Boot camp

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…

generates the potential for unchallenged obscenities. Two texts that display great examples of this are Maus by Art Spiegelman, and Night Elie Wiesel. Night can be described as simply a story of a fifteen-year-old boy going through concentration camps. Maus is a graphic novel telling the story of a man talking to his father about World War II. The concept of Maus presents a powerful metaphor; all of the characters in the novel are portrayed as animals, Jews as mice and Germans as cats. “Even…

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 into contact with a Jewish child named Shmuel, who is on the other side of the fence in the concentration camp. Bruno tries to understand both sides of the story, the Nazi side as well as the Jewish side, but believes he is superior to Shmuel, only because he is always…

inside Japanese war camps. The story start with Louie and Phil imprisoned on the island called “Kawjalein” or also nicknamed, “execution island”. Once the Japanese got the information they needed from them, they were about to execute them. However, the order was stopped on the last minute, and instead those two were transferred to Ofuna, a POW camp. Both Phil and Louie thought it would be much better there, but they were wrong. They found out that all the regulations set for POW camps were being…

the Jews were oblivious to the fact that Hitler was trying to obliterate this social class. It took Elie many years to move past what had happened to him in the concentration camps, but once he did, he was able to stop concerning himself with the pain and suffering that he had to experience within the concentration camps and continue on with his life in a happier mindset. For instance, Elie says, “That I survived the Holocaust and went on to love beautiful girls, to talk, to write, to have…

Faith is confidence or trust in an otherworldly being, person, thing or an obligation of loyalty. Before the Holocaust the Jewish communities throughout Europe continued to practice their faith and their faith in humanity as well. When the Holocaust took its grasp on the world, it broke down people and simultaneously made people stronger. The effect of this on the Jewish Communities differed from community to community, but the overall fact of it all was that some took it on themselves as a way…

Nazi 's as long as they could to ensure they did not get beat and thrown on trains to be sent away. In Elie’s case, the Nazi’s invaded his town and sent everyone into Ghettos. Nearly after, they were later shipped off in cattle cars to concentration camps. Elie’s mother repeated “ We cannot give up, we cannot give up.” (Wiesel, 20) This statement shows how difficult it was the cope with the treatment the Jews were getting, families were stressing before they got near the transports. The mental…

the Nazi soldiers came to collect him, along with his family and friends as a teenager. The gathered Jewish people from his community were sent to Auschwitz Concentration Camp where many devastating events took place in the life of Wiesel and thousands of other Jews. Wiesel later moved to do incredible things, surviving the camp, writing dozens of successful poems and books, and becoming a social rights advocate around the world. (Berenbaum, n.p) His course through life influenced all of his…

Poland, only a few miles away from the city Oswiecim, was the location of the largest death camp during WWII. The camp is known as Auschwitz. It is estimated that around three million to four million people were slaughtered there (Auschwitz-Birkenau: History & Overview). Auschwitz is recognized as the most horrendous concentration camp created by Nazi Germany. The people in the Auschwitz concentration camp were given cruel and unusual punishment in the living conditions they suffered through,…

Personally I have been to Auschwitz. Auschwitz was one of the biggest concentration camps during WWII one of which David went to. It is a frightening sight. Coming in on these cattle wagons and not knowing which faith there is for you at this location. Seeing your own family get split up and some taken directly to the gas chamber. Losing all faith in humanity because of the actions taken by these people. 6 million Jews were killed during this time. David was one of the lucky, one of the few who…