Gypsy

Hitler eliminated every Jew, artists, educators, gypsies, and both mental, and physically impaired.( Auschwitz History) At least 30- 40 thousand poles died. “The Nazis opened forced labor camps,thousands of Jews died from starvation, or exposure.” (Nazi Camps) A concentration camp and an extermination…

she had done things deserving those sort of stereotyping. Her exact words were: “I’m a Gypsy, so I always get the [you and your people are all thieves, con artists, swindlers, cheaters, crooks, and squatters] thing. But stereotyping exists for a reason, I was a thief and I had conned people in the past”.This is an example of prejudice because people assumed she is someone to watch out for because she is a Gypsy. To my understanding, it is in their culture to move around. Due to misinformation,…

depending on the type of flamenco song. Thematic content of flamenco music generally surrounds love, death, pain, and hunger. While it is possible and common for classical artists to portray these themes without firsthand experience, the Andalusian Gypsies who created this music were no stranger to the reality of these…

father says, pounding his fist on the table for emphasis. “How did I use poor Gypsy peasants. Peasants who suddenly starve themselves for revolution?” Ava sits in a corner, quietly listening, one eye open, observing the two men. “Ah, yes, these defiled Romanis who had the misfortune to mix with a gadjo, like you!” The Magyar snorts. “A Hebrew who wears a yarmulke and lives beside them, offending their Gypsy tastes.” The farmer wrinkles his nose at some perceived Moldavian…

Similarly, The Alchemist has many lessons that tend to be about finding yourself through the main character Santiago. Santiago goes through so many conflicts to find his treasure, find himself and ends up meeting many people who help him including The Gypsy, The King of Salem, and The Alchemist. All of whom help him in achieving his dream to find the treasure in The Great Pyramids of Giza. In some organized religions, a character from some sort of sacred text, there is a story about a someone…

I knew from the moment I walked in to Sleepy Hollow park in Des Moines that I was going to have a good time. I was there for the Renaissance Faire during the Pirates and Wenches week. The smell of food and the sound of chatter was heavy in the air as a man dressed as a knight gave us a wristband, confirming that we had paid to get into the fair. I grinned at Sydney, and she smiled back, our excitement showing. My parents talked about the events as they looked over the schedule, but I wasn’t…

that were targeted were the Gypsies and the Jehovah’s witnesses. In an article from the Gale Virtual Reference Library it states, “The total number of German and Austrian Gypsies who were deported and/or interned in camps was about 33,500. Most of them were eventually killed.” The persecution of the gypsies began way before the Nazi’s came into power. For example, in the same article it is says, “For example, Prussian King Frederick William I decreed in 1725 that all Gypsies over 18 were at…

What is the Holocaust? The Holocaust, which originates from the ancient Greek language, means "sacrifice by fire". The Holocaust was Nazi Germany 's resolve during World War Two to eliminate Jews throughout all Europe. The Holocaust resulted in the death of 6 million Jews which was two-thirds of the European Jewish population before the second World War. Why did the Holocaust happen? The Holocaust was part of Nazi Germany 's final solution program which was based on antisemitism. Nazi Germany…

Hitler used the preexisting prejudices as a strategy to get the German people to believe him and his solution of eliminating Jews, gypsies, Poles, Slavs, handicapped, homosexuals, communists, and socialists to ensure the rise of a strong German nation. Hitler’s “master race” included people who were considered strong, with the ideal person being tall, blonde, and blue eyes. He also used the preexisting antisemitism that already existed in Germany to get people to follow him. Some laws for the…

persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime, led by Adolf Hitler (Introduction to the Holocaust). What isn’t as widely known is the fact that in addition to these six million Jewish people, another five million people, consisting of gypsies, homosexuals, African-German, children, and others, were also killed (The Holocaust: Non-Jewish Victims). The Holocaust lasted from lasted from around 1933-1945 (Introduction to the Holocaust). B. What was the goal of the…