Culture of Poland

Why did Nazi Germany invade the Soviet Union in 1941? Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 for several reasons, the most extenuating factor in the decision making process to invade the Soviet Union was the desire for Lebensraum. I will also be taking into consideration there standing in the Second World War at that time, the economic factors, Hitler’s racial ideology and his hatred of communism. I will then come to a conclusion upo my finding summarising the reasons behind the invasion of…

The movie Europa, Europa is a 1990 film based on the 1989 autobiography of Solomon Perel. After reading the book, Europa Europa by Solomon Perel in tandem with watching the film I found that there are some factual misrepresentations between the book and the movie. Nonetheless, the movie is well made and adheres the majority of the facts presented in the autobiography. Solomon Perel was a German Jewish boy who escaped the holocaust by faking his identity as an elite Aryan German, which led to…

1933. Hitler 's goal was to create a pure Aryan race and the could not be done with Jewish or Polish people around. The course of the Holocaust and Nazi occupation of Poland came shortly after Hitlers rise to power. The Holocaust began with the invasion of Poland in 1939 which was the beginning to WWII. The German occupation of Poland lasted from 1939 to 1944. During this time Jews were isolated and sent to live in ghettos, their rights were stripped away, and…

Arek Hersh Arek Hersh was born in Poland in 1929. He was brought up in a Jewish family. His family was always very close. He went to a Jewish elementary school, and mixed middle school. Jewish people in Poland were scared, especially after the 'Polenaktion' of 1938 where Germany expelled many Polish Jewish citizens across the border. In September of 1939 Germany Attacked Poland. Arek and his family had to leave their home, friends, and old lives behind to live with family in Lodz. They had to…

surviving prisoners. Soon after liberation, Jewish agencies throughout Europe began tracing survivors and measuring communal losses. In the Low Countries, perhaps some 9,000 Jewish children survived. Of the almost 1 million Jewish children in 1939 Poland, only about 5,000 survived. Most of these youngsters survived in…

Have you ever wondered how someone’s personal opinion on a world issue may influence their likelihood of survival? Probably not, because the two don’t seem connected in anyway. Ruta Sepetys Salt to the Sea will show you otherwise. The novel, written in 2016, is written from the perspectives of four young adults. A Prussian, a German, a Lithuanian, and a Pol are all trying to survive in Germany during the end of World War Two. Through Sepetys phenomenal story you see the decisions, values, and…

Yanek, he is a faitly happy kid. He lives with his immediate family and some of his uncles and aunts. the first thing i see of Yanek is his use of creativity, he puts on a puppet show for all of his family out of a projector that he made himself using the basic tools around his house. Krakow is the first place of the story and we come back to it later in the book. When the Germans come to take all of the jews from the area they begin to search the appartment building that Yanek's family is…

Czeslaw Milosz is a poet and has been awarded many prizes for literature. Milosz is looked up to by other poets. He has also written nonfiction books. These nonfiction books reflect his experiences during the Holocaust. The Holocaust plays a part in why he views man as destructive. He is very respected when it comes to Polish literature. His poems have been translated into English by other poets who respect his work. Czeslaw Milosz’s poem “Unde Malum” is a deep poem reflecting his views on how…

Hitler invaded Poland because he wanted to regain some of the territory Germany lost World War I . He captured Poland by using a battle strategy called “Blitzkrieg,” a strategy where they first perform bombing runs in the air, knocking out railroads, communication lines, and weapons depot. Then, the ground troops would come in with tanks, infantry, and artillery, killing off the rest of any resistance. The Polish Army was unable to defend against Hitler’s Army because they were under-equipped.…

The Germans were successful in taking over Poland because of revenge. Germany had lost land to Poland under the Treaty of Versailles after the First World War, with many German- speaking people still living in areas now a part of Poland as well as to other countries. Germany viewed the Poles as “less than human” and wanted their land for lebensraum, the German notion of needing more living space for the Aryan race. Hitler made extra precautions and created The Nazi-Soviet Pact that ensured that…