Resistance By Anita Shreve Essay

In Resistance by Anita Shreve, the time period was a time of horror and anger. People commonly think of it as the worst time period in history. This time period was widely known as “The Holocaust.” As Anita Shreve writes about The Holocaust, she thinks about the worst time in history. She is trying to portray The Holocaust at its worst for the readers. In order to do that, Anita Shreve includes frightening details of the conditions and how people cope with dealing with the war.
In the 1940s, which is the setting of the book, “the United States entered the war and joined the Soviet Union (which included Russia), Great Britain, and the Free French (an organization fighting for the liberation of France) to form the Allied Forces, which were determined to halt the German war machine.” (Heroes of the Holocaust p. 2) The result of the …show more content…
Although many Jews were doctors, lawyers, businessmen, bankers, and teachers who contributed a great deal to german society, Hitler blamed them for the country’s economic problems. The truth was that Germany was going through a difficult time because it had been badly defeated in World War I, which ended in 1918.”(Heroes of the Holocaust p. 1) The Nazis had wanted the Jews to feel as though they were being ruled by a higher power and couldn’t do anything about it. They had everything taken away from them including their homes, jobs, and even their rights. Even though they had got there rights taken away that wasn’t enough for Hitler. “Jews were singled out for mistreatment, just as they were in Germany. They had to wear the six-pointed Star of David, a symbol of Judaism, on their sleeves, chests, or backs to tell them apart from non-Jews. They couldn’t walk freely in the streets or do many of the things Europeans took for granted. Signs in theatres, cafes, restaurants, and other public places warned that Jews weren’t allowed to enter.” (Heroes of the Holocaust p.