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    follow and instead go to the courtyard where they talk about their fathers and the war. The next day the Gestapo, or Nazi police, enter the boy’s class asking for Jean Kippelstein. Julien looks back and Jean, giving him away to the Gestapo. Everyone is ordered to pack their bags and meet in the courtyard, because the school is closing. Before Bonnet is escorted out of the school by the Gestapo, he and Julien exchange books he is allowed to grab his luggage from his room where Julien and him…

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    his influence and leadership positions pertaining to the Nazi Party, Final Solution, and Czechoslovakia. Reinhard Heydrich was a perpetrator of the Holocaust, because he took advantage of his authoritative positions in the Sicherheitsdienst (SD), Gestapo, and Reich Main Security Office (RSHA) when he united them to strengthen the Nazi Party. However, his urge to take control of the government and its authorities was sparked from his time serving in the army. After losing World War One, he saw…

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    Anne Shnabel's Exile

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    Anne gained her freedom after she was taken as a prisoner by the Gestapo. Firstly, based on Schnabel’s account, Anne acquired more freedom opposed to her experience in the annex. As illustrated on page 425, “It was as if she had been liberated. Now, she could see new people and talk to them and could laugh.” Although the others struggled within the camp, it expanded Anne’s competence to build new friendships. Anne mingled and laughed with other inmates, and because of that, she experienced…

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    SPD undertook extensive underground resistance after its suppression.(3) The SPD and the KPD managed to maintain underground networks, although the legacy of pre-1933 conflicts between the two parties meant that they were unable to co-operate. The Gestapo frequently infiltrated these networks, and the rate of arrests and executions of SPD and KPD activists was high, but the networks continued to recruit new members.(2) 3. Groups in Germany that resisted the Nazi's 3.1 Social Democrats…

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    became known as a hero due to his work in the French Resistance during World War II. After going to college to study law Moulin's was extremely passionate about politics. Due to his passion it was not a surprise when he was arrested by the occupying Gestapo and tortured as a suspected communist in June of 1940. During his time in confinement Moulin tried to commit suicide by cutting his own throat but a guard found him and he was taken to hospital and recovered. By November 1940 Moulin was…

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    and outward appearance of the poles to fit how they interacted with Spiegelman’s parents, Anja and Vladek. The first instance where a Pole is seen to try and punish Vladek and Anja is on page 139, where an old lady recognizes Anja and calls for the gestapo. This is one of the only times where a Pole goes out of their way to try and catch a Jewish person. Anja and Vladek are seen to be heading to a small shed in order to get…

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    carrying a sack of beans up the stairs and the bottom of the bag opened. The beans went flying, causing a lot more noise than Anne and the others living in the Annex desired. Since it was during the workday, the families sat anxiously, waiting for the Gestapo to come. Another incident occurred after everyone from the office building went home. The Pels were just about to go take their turn for the baths when they heard a crash coming from downstairs. They hurried back to the Annex to tell…

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    killed a lot of people. He also the leader of Hitler’s Final Solution.(“Biographies Of Nazi Leaders”Page1.) The Jews were hardly alive during the WW2 these are the things that happened to Jews.(“Anne Frank”Page 310.) The Jews were afraid that the Gestapo and the SS will take them just like Anne’s dream.(“Anne Frank”Page 292.) Every non- Jews could be a disaster to Jews, so they’re hiding from every people that aren’t Jews. Even when it is “safe” to talk, Jews are also scared that the SS might…

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    his good memories and belongings to go through the night into a unknown world. This book is called Night because of the night when everything changed for Wiesel and his family. They left all that they had because they were forced to do so by the Gestapo…

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    Just the mention of the Ninth Fort could send people into a panic. The Gestapo were constantly sending Jews there, for breaking one of the unreasonable rules that were set in place. On July 28, 1942 twelve Jews were sent to the Ninth Fort by the Gestapo, they had been arrested for various offenses (Tory, et al., 1990, p.115). Life in the Kovno Ghetto was full of constant turmoil, anxiety, and fear. The Ghetto…

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