Camp Widjiwagan

What does it take to get a break from and to ultimately overcome the evil that surrounds us every day? Ever since the fall of man back in the dawn of time, there has always been evil in the world, it has haunted man and followed closely behind him everywhere he goes. This is made visible in “Beowulf” by (insert author here) through multiple scenes when Beowulf builds the courage to take on evil head on. Beowulf affirms that evil can endanger peaceful civilizations, there can be small respites…

The Jewish people were dehumanized by the Nazis and robbed of hope and faith in God. The novella “Night” by Elie Wiesel begins in Seguit and continues from Auschwitz to Buchenwald during which time, Eliezer and his father, along with millions of other Jews were enslaved, tortured, starved and killed over a period of nine years. The treatment of the Jews during the Holocaust, broke their physical and mental stability and left them helpless. Hitler achieved his goal of making the Jews feel…

“Being a refugee is much more than political studies, it is the most pervasive kind of cruelty that can be exercised against a human being” Deadly silence swept through the night, dispensing uneasy tension and fear across the bombarded city of Daraa. Terror walked around our streets, loaded with heavy ammunition aiming their hatred towards innocent civilians. We did not dare to muster a single sound in our wooden creaky house, concealing ourselves from the danger within. In this town, a single…

Ice Road Truckers: 15 Facts & Photos Of Steph Custance When we ask you to think about your typical trucker what picture forms in your mind? A leathery old guy in dirty jeans smoking cigarettes? Maybe with a bit of a “dad bod” and a big scruffy beard? We’re probably on the right track. Let’s be honest, although we know there are female truckers out there – who can do the job just as good as any guy – we tend to associate a certain type of man to the job. That was of course until we met the ladies…

With marks all over their face, eyes red and weary, and dying for even the slightest bit of food, the prisoners faced the harsh conditions of the gulag to barely survive each day in their never-ending prison sentence. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, over 15-30 million Zeks died during the Stalinist era, displaying the extreme difficulty of surviving. In the novella, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Alexander Solzhenitsyn investigates the most intriguing aspect of life in the gulag:…

German boy, who is forced to move from his comfortable and rather luxurious home in Berlin to the horrifying concentration camp, Auschwitz due to the demands of his father’s promotion. Boyne masterfully tells the story from Bruno's perspective; clearly showing that the innocence of Bruno's childhood remains intact despite the fact that he is living on the periphery of a death camp.…

Resistance in Death Camps The Nazis had a vulgar and powerful hate towards Jews. They did whatever they could to try to erase the Jewish race. The Holocaust is the largest mass murder to a religion that this world has ever seen. Most Jews had no idea what was going on and had no clue that they were going to be killed so quickly (Grobman). During the Holocaust Jews were thrown into death camps where most were murdered right away while others suffered; however there were some brave and courageous…

not affected much by the depression (Aukje & Williams 151). For these reasons, the Nazis devised a systematic plan, calling for a total eradication of their population in Europe. This was done through tortuous means such as concentration camps and extermination camps, a time period known now as the Holocaust. To be a German Nazi during this time was a position of power, but to a Jew, Nazis were a source of great…

many books, the underlining theme is straight and to the point; the Jews were systemically hunted down and their linage almost destroyed just for their beliefs and way of life. Wiesel, is one of the few who survived not one but three concentrations camps. “Night” is his account of the time he and his family were taken to Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Buna. There were many different ways shown in “Night” on how the Nazi SS and the Gestapo committed mental, physical, and social brutality towards not…

In Bernard Schlink 's novel, The Reader, the story centers around a middle-aged women named Hanna, who is at trial for being part of the SS unit at the Nazi 's concentration camp in Auschwitz. She is accused of allowing 300 Jewish women to parish while being stuck in a burning church. During her trial it becomes apparent that Hanna is illiterate and can 't defend herself properly. She is embarrassed at the fact that she is illiterate and does not want to let anyone know of her inability. This…