History of the Jews in the United States

In the event that six million Jews were slaughtered by german soldiers beginning on January 30th, 1933, I believe that we should remember the holocaust because it impacted the lives of everyone involved too immensely to ever let its memory fade away. As quoted by Harold Porter, “It is difficult to know how to begin”. But by being able to remember, we must know key points in history that triggered the motion of events which caused the Holocaust. It could have been that europe has always had a…

The official definition of the Holocaust is “...the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime…” that occured from roughly from 1933 until salvation in 1945 (Introduction to the Holocaust). The importance of having an educated generation of South Carolinians, is more important now, than it ever has been. People need to understand the past, present, and future effects of this atrocity on the human race. Holocaust education should be…

war or tension between the two separate parties. This fighting began 1947 by the United Nations partitioning the land in Palestine to be given to Israeli groups to create a separate a state. This essay will ask, was this partition necessary, to for both Arab and Israeli to be accepting of each other and live peacefully next to each other. Some people claim that other methods would’ve been more effective in giving Jews safety and keeping the Arab happy. They argue that separating the 2 groups…

The 20th century was overshadowed by a sequence of events that indicated significant changes in world history as to redefine the era as a whole: World War I and World War II, nationalism and decolonization, nuclear power and space exploration, the Cold War and post-Cold War conflicts; intergovernmental organizations and cultural institutionalization through growth in emerging transportation and communications technology; world population growth and poverty reduction, first realization of…

In this oral history, Margaret Rosskam is interviewed by Michael Tietz to discuss how life was under Nazi and Hitler rule for the Jewish as well as her emigration to the United States. Rosskam gives a thorough and accurate description of how her life changed drastically when Hitler came to power. Her school life became more difficult especially since Hitler had altered how many years you could attend school. Schools also started to discriminate against Jews that left them singled out. Margaret…

M1 EQ: What is deculturalization? How does it function historically and in the present? When a student learns about America’s history, they learn about how America came to be and the struggles our country faced. I learned about some struggles but throughout this module, my eyes were opened to the unsettling way America came to be. When the settlers came to America, they were faced with a level of uncertainty but felt that it was their duty to bring civilization to the Western world (Spring,…

“It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed” (Elie Wiesel). Since the time of the Holocaust, ghettos have been used to segregate minorities from the rest of society. They are unsanitary and dangerous areas, set up in the dregs of society. Modern ghettos are very similar to those that were established during the Holocaust, however they still have their…

topic, we can learn about how the Treatment of Blacks in United States is similar and different to the treatment of Jews in Germany. Adolf Hitler is known for how he treated Jews in the holocaust. For this research project, this topic will compare the Treatment of Blacks and the Treatment of Jews. For both of these treatments , they both had human rights violated and had to suffer. Adolf Hitler was one of the greatest dictators throughout history, he is known to be very powerful figure. He was…

the past three years the United states has killed 97 people and the most recent one was October 7th 2015(DPIC). The death penalty is a resource that the government has always used and if we as the to solve problems and take care of inmates and it has always been a very controversial topic. But you may ask if the death penalty is so bad why hasn 't it been banished yet from the United States? Considering we are the number one superpower in the world. If the United States were to abolish the…

“The history of man is the history of crimes, and history can repeat. So information is a defense. Through this we can build, we must build, a defense against repetition” (Wiesenthal). Simon Wiesenthal has shown moral courage throughout his life, whether it comes from growing up or what he has become. He is a Jewish Austrian survivor of the holocaust and deciated is time to gathering information and tracking down fugitive Nazi war criminals such as Adolf Eichmann. By seeking justice and not…