Antisemitism

In Under A Cruel Star, Heda Margolius Kovaly recounts her life through the Holocaust up to the invasion of Prague by the Russians where she discovers the horrors of human nature and the two emotions, fear and hope, that influence how people react when put in situations like Heda’s. Many lessons can be taken from her book which explain why humanity was like it was and still is and how to change. “Now I had to cope with a worse enemy, human fear and indifference” (Page 28). If one thing I was…

Moral Courage Inside Auschwitz Moral courage can be defined as having the bravery to take action for moral reasons despite whatever the consequences might be. Witold Pilecki demonstrated an immense amount of moral courage during a short period of his life, as he voluntarily snuck himself into Auschwitz and lived in the camp for 2 years. As he spend his time suffering in a camp filled with death, disease, and despair, he relayed messages about the camp back to the Allies. Pilecki has greatly…

The Jewish Revolution Thought the Holocaust the Jewish revolted, but how? The Holocaust was the start of World War II. The Jewish people would be sent to concentration camps, execution camps, or ghettos. All around they had horrible living conditions and weren’t even considered humans. The Jews had to stop the Nazis from taking over in forceful and peaceful ways. The Jews used many types of armed ways to resist against the Nazis. An example of this is the armed ghetto uprisings. Evidence: “In…

For so many years, Jews were part of a somewhat peaceful life. When one day Hitler decided to destroy all the Jews, he could. That is when disaster struck! Nazis started destroying all the Jews they could. Despite the dangers, non-Jews sacrificed their lives to help save Jews. In 1933, hell froze over in Poland. Nazis started to take over more and more of Poland every day. When Nazis started taking over Poland they made Jews stay in Ghettos. Ghettos were not fun at all, they had very little…

St. Maximilian Kolbe Maximilian Kolbe was a saint who lived a normal life as a child and devoted his life to God at a very young age. Raymund Kolbe was born January 8, 1894 in Zdunska Wola, in Poland. His father was German and his mother was Polish, he grew up relatively poor. In 1914, his father was captured by the Russians and killed for fighting for an independent Poland (Maximilian Kolbe Biography). Whenever Raymund was a little boy he was presented by Mary two crowns when he was praying to…

Jewish people had a hard time going through World war II, since they were the reason it all started, 1 man managed to get enough power to ruin over 10 millions lives, he either killed them, or tortured them so they would be close to death. But we are not talking about Hitler, we are talking about rescuers of World war II, Friends helping Jews, Jews helping Jews, and families helping Jews. All of these are going to have examples, people who left a mark on this world during World War II. Jews…

I wish there was a word to describe the way I feel every time I read about the Holocaust or 9/11. A way to express the disgust I feel despite years of comprehension. I consider myself to be very emotionally stable, the typical “Oh’ I don’t cry” kind of guy, but what I read last week is where I draw the line. How can one not be appalled, question humanity and the good in the world when humans, our brothers and sisters, can do such terrible things to one another? While the overall information…

The three movies, Erbkrank, The Eternal Jew and Jud Suss, all show case various levels of Anti-Semitism that existed in Nazi Germany. The Jew was seen as the destroyer of the true Germany and were thus the culprit for all of their problems. The idea of the Jew as other was clearly displayed in all three movies, in varying means and styles. The audiences for all of the movies clearly impact the manner in which the movies chose to go about exploring the Jewish problem, that reportedly existed…

Propaganda: The Cruelty Tool The year was 1933. Joseph Goebbels was made head of the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. Propaganda was introduced into daily life. However, things were not as they seemed. With the end of World War I, all of the blame was placed on Germany for ramifications and Germany had to pay off war debt as a repercussion. Germany needed a scapegoat. Their choice was the Jews. Propaganda used by the Nazis provided a hidden Anti-Semitic message and…

The history of The Holocaust raises challenging questions about our responsibilities as a nation to offer refuge and rescue to persecuted people from beyond our borders. America, land of the refuge, offered little assistance to victims under Hitler’s control. American Christians forgot about the Good Samaritan. Even American Jews lacked the sense of urgency the crisis demanded. The Nazis were murderers, but we were all too passive accomplices. Despite a history of providing a shelter to…