Aftermath of the Holocaust

The violence and horror of the two World Wars and the Holocaust not only altered the Western notion of ‘religion’ and ‘secular’ but changed how society was understood. With the deaths of millions and a 90% wipe out of the Jewish race in Europe alone by the notions of one singular Germany party who rose to power through Germany’s weak years from the recovery of the First World War. Yet not all Germans were involved in this persecution nor did many of them actually understand fully the real…

committing war crimes in World War II, before the Nuremberg trials were held and the principle of war crimes was stated (George Wald, BrainyQuote). The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials to punish the Nazis and other people involved in the Holocaust accused of horrible crimes during World War II. The crimes against humanity and war were common crimes to be convicted for at the time. The trials at Nuremberg are so important in history today because they were a warning to those who try to…

who is right and wrong during the aftermath of a supposed nuclear holocaust. The Chrysalids, which is a book written by John Wyndham in 1955, tells a story that is unique, because throughout the tale, it can be unclear who the reader should be rooting for. Waknuk and Sealand seem to be the most civilized communities thriving after the Tribulations, but their views differ in many ways. Both communities could potentially be the cause of a second nuclear holocaust, but it is more likely that Waknuk…

mass genocide of Jewish people, in which many met their ends in horrifying concentration camps. Hitler encouraged the persecution and slaughters of not only Jewish Germans, but those of other European countries as well. (The Holocaust) Under Hitler’s orders, in the Holocaust, the concentration camps Jewish people were killed, worked to death and experimented on, and the effects lasted for years…

anti-Semitism was embraced by the Soviet troops and the Anglo-Saxons and it had spread to several parts of Europe. Adolf Hitler walks away from the Holocaust not only the reason for the millions of mass murders that he organized, but also the psychological suffering of the people of Germany after the termination of his reign. The aftermath is just as damaging as the Holocaust itself, which was considered the one of the most gruesome, destructive, devastating times in history alone. Adolf…

things. Christopher Browning shows us an example of a group of normal men who committed terrible crimes. He also offers insight on who the men really were in their lives before the war. The book begins with Browning giving us statistics on the Holocaust in Poland. He reinforces the fact that most of the killing happened in Poland which required…

I. Before: Analysis of Roots Causes: The underlying causes that led up to the Holocaust were antisemitism, socio- economic conditions, Aryan-racism, scapegoating, imperialism and a power-grab. The first anti-semitic act, was after Jesus was put to death by the Roman authorities. However, the gospel accounts were interpreted as blaming all Jewish people for the crucifixion of Christ. After the crucifixion, Roman armies destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem. Jewish people were exiled. They were…

the pillaged and destroyed synagogues, homes and Jewish owned businesses that were torn apart. ERNST VOM RATH The violence was instigated primarily by Nazi Party officials and members of the SA (Sturmabteilungen) and Hitler Youth. In its aftermath, German officials announced that Kristallnacht had erupted as a spontaneous outburst of public outrage and hatred in response to the recent assassination of Ernst vom Rath. Vom Rath was a German embassy official stationed in Paris. Herschel…

The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself America is a country founded on immigration, and our principles promote freedom of religion. Most of us would not be here today if it were not for our ancestors immigrating here in the United States from elsewhere. The role of Islam in the America of the Founding Fathers was in the words of the Founding Fathers themselves. The Founders of this nation clearly included Islam in their vision of the future of the republic, while establishing the…

shtetl childhoods as sons of successful merchants. COHLER, BERTRAM J. International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies. Mar2010, Vol. 7 Issue 1, p40-57. 18p. This paper contrasts the accounts of mourning and the resolution of grief in the aftermath of the Shoah as portrayed in the memoirs of two men Elie Wiesel (1928–) and Leon Weliczker Wells (1925–). Each life writer grew up in an Eastern European shtetl, a traditional community, in which he was immersed in Hasidic culture, and was…