American Jews

describe the lives of people during the Holocaust, but more specifically the book Night by Elie Wiesel and Schindler’s list directed by Steven Spielberg are going to be focused on most. Night explains the story of Elie Wiesel and his experience as a jew during the holocaust as well as how Elie took care of his dad and tried to survive for the both of them. Schindler's list takes a different approach and shows the Holocaust in the point of view of Oskar Schindler; a member of the Nazi party. The…

Love. Some say it's one of the most powerful forces in the universe. It's one that can overcome anything that one may face in the harsh challenges that life presents. Many would urge to say that love is nothing more than a feeling that one has when find a so called "soulmate" however that is only a mere definition of what love is and can be. The love for another person is one all needs in life. Nevertheless the real question one may ask is, is love able to drive someone through not only life's…

constantly confronted with situations where we as humans have to take action for our own well being. In the book, “Night” by Elie Wiesel, he shares his own traumatic experience of the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a genocide of 12 million people, such as Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, basically anyone who is different and wouldn’t fit into Adolf Hitler’s image of a perfect society. This demonstrates the cruelty that a human being can impose against one another. Despite how ruthless the Holocaust…

Whether or not refusing to denounce their faith was courageous is subjective and the author's opinion exemplifies how they are biased towards the Jehovah’s Witnesses. The author is affiliated with the Jewish Virtual Library, which is a project of the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise. The author’s objectivity is most likely unaffected by historical reasons, but there is a possibility that they are against the Nazis because they are considered to be responsible for some of the most evil…

Throughout the book, Elie was always curious why nobody said anything about the whole situation of kicking the Jews into concentration camps. There were many predictions on why the townspeople remained complacent. Of course, this far in time, there is no longer a correct answer. Townspeople may have remained complacent for multiple reasons. One reason may be that they were scared of Hitler. The townspeople may have feared Hitler, and didn’t want to go to a concentration camp just like the less…

Simon Wiesenthal’s memoir, The Sunflower, told the story of Simon when he was trapped in a concentration camp. During his time in the camp, he was told to make a decision of forgiving a SS officer. An officer who Wiesenthal was contributing to his daily torture. Instead of verbally saying he forgave Karl, Simon implied his forgiveness by staying silent. I agree with Wiesenthal’s actions because I have relatable instances from my life that make it understandable. Such as, my parent’s divorce and…

dead and “disincarnated into an angel” (Malamud 46). Nevertheless, it is never confirmed either possibility whether Levine is actually Jewish or dead. Although, when Manischevitz questions Levine’s race, he challenges Levine by saying, “If you are a Jew, say the blessing for bread.” In effect the angel, “recited it in sonorous Hebrew” (Malamud 47), which makes it as the clearest confirmation that identifies Levine as Jewish. Regardless of Alexander Levine’s race, he has arrived to…

While his life did change, it was not the same as if he had survived the camps. When describing his childhood, he does not say that his family was “typically Jewish.” He describes his mother and father as not looking like you would expect a typical Jew w look, and his family never really practiced their religion. There is an inference that if people didn’t know the Frölhich family…

amount of time the Jews were powerless. ”There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice,but there must be never be a time when we fail to protest” (brainyquotes.com)I think it has a connection to Adolf Hitler being in power because, as time goes by the less powerless Adolf is being.Then when he had no more power he committed…

Problems of socio-economic class in Boyne’s novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Hitler’s regime in Nazi Germany caused a major issue of socio-economic class and a great divide between the Germans and the Jews. In John Boyne’s novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, these issues are illustrated through the eye of a Nazi Soldier’s family who have to move to Poland after the soldier becomes commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp. In a place where the soldier’s son whose name is Bruno comes…