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Auschwitz: The Horrors Revealed Germany, World War II, in the height of the war, the Nazi’s were in power. In Poland, there was a place that would bring the strongest men to their knees, this place was Auschwitz. World War II was a terrifying time for the Jewish people; Auschwitz killed, enslaved, and experimented with these poor people. In the first and largest camp, the Jews were put to work as slaves; they worked so hard that some of them dropped dead where they worked. Auschwitz became a…

Irena Sendler: Holocaust Savior and Angel of the Warsaw Ghetto Have you ever thought that you were too ordinary to make a change in the world? If so, I encourage you to reflect on the example of Irena Sendler. Irena was a simple Catholic woman who believed in social justice and decided to make a difference. She wanted to do something to help the Jews who were experiencing injustice and hatred during the Second World War. In this brief paper, we will take a look at Irena’s history and actions…

Battle of the Bulge After the successful invasion of Normandy by American forces, German leaders believed that their defeat was imminent. However, Adolf Hitler saw an opportunity to attack the Ardennes to split the Allied forces, which included Britain, France, and America, and prevent them from advancing toward German territories. This strategic move led to the Battle of the Bulge. While the secrecy maintained by German leaders was significant, the principal factor contributing to the attack…

The relationship between father and daughter, under the right circumstances, should be cherished for eternity. In the memoir The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls recounts the relationships between Rex Walls, her father, and all of his daughters. For the reason that the story is told through the eyes of Jeannette the father-daughter relationship focused on the most is that of herself and her father. Jeannette and her siblings, Lori, Brian and Maureen, had an unorthodox upbringing due to their…

Joel Olsteen once said, “We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down.” When cultures meet, there is almost always and endgame of holding on to full control of everything, and holding that kind of power comes with the harsh treatment towards others.In Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, it can be shown that if a culture shows a lack of sympathy towards another when colliding, then the society will crumble and fall apart. This is also shown through the Nazi control…

“you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future’’. No matter what everything is connected from the music you listen to , too the day Hitler invaded poland. What you do now will change history. The deadliest war in human history with millions of casualties and even more civilians killed, all caused by one man, Adolf Hitler. Hitler got his hatred for the jews during WW1 on the western…

Mitarbeiter, traurigkeit, leid, gedemütigt, verängstigt, terrorisiert, missbraucht, diskriminiert, and opfer are all German words that translate into words that describe what the Jews in the Lodz ghetto were and the feelings that they may have experienced. In order the words translate to workers, sadness, grief, humiliated, scared, terrorized, abused, discriminated, and lastly, victims. Jews were looked at as different and evil during the time period 1933 to 1945, also known as the time period…

The screenplay, “The Dairy of Anne Frank” written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett describes the lives of the residents in the secret annexe behind the bookcase during the Holocaust in Amsterdam. Throughout this script Anne, an animated character, changes in many ways from growing up and maturing. In the beginning of the dialog, Anne’s personality starts out as a juvenile and naive little girl who has zeal to explore the wonders of the world. To exemplify, Mr. Van Daan, a selfish man,…

Is there ever a time to give up? At what circumstance is giving up a justifiable act? How do you find the strength to persevere? The book The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a memoir focusing on her childhood and how grew up with dysfunctional parents. Her mother, Rose Mary, was almost always focused solely on her art career- art was such a huge part of her mother’s life that, at times, the maternal duties were of no concern. Rose Mary justified her withdrawal from her children’s life by…

“If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim.” The fantastic memoir, The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls is about a dysfunctional family lead by an alcoholic father and a mother who can only be explained as “crazy.” The family battled poverty, hunger, and homelessness along a journey that put family in disarray. One of the biggest issues raised by the book was alcoholism. Alcoholism is a very serious addiction similar to other addictive substances that are abused by millions of…