The holocaust and the Crucible had similar human characteristics. The holocaust was led by Adolf Hitler who at the time declared himself in charge. He wanted all the Jews gone so he killed them or put them in a concentration camp. The crucible was about the people and the court wanting all the witches to be gone. They are both about completely different stories but they have a lot of human characteristics that are a like. Paranoia, the bandwagon effect, and valuing ones reputation above the…
As the Angel of Death, Josef Mengele performed many experiments on the victims that were passing through Auschwitz. He would do “experimental surgeries performed without anesthesia, transfusions of blood from one twin to the other, isolation endurance, reaction to various stimuli. He made injections with lethal germs, sex change operations, the removal of organs and limbs, incestuous impregnations” (Megele, para 18). He was so well known and infamous due to the fact that he was able to convince…
Dr. Josef Mengele Josef Mengele was a ruthless man who did not care for humanity. He had no mercy for the people he heartlessly abused. He was a very cruel and pitiless man. He did so many things that physically, mentally, and emotionally affected the lives of Jews. The most common thing that he did was testing on twin children. He often tested their minds or physical features. He was fascinated by twin children. Josef Mengele grew up somewhat normal. He was the oldest of 3 sons. He had a…
The Mengele Experiments took place in Nazi Germany during World War II, starting in 1943. The main person who conducted the experiments was Dr. Mengele. He did experiments mainly involving identical twins due to the identical genetic material. Many of his experiments were unethical and were seen as crimes against humanity (Muller-Hill, 2001). This experiment that was performed in Nazi Germany was unethical in many ways. A few ways was the lack of informed consent, and protection of the patients.…
and courage could still be found in many people. Between the years of 1939 and 1945, evil was clearly portrayed in the European countries when over four million innocent Jews were executed in concentration and death camps. The horror began when Adolf Hitler was put into power in 1933. In the beginning of Hitler’s reign of Germany, the concentration camps weren’t built primarily for Jews. Instead, they were built for any individual who opposed Hitler and his insane and purely evil acts (Byers,…
The Holocaust was an inhumane genocide constructed by Germany elected leader Adolf Hitler, which began January 30, 1933, and ended May 8, 1945. Many take parts in this inhumane genocide by simply obeying blindly. The result of blind obedience, total eleven million deaths. During the Holocaust, the factors that contribute to people to blindly obey are that it is ingrain that everyone must have obedience towards authority, it fulfills psychological needs and fear of the result of not obeying…
pain that his family went through during the Holocaust. Surprisingly, some of the ideas that were discussed in the film Conspiracy at the Wannsee conference, Elie personally went through them. For instance, in the film Conspiracy, SS Heydrich and Eichmann discuss the idea of men and women being separated and Elie personally went through the pain of leaving his mother and sister that he never saw again, but had the chance to stick with his father (Wiesel, 29). Elie was able to stick with his…
The Jewish people were dehumanized by the Nazis and robbed of hope and faith in God. The novella “Night” by Elie Wiesel begins in Seguit and continues from Auschwitz to Buchenwald during which time, Eliezer and his father, along with millions of other Jews were enslaved, tortured, starved and killed over a period of nine years. The treatment of the Jews during the Holocaust, broke their physical and mental stability and left them helpless. Hitler achieved his goal of making the Jews feel…
persecuted and murdered, because of their religion and decent. Not only were Jews murdered, but many others of different religions and ethnicities had their lives taken. All of this was done because of one mans hatred towards these innocent people. Adolf Hitler was the headmaster of the horrific acts performed in the holocaust. He convinced the German people that Jews were toxic and damaging human beings. So why is this important and why is it crucial to study this in today’s society? We must…
Often times when it comes to the Holocaust, the Concentration Camp most taught about and therefore known about, is Auschwitz. This may be because of Auschwitz’ extreme death toll or it’s overall ‘accomplishment,’ of the mass murder of Jews, Gypsies, Homeosexuals, and the many other oppressed peoples discriminated against during Hitler’s rule ("Concentration Camp Notes.") Although Auschwitz was the most successful on it’s journey to eliminate Jews, many do not realize, it was only one in six…