Miep Gies (2/15/1909-1/12/2010) opposed the holocaust by aiding the Jews from the Germans. She was one of many Dutch saviors of the Holocaust. For over two years‚ she administered food‚ shelter‚ companionship‚ and news of the outside world to eight Jewish people. The Frank Family‚ the van Pels‚ and a Jewish dentist named Fritz Pfeffer were taken great care of. By virtue of her gratitude‚ these Jews were fortunate enough to have Miep in their lives. Miep jeopardized her own life when she assisted
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existentialism‚ identifies that outside influences‚ such as religion‚ distort the truth. For instance‚ “I am delighted to have met you here at last. I had almost given up hope‚ since we have been waiting endless years for you”(Kafka 123). Concerning existentialism‚ this citation conveys that the Jackals have been aimlessly waiting for a Messiah figure to appear‚ and are unable to take action without relying on faith. Moreover‚ by displaying how the Jackals are unable to act upon free will‚ Kafka displays that
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Auschwitz just became my new home for a while. Nobody here knows when we will pick up and leave to our next camp. Auschwitz is a concentration camp that abuses all the Jews. As a Jew life is miserable and fighting for our lives only kills us faster. There is no real explanation to why we have to stay at this place. Life is depressing because most people here are the only ones left in their family. Times were very different before Auschwitz. I used to play with my siblings at our house.
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Throughout the history of mankind‚ humans have used their ability to communicate in many two different ways. During WW2‚ both types of communication took place. Germans would call the persecuted Jews awful names‚ while others would encourage them to get back on their feet and survive. These people survived because of the positive words communicated to them during rough times. In the novel The Book Thief‚ written by Markus Zusak‚ many of its characters use words for the betterment of their audience
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to systematically exterminate the European Jewish race during World War II. The Holocaust was a reference to the murder of around six million Jews and other minority groups such as homosexuals‚ gypsies and the disabled (Wiesel‚ 2008). In the 1930’s the Jewish population in Romania was around half a million. However‚ during World War II most of those Jews sent to the labour barracks or death camps (Wiesel‚ 2008). Set the scene of the reader‚ what is it about? Night by Elie Wiesel is about
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the Concentration camp.Throughout the story Elies and many other Jews faith and beliefs change while they are in the concentration camps. The story “Night” is about a young Jewish kid name Elie that was put in concentration camp.Elies was taken to a camp called Auschwitz and was separated from his mother and sisters.Elie was put with his father and both promised to each other that they would stick together.Elie and other Jews were being starved and were also forced to work in horrible weather
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illustrates the uncertainty of Jews during World War II. The book memoirs Wiesel’s unforgettably experiences when he was taken from his home in Sighet‚ Hungary to Auschwitz concentration camp‚ and then to Buchenwald concentration camp. Throughout the book‚ Wiesel learns many things. A more important lesson that Wiesel learned during his imprisonment was that when opportunities arise‚ take them. In early 1942‚ the Jews of Sighet‚ Hungary were impervious to what the Germans had waiting for them. One day all
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Some think that only the Jews were affected during the time of the Holocaust. However‚ this is highly inaccurate. People all across the spectrum were affected by this disastrous event in our World history. Even though the majority of the killing was in Germany‚ families from all across the globe were affected negatively. All families during the Holocaust were affected by economic‚ social‚ and political challenges; people from all nationalities‚ race‚ and countries felt the impact of the second “Great
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once‚ Hans risks his life once again by inviting a jew into his home. Hans motivations for inviting him in was keeping it a secret to save an innocent jews life‚ who “sat on his suitcase‚ waiting... He had eaten only the foul taste of his own hungry breath for what felt like weeks” (139). The boy’s name was Max Vandenburg‚ he does not have a family anymore and he was on the run. Hitler was out to get the jews in germany‚ and for hans to have a jew in his house it was hard. Hans had the motivation
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Adolf Hitler used various ways to bring the Nazis to power in Germany. His works and ideas moved many in Germany which overall led to the holocaust. His inspirational speeches‚ plans to restore the German government‚ and the time he arose all led to his rise to power. Hitler arose during the Great Depression. Hitler had socialist beliefs and came as a savior to those who needed help in their dark times. He told them he would save them from economic and social disaster‚ and was supposed restore
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