The article, “Teens Against Hitler”, by Lauren Tarshis, describes the hardships of Ben Kamm, a Jewish boy, and his family, who like millions of other Jews, perished at the hands of the Nazis during WWII. Ben lived during one of the most terrifying and horrific historical events the world has ever seen, the Holocaust. He and his family managed to survive for a couple of months in the Warsaw Ghetto with a little help from family and friends. Ben had joined the partisans in hope of helping himself, his family, and other Jews. Though he lived through a horrific time he showed courage in a situation where others would have run in fear.…
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow is a book of the children and teenagers that followed Hitler and the National Socialist (Nazi) Party during the Third Reich (1933–1945). She explains how German children were taught to idolize Hitler. Also how the children was used for labor and as soldiers in this time period. Although World War I ended in 1918, the German's still experienced loss. The Treaty of Versailles imposed a “victor’s peace” on the Germans.…
Melody Clavesilla P.1 4/1/16 Teens against Hitler Ben Kamm was one of the Jewish teens who fought the Nazis, 60 million people died in the war. Ben grew up in Warsaw, Poland, in the 1920s and ‘30s. Adolf Hitler, Germany’s Leader, hated the Jews, he was plotting the Annihilation. Ben Kamm’s experiences during the Holocaust changed him by making him clever, terrified, and stronger.…
The Dehumanization of Jews by Hitler and the Nazi Regime Hitler and his Nazi regime used effective tactics to dehumanize and degrade the Jewish people, and reduced them to nothing but small beings that they could then rid themselves of. Some of these tactics were small, and some of the tactics were large. No matter the size, all of these tactics were completely inhumane and horrifying. Sadly, they also all took place in the book Night, by Elie Wiesel. His memoir can attest to how dehumanization occurred, and how it helped Hitler achieve his goal; The Final Solution.…
Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust are the most dehumanizing things that occurred in world history. Both of these things had a dramatic effect on people’s daily lives and people’s interpretation of the world. Anti-Semitism is the hatred or prejudice against Jews. Jews have been around for a long time dating back as far as the Egyptian civilization and before and after Jesus Christ. Jews are seen as evil, lazy, and powerful; Jews were blamed for many events by Adolf Hitler including the economic crisis of the early 19th century, the execution of Jesus Christ, and a variety of Germany’s problems.…
To what extent was the Hitler Youth used to defend the Third Reich? To answer that question, the Hitler Youth had been used extensively to defend the Third Reich by fighting as soldiers to their death on the front lines. Adolf Hitler was the Dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933-1945. Hitler founded a youth organization ordering all boys and girls ages ten-eighteen to join a youth program that leads to mandatory military service for the Third Reich. The boys and girls ages ten-fourteen fell into the Jungvolk and Jungmadel, respectively.(Bartoletti 23)…
Today when analyzing the Holocaust, many people grossly overlook some of the primary factors that generated this tragedy. The most prominent belief that causes this is simply writing off members and off the Nazi party and the citizens of Germany as incarnations of evil. Many believe that a desire to solve the “Jewish Question” through genocide was the primary reason that people joined the Nazi party. This idea fails to consider the climate of desperation and anxiety following the German defeat in World War I that provided the backdrop for the National Socialist’s ascent to power. Motivated by the outrage and insecurity produced by the unjust terms negotiated by the Allies, a significant portion of the German population sided with Hitler’s radical…
Anti-semitism, defined as hostility to or prejudice against Jews, was the most integral part of the Third Reich. Blaming Jewish people for various economic and national problems had been common in European culture for many, many years, and was made explicit in Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf. Through Hitler's rule over Germany, anti-Semitism became a central part of German society. The Nazis aimed to purge the Jews from German life, which turned into the Final Solution. This is known as the Holocaust, which was the genocide of over 6 million Jewish people.…
The holocaust was the most deadly event that happened . Millions were killed and thousands had to lose the loved ones in the holocaust. Hitler the men who killed most of the jewish people. he was elected by 1933. He blamed jews for the lst of war wor 1.…
Hitler’s anti-Semitism took root in the Nazi party and contributed to their policies and attacks against the Jews. It is clear within his writings in Mein Kampf, that Hitler believed that he would be fighting for a just cause and protecting the world from the Jewry. Hitler stated “I believe myself to be acting in the sense of the Almighty creator: by defending myself against the Jew I fight for the Lord’s work.” This fight against the Jew became part of Nazi ideology and was embraced by the German people. Social Darwinism and racial superiority also became part of the Nazi ideology.…
Imagine you are a teenage girl who actively believes in ideas that differ from the rest of society. In addition to this, you are born in the tumultuous times of the Nazi Era. How would you react? Would you conform to society’s standards and expectations or stay true with what you believe is morally right? It is a natural human instinct to feel the need to adapt and “fit in,” so that others accept us.…
Hatred causes wars. Hatred causes death. Hatred could explode when kept to oneself. Hatred is a critical factor of evilness in a human being, but everyone possesses some of it. The hatred felt in the heart of Adolf Hitler towards the Jewish faith was the main cause of the Jewish Holocaust.…
The Holocaust is one of humanity’s greatest tragedies. The murder of over six million innocent Jewish lives continues to raise questions about how it all happened. In fact, some historians remain at odds with each other over the details. Moreover, according to Schoen Consulting’s comprehensive national study of Holocaust knowledge and awareness, Americans remain somewhat uneducated behind what was going on in World War II and the Nazi’s treatment of the Jews. The study reveals how details and facts have become distorted, affecting the knowledge of the public.…
There has been historiographical debate about the origins of Anti-Semitism in Germany. Historians have formed two major divides between thoughts about the birth or development of Anti-Semitism. This has resulted in the formation of functionalist thought and intentionalist thought, these thoughts differ on theories. Functionalism from the term is an idea that is influenced by the surrounding environment or changes, and in this case, functionalism is the thought that the decision to murder the Jews was influenced by the war in that time and it also asserts that the idea of murder came from below (bureaucracy). On the other hand is intentionalism which means that an idea is shaped by someone’s personal traits.…
Racism towards Jews, or antisemitism, has been a difficult obstruction in the idea of world peace for thousands of years. I believe the issue of anti-Semitism is important because many people are unaware of how greatly it impacts the Jewish society of today. The history of racism is incredibly excessive and if is not addressed it can be dangerous beyond our knowledge. A major historic situation relating to anti-Semitism is the horrifying holocaust. Between 5 and 6 million Jewish people were murdered during this horrible time period.…