class citizens and even worse than criminals. They had to wear yellow stars to show that they were Jews. “The yellow star? Well what of it? You don’t die of it…” (Wiesel 9) said Elie’s father‚ trying to keep an optimistic perspective. They were also treated like animals‚ being shipped to concentration camps
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homosexuals‚ mentally handicapped‚ crippled‚ and gypsies. The holocaust killed more than six million Jews alone. Hitler‚ the leader of the German empire‚ and his army of Nazis and SS troops carried out the ruthless actions of the holocaust. Elie Wiesel is a Jew who went through the terror of the holocaust and its concentration camps. He tells his story in his book Night. Night reveals how Wiesel lost his family‚ faith‚ and innocence to the evil of mankind during the holocaust. Wiesel believes it is
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Elie Wiesel Look‚ it’s important to bear witness. Important to tell your story. . . . You cannot imagine what it meant spending a night of death among death. —Elie Wiesel The obligation Elie Wiesel feels to justify his survival of a Nazi concentration camp has shaped his destiny. It has guided his work as a writer‚ teacher‚ and humanitarian activist; influ- enced his interaction with his Jewish faith; and affected his family and personal choices. Since World War II‚ Wiesel has borne witness
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Neighborhoods During the Holocaust Before World War II began‚ the Germans and Nazi soldiers surrounded buildings to house people before they left for the concentration camps. These places were only temporary but most lasted for years and still standing. Some of these neighborhoods were not so lucky. These neighborhoods held people‚ and the Germans and Nazi soldiers treated these people’s religion as a race. These were Jewish neighborhoods‚ but they were not just Jewish neighborhoods‚ they were the
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the dictator of Germany from 1934-1945. During this time‚ Hitler preached that there could only be one race‚ the master race. Anyone that did not look German or could not prove that they were not Jewish was forcefully executed in death camps. At these death camps‚ Jews were used as lab rats for doctors to experiment on. Hitler believed that the Jewish presence in Germany would kill Germany just like bacteria kills an organism (Koenigsberg 2). Hitler once said‚ “Once I really am in power‚ my first
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ability to survive through harsh environments. Elie Wiesel’s Night represents the dehumanization‚ execution‚ and lack of civil rights of Jews during the holocaust. During the holocaust‚ Jews were brutally mistreated by the S.S. Soldiers at the concentration camps. Dehumanization was one of the many things that was done to the Jews. “Strip! Hurry up! Raus! Hold on only to your shoes and your belt.” “ Their clippers tore out our hair‚ shaved every hair on our bodies.” Execution is also portrayed in the
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In Night‚ the oppression from the Nazi party at the concentration camp dehumanizes Elie. First‚ the transportation degrades the jewish people and compares them to animals. The people are forced onto overcrowded cattle cars. Here‚ they must take turns sitting in the stuffy environment for days. Denying people room shows disrespect. Also‚ the group was dehumanized by the gift of “some bread‚ a few pails of water” (Wiesel 22). This suggests the Nazi’s attitude towards the jewish people. To them‚ jews
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Life at the concentration camps was hard. They were being staved as they worked endless amounts of hours. Millions of people were murdered or died of starvation‚ disease‚ neglect‚ or were maltreatment. When death came very close to them‚ they recited an ancient Jewish prayer “Kaddish.” Modern day life‚ the average person will ever experience what the Jewish population went through. The Jewish people after the concentration camp had to set a new goal of not just surviving
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