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Warsaw Ghetto Although fiction, Jerry Spinelli's Milkweed expertly depicts the horrors that occurred inside and explains the sad truth of the Warsaw ghetto, “Orphans by the thousands roamed the streets in their rags and boils, slumped in doorways, begging for food, clothing, anything. There was nothing to give them. So they starved and froze and died in the snow, their arms frozen outward, still begging. The children who lived were all scraps and eyes. This was the ghetto: where children grew down instead of up,” (Spinelli, 153). Warsaw is a city located in Poland. During and around the 1930’s, Warsaw had the largest population of Jewish citizens. Then, one day, when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, heavy artillery and air attacks were set upon the city. The Jewish citizens were ushered into a harsh area on the outer edge of Warsaw. They called this area the Warsaw ghetto. Jewish organizations dissolved, Jewish property was taken away, and Jewish schools were closed. Ghettos in World War II were used to segregate and cut-off Jews, but these horrible living conditions were taken to an appalling, unacceptable extreme specifically inside the Warsaw ghetto. During World War II, horrific living quarters called ‘ghettos’ existed. A ghetto was a dwelling that was set up in order to segregate, concentrate, control, and remove the population of Jews. Some explain that, “...the creation of ghettos was a key step in the Nazi process of separating, persecuting, and…

victory, leading the Polish forces to future victories until the end of the war. (newworldencyclopedia.org). The Treaty of Riga was signed on March 18, 1921 and ended the Polish-Soviet war (Garlinski xix). The peace treaty provided set boundaries between Poland and Russia which lasted until the Second World War when the boundaries had to be reestablished (britannica.com). The treaty allowed for both Poland and Russia to take part of Belarusian and Ukrainian land, which in the long run created…

George Orwell’s dystopian novel, the communist Polish rule employed censorship and propaganda in communist Poland. Records and historical documents were altered or entirely deleted in order to keep the people from rebelling due to food rations being cut, wages being decreased, and more. Identically to 1984, a profession concerning the control of censorship could be offered to standard Polish citizens, assuming they have been working for the government beforehand. Censorship was very common in…

love interest, but an avatar of the horrors he has experienced. Greta Muller an aspiring singer that hopes to be famous after the war. Greta has known nothing of the war only that which has been spoken through the radio. When she finally witnesses more than she can handle she becomes bitter and is thrown in jail for defeatism. Charlotte or Charly, a Wehrmacht nurse who loves Wilhelm but is frightened to reveal her feelings out of fear of rejection. She goes onto the eastern front optimistic for…