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    Rudolf Höss was a Nazi leader who had an important role in the Holocaust. Höss was responsible for the deaths of many Jews and other Europeans. He thought of new ways to kill Jews quicker and more efficiently‚ and also made other improvements to Auschwitz. He was dedicated to his job and guaranteed the executions at Auschwitz would work with little error. Though Höss appeared to be a hard-working individual‚ some argue that he was a lapdog to other German leaders. No matter what‚ Höss accomplished

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    23rd Psalm- A Holocaust Memoir The Holocaust and war was no joking matter. Millions were executed both intentionally and unintentionally. Men‚ women‚ husbands‚ wives‚ parents‚ grandparents‚ and children; The SS didn’t care. Nor did the Poles‚ Germans‚ or anyone at all for that matter. Nobody cared about the “dirty Jews”‚ the “filthy dogs”‚ or the “swine dogs”. There were so many insults that it’s impossible to name them all. People were malnourished‚ lonely‚ and hopeless. This torture was part

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    from it and prevent it from happening again. This article is about what was said at the dedication ceremonies for the Holocaust museum. There was a lot of personal stories of persecution and concentration camps‚ and it talked a lot about how there is still more people can learn from this event and a lot more people can do to honor those involved with this event. Throughout “ Holocaust Memorial Museum‚ April 22‚ 1993” Elie Wiesel uses a hopeful tone‚ a conflict between a person and society‚ and metaphors

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    A Multidimensional Approach to Analyzing the Holocaust: The Rationale of the German Perpetrators Erica Lighter Vanier College 14 December‚ 2011 A Multidimensional Approach to Analyzing the Holocaust: The Rationale of the German Perpetrators This paper examines why the various people involved in implementing the policies of the Nazi regime in Germany – such as the scientists‚ doctors‚ prison guards‚ soldiers‚ and police – went along with the Nazi policies

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    Maus: TSPEC- Is Maus an appropriate and effective way of telling Vladek’s Holocaust story? Thesis: Despite writing about such a heavy topic in such a deceptively playful medium‚ Maus was very effective in telling Vladek’s holocaust story because it shows rather than tells the holocaust from Vladek’s and Artie’s perspective while capturing both of their emotions‚ the drawings aide Artie in showing the metaphor of the power system‚ and makes reading Maus much more understandable. The drawings

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    Many people to assume that once the Holocaust had ended‚ and survivors began to rebuild their lives‚ that their pain would disappear. Right? Wrong. The Holocaust was an appalling crime committed by the Nazis in Germany from 1933 to May of 1945. It was the mass execution of six million Jews by the Nazis and their supporters. The concentration camps set up by the Nazis‚ to house the many Jewish prisoners‚ were liberated in 1994 and 1945. Many of the prisoners were alive‚ but emaciated and disease

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    Can you believe that there are some people who don’t think the Holocaust was genocide Well‚ the UN thinks exactly that. The Holocaust was the mass killing of around 11‚000‚000 people‚ making it one of the largest genocides. Some say that because the Nazis didn’t kill all of their targets‚ it wasn’t genocide. However there are reasons that the Holocaust was an act of genocide‚ such as the fact that you don’t have to kill an entire group to commit genocide‚ the third stage of genocide‚ dehumanization

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    The Holocaust museum was very beautiful. It had many artifacts on life in general of the Jewish‚ but toward the end of the museum it focused more on the Holocaust. I found the museum as a whole interesting‚ but since I went in wanting to learn more about the Holocaust‚ this was the most interesting part to me. I didn’t realize how quickly things escalated when Hitler became chancellor of Germany. I learned that in the Spring of 1993‚ Nazis had taken over radio broadcasts and the Jewish people were

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    in the 1940s‚ a horrendous event occurred‚ the Holocaust. But even though the Holocaust ended many years ago‚ the destructive spirit still hangs in the air. It’s an event that ended the lives of millions‚ and left many more scarred. Unfortunately‚ bullying exists today and has many parallels to the Holocaust. Bullying is an act of using superior strength to intimidate others. The Holocaust itself embodies many themes of bullying. Both the Holocaust and bullying begins when people target certain

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    The word ‘holocaust‚’ comes from the Greek words ‘holos’ (whole) and ‘kaustos’ (burned)‚ and was used to describe a Jewish sacrificial offering that was burned on an altar. Unfortunately‚ after 1945‚ the word took on a more gruesome meaning: the massacre of 6 million Jews by the German Nazis in our second World War. There were many heroes during the Holocaust‚ but the one that stood out the most was my hero‚ Irena Sendler. Irena Sendler played a crucial role in securing the safety of many Jewish

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