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As you may have noticed that Elie Wiesel's book, Night represents the loss of innocence and it can also be known for some other things. It's important that we take the time to consider in how important Elie Wiesel's book is, Night. Knowing what happened in their concentration camp changes lives. The Nazis believed that what they had done was the right thing to do, but, we all know that it wasn't. If something like that can happen then it can always happen again. People need to realize that what…

One ocean away, about seventy years ago, Jews were forced into camps that almost always ended with death. Starvation, torture, backbreaking work, and death were simply the norm in the camps. These things combined can and will drive people to the point of insanity. I believe that people can fall prey to such conditions for two reasons: the elderly man and the soup and the train ride. About halfway through the book “Night,” by Elie Wiesel, Elie describes a poor old man who crawled on hands and…

Canadian identity, when defined by its progression of French-English relations, changed negatively between 1930 and 1945 due to Quebec Nationalism. The Union Nationale was created by Maurice Duplessis in hope of uniting all French Canadians as a nation, and not just a province. This gave birth to the idea of a unified country of only French Canadians without the interference of English Canada. However, when Maurice Duplessis became Premier of Quebec with the Union Nationale, his leadership…

Lester Bowles Pearson was born in Newtonbrook, Toronto, in 1897. Pearson attended and teached at the university of Toronto. He was a pilot in world war 1 (Black, 67) and in 1952 he was president of the United Nations (Black, 67). Person was a member of parliament from 1946 to 1957 (Yasuda, 10) and was elected Prime Minister of Canada in 1963 (Yasuda, 10).Lester B Pearson made a positive lasting impact on Canada through his initiatives in peacekeeping, helping the underprivileged and bringing…

Have you ever wondered what the people who survived the holocaust are up to? Or what they personally had to go through before the holocaust was over? Regina Frank, Trude Levi, and Martin Stern all had something in common. They all survived the holocaust. Somemore background information on Regina Frank,Trude Levi, and Martin Stern is Regina Frank spoke two different languages Russian and Yiddish too.She became a translator for the Nazis and was sent to the prison in Frankfurt ("Regina Franks…

Why Did Canada Admit so Few Jews in 1933 - 1939 Essay Outline Introduction: Opening Statement: From 1933 until 1939 Adolf Hitler steadily increased his campaign of anti-Semitism in Germany. As a result the number of Jewish people wishing to emigrate increased drastically. Most nations ended up having strict immigration policies and were essentially closed to the Jews of Europe. Canada had the most demanding immigration regulations out of all the nations. This left many curious as to why such a…

Kilimanjaro My experience climbing to the summit of the 19,341 foot “roof of Africa” was a great adventure with my 62 year old father that made me realize I can succeed in everything if I work hard enough. Nothing I had accomplished before contained even the slightest trace of verisimilitude to this almost alien climb. Climbing Kilimanjaro was an unforgettable experience that I love reflecting back on. I not only cherish the exultation of reaching the summit, but I also look back fondly at…

It is heavily debated that the rise of political extremists severely threatened the Weimar Republic, leading to its inevitable collapse. The upsurge of key figures such as Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in the Spartacist Uprising in 1919 displayed how the Republic were unprepared for any attack. Moreover, this threat was not noticed as two successive revolts took place in 1920 and 1923. However, other factors have surfaced to suggest that other threats were at hand. For example, it can be…

“Oranges and Lemons” Many of the nursery rhymes that are loved today have a deeper meaning than their lyrics suggest, some of which could be considered quite sinister. The poems and lullabies that are currently used as games, or methods of soothing children, are often based on dark happenings or figures in history, frequently oriented in England around the eighteenth century. Even though the nursery rhyme “Oranges and Lemons” is not as well-known as some of its contemporaries, it too has a…

The Holocaust is the most famous genocide of all time, but what happened during the Trail of Tears is no laughing matter. The genocide lasted for over 60 years taking Native Americans from their home to Oklahoma and across the Western United States putting them into reservations and putting the settlers in their place on their own native land. Also, the Nazi regime did some of the same things to the Jews of WWII, killing them and putting them into concentration camps, although more extreme…