World War II is the most known and studied war throughout the modern world. World War II was fought from 1939 to 1945, it is the deadliest war in history, with over 70 million deaths. When most people think about World War II they think about the Allies and the Axis Powers. The Axis Powers were Germany, Italy and Japan. The Allies included Britain, France, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, the Soviet Union, China and the United States of America. But there were many other countries involved in the war or were affected by the war, almost every country in the world was affected. I’m going to focus and France and Egypt. There are two books where the setting takes place in World War II France and World War II Egypt. “Dora Bruder” by: Patrick
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A large portion of that were civilians. After World War II, France would go on to have a reputation of being a “soft” country. A country you would not want to battle side by side in a war because they were so easily conquered by Nazi Germany. To be fair though, Nazis had one of the most powerful militaries of all time. They were far in advanced in the technology they used.
“Dora Bruder” is about a teenage girl living in France during World War II. The story crisscrosses between her story and the authors story. This story does not just take place in France but all over Europe. Dora was a runaway. She ran away from her parents, catholic school and the people that were hiding her. Modiano tells the story of “Dora Bruder” by doing a large amount of research over time. Modiano said it took him ten years to get all of his information on Dora. Although this was not a diary, the novel reminds me a lot of “The Diary of Anne …show more content…
The holocaust was a genocide put together by Nazi leader Adolph Hitler. The holocaust wiped out 2/3 of the Jewish population in Europe, thats about six million Jews. The Nazis not only killed Jews they killed other people. In total between the Jews and the other people the Nazis killed a total of about eleven million people. The holocaust began in the 1930’s and ended in 1945 when the war ended. There was estimated to be about 42,000 slave labor camps in Europe during the holocaust. These camps were known as concentration camps. The Nazis killed the Jews in many different un humane ways.
Dora hides from the Nazis in the novel as many Jews tried to do back then. Jews would pack in like sardines in basements, secret rooms, barns and where ever they could fit and not be found by the Nazis. Some Nazis orders were to go from house to house searching for Jews in hiding. I can only imagine how terrifying that would be. Hiding for your
A large portion of that were civilians. After World War II, France would go on to have a reputation of being a “soft” country. A country you would not want to battle side by side in a war because they were so easily conquered by Nazi Germany. To be fair though, Nazis had one of the most powerful militaries of all time. They were far in advanced in the technology they used.
“Dora Bruder” is about a teenage girl living in France during World War II. The story crisscrosses between her story and the authors story. This story does not just take place in France but all over Europe. Dora was a runaway. She ran away from her parents, catholic school and the people that were hiding her. Modiano tells the story of “Dora Bruder” by doing a large amount of research over time. Modiano said it took him ten years to get all of his information on Dora. Although this was not a diary, the novel reminds me a lot of “The Diary of Anne …show more content…
The holocaust was a genocide put together by Nazi leader Adolph Hitler. The holocaust wiped out 2/3 of the Jewish population in Europe, thats about six million Jews. The Nazis not only killed Jews they killed other people. In total between the Jews and the other people the Nazis killed a total of about eleven million people. The holocaust began in the 1930’s and ended in 1945 when the war ended. There was estimated to be about 42,000 slave labor camps in Europe during the holocaust. These camps were known as concentration camps. The Nazis killed the Jews in many different un humane ways.
Dora hides from the Nazis in the novel as many Jews tried to do back then. Jews would pack in like sardines in basements, secret rooms, barns and where ever they could fit and not be found by the Nazis. Some Nazis orders were to go from house to house searching for Jews in hiding. I can only imagine how terrifying that would be. Hiding for your