In The Military Intelligence Training Center and the War against Nazism, Patricia Kollander argues that “works covering the history of German and Austrian Americans during the Second World War era say little about the recent émigrés who fought in the U.S army [against the Nazism].” Patricia Kollander is a professor of History at Florida Atlantic University. She worked very hard to bring the achievements of the Germen and Austrian émigré soldiers to light by publishing many articles including “Boomerang Resistance: German Emigres in the U.S. Army …” , “A companion to the Second World War”, “I must be the part of the War: A German-American’s Fight Against Hitler and Nazism”, and more.…
In Amsterdam, 1940 the Franks, Van Daans, and Mr.Dussel went into hiding in the Annex. Mr.Kraler and Miep has generously volunteered to help these jews. If it wasn't for these two generous people the Franks, Van Daans, and Mr.Dussel would most likely be in a concentration camp. Mr.Frank owned a business and Mr.Kraler had to take care of it until the war was over. There were strict rules in the Annex to prevent them getting caught.…
A role model is someone who is a leader and intelligent. A role model is also someone who is hardworking. Role models are people who you want to be like. Dietrich Bonhoeffer should be thought of as a great role model because he was a good, respected writer, he didn’t always just follow the crowd, and he was a martyr since he died for what he believed in.…
Sixteen million or more Americans served in the armed forces in World War Two. By 2014, according to Pittsburgh Gazette, they were dying at a rate of 555 a day and by 2036, all the veterans of that war will be gone. As the greatest generations passes on, it is becoming even more rare to meet a holocaust survivor. On Friday April 15th, Dr. Walter Ziffer, Holocaust survivor, will come to Chase High School and give a lecture titled, “ A Witness Holocaust.”…
As Novick displays a very critical analysis and opinions of the United States’ opinions and behaviors during and after the war. In conclusion, Peter Novick’s book The Holocaust In American Life is a historical review of the United States being unaware of what actually happened in Nazi Germany until the 1960s when Adolf Eichmann went on trial for war crimes and the truth about the Holocaust was discovered. All of Novick’s points hold true and he does a considerable job of keeping unbiased throughout his…
Wiesel begins his speech by providing a credible background and gaining the trust of the audience by asserting his former life. He expresses this by thanking the audience and amplifying a gratitude for rescuing him from the Nazi army. Wiesel professes “Fifty-four years ago to the day, a young Jewish boy from a small town in the Carpathian Mountains woke up... Liberated a day earlier by American soldiers, he remembers their rage at what they saw. And if he lives to be a very old man, he will always be grateful to them…”, he proclaims this so that the audience will understand the context of the situation and why he is so grateful for the American intervention in World War II ( Wiesel 1).…
"Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God himself." (Wiesel, 34) Elie Wiesel promised to never forget the things he experienced throughout his time in concentration camps; even throughout the years, he kept that promise. After two years in a concentration camp, Elie Wiesel is finally freed--his first thought as a free man: to eat. Years later, however, he has a new motive--to detail his life in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps. In his memoir Night, Wiesel shares about the separation of his family, the violence he experienced at the hands of SS-officers, the malnutrition and times he and the other Jews were pushed to their breaking points.…
Q1a Freud defines the “apparently insignificant errors made by normal people” as the errors with a psychological basis such as excitement, fatigue, illness, and disorders. In other words, they are caused by distractions of one’s attention, either by psychic or organic factors. The “apparently significant errors” include some inaccuracies of speech in which a person unintentionally uses a wrong word or misreading in writing or the print (Freud, 1920). In contrast, Freud outlines other errors based on forgetfulness that, in essence, cannot be remembered in a certain time interval. For instance, mislaying items that cannot be found again are not of interest.…
Lebensuwertes Leben, German for “life unworthy of life”. From early on in WWII, the Nazi policy was to murder the individuals that they felt were unimportant in society. Elie Wiesel is a Holocaust survivor and author of the memoir, Night. Night, describes in detail his life during the Holocaust and the sacrifices he made when he was there. He is also well known for his White House speech, Perils of Indifference.…
“You call me misbeliever, cutthroat dog, And spet upon my Jewish gaberdine— “ Shylock, a Jew, states all the crimes the Christians did to him. Shylock sufferes from discrimination because Shylock is a Jew. One reason that Shylock is treated terribly, is because the Christians detest the Jews. Shylock has the right to be rude since that is what the Christians did to him. Shylock feels hatred towards the Christians and wants revenge.…
Why do most people never attain their dreams? Sometimes making a mistake can affect someone else's dream. The author, John Steinbeck, wrote the book Of Mice and Men. This book talks about two friends that travel together and have the same dream, but never got to make it happen because of Lennie. Three characters had a big dreams, but never got to acheive their dreams.…
Carl Schorske’s Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture contains a wide assortment of men and ideas that had a profound impact on the modern intellect and culture of Vienna. Schorske’s work is the culmination of a twenty-five-year study, and within the first seventy-two pages, he introduces the rich and complex culture of the Austrian capital at the turn of the last century. A simplified version of his thesis is the rise of Viennese version of modernism along with the birth of the free-thinking man. He explores this new modernism through the short-lived Austrian liberalism and explores the importance of the creation of the Ringstrasse. Through the complexity of his writings and his utilization of metaphors, he develops a compelling case regarding the birth of the psychological man amidst political disruption.…
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must man be of learning from experience. Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. From the American responses during the Holocaust and the Japanese Americans being put in concentration camps to what is currently happening with the Syrian refugees. Now fear and anxiety about whether to admit many refugees or turn them away has put the attention on the many regretful decisions made by U.S. officials before, during and now after World War ll. The Holocaust was one of the most horrific time periods from 1933- 1945 where the mass murder of some 6 million Jews along with homosexuals and gypsies by the order of Adolf Hitler.…
The author of The Life You’ve Always Wanted: The Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People is John Ortberg. Zondervan published it in 2002. Ortberg encourages a deeper relationship with the Lord that affects our entire being. God’s power can bring transformation to our lives in a great way. The thirteen chapters of this book examines the how and why of transformation.…
Through Hans’s experience as a member of the Air Raid Special Unit, the true randomness of fate is clearly exhibited. Adults—young and old—and innocent children are dead due to the immorality of Nazi Germany. Fate does not care what kind of person you are. Those who are immoral can influence fate just as significantly as those who are…