Germany the land of precision many Germans value their daily life and culture more than some areas such as the United States for example, they have the freedom to choose an area’ set to a standard of living based on laws. Germans take everything very seriously in their culture, their past is for example is very important to them, take the Holocaust the tragic event that lead to thousands of deaths. With the memory of this event not far from their minds Germans citizens were asked how they felt about the subject and “ 60% of Germans [said] they are tired of being reminded of German crimes against Jews”(Schneider|Silverman,257). The crimes against the Jews have in the past years been exonerated by the considerable amount of acceptance through
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Jew were typically considered the lowest members of society such as “peddlers, vagrants, rag dealers, money changers, and pawnbrokers”(Schneider|Silverman,255). Many German natives referred to Jews as Ausländer and can never become German. The Holocaust ripped the dignity from the se people who made up less than 1% of the German population yet they were blamed for everything that the German society, and economy suffered. UNder the rule of Adolf Hitler Jews were stereotyped by their physical appearance, using common a characteristic of Jewish people to classify the Jewish population and send them to concentration camps. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, which is a first hand experience of the horrendous events of the Holocaust by the survivor and author of the book. Wiesel gives a graphic depiction of the pain and suffering that many Jews felt during the Holocaust and eventually how the Holocaust change the Jewish society. Many Jews lost their faith in God during the Holocaust, this later affected the descendants of those involved, whether it be Jews, Germans,Pols and even Russians who were also apart of the most widely know massacre in history. Life during the second World War was devastating the war by it’s end totaled approximately thirty countries whom had some involvement in the war. People all throughout Europe lived under specific rules especially slovic countries once the invasion began the rationing ceased and famine overtook Europe, bombing and economic crisis hung above the heads of the citizens. The citizens were still held to societies rules and
Jew were typically considered the lowest members of society such as “peddlers, vagrants, rag dealers, money changers, and pawnbrokers”(Schneider|Silverman,255). Many German natives referred to Jews as Ausländer and can never become German. The Holocaust ripped the dignity from the se people who made up less than 1% of the German population yet they were blamed for everything that the German society, and economy suffered. UNder the rule of Adolf Hitler Jews were stereotyped by their physical appearance, using common a characteristic of Jewish people to classify the Jewish population and send them to concentration camps. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, which is a first hand experience of the horrendous events of the Holocaust by the survivor and author of the book. Wiesel gives a graphic depiction of the pain and suffering that many Jews felt during the Holocaust and eventually how the Holocaust change the Jewish society. Many Jews lost their faith in God during the Holocaust, this later affected the descendants of those involved, whether it be Jews, Germans,Pols and even Russians who were also apart of the most widely know massacre in history. Life during the second World War was devastating the war by it’s end totaled approximately thirty countries whom had some involvement in the war. People all throughout Europe lived under specific rules especially slovic countries once the invasion began the rationing ceased and famine overtook Europe, bombing and economic crisis hung above the heads of the citizens. The citizens were still held to societies rules and