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When reading pages one hundred four through one hundred fifteen there were many personal emotions. This was especially present when Eliezer's father died. It was very sad because Eliezer's father had been through so much already being in the concentration camp itself, but died crying out for Eliezer. He was also so close to being free from the camp. A lot of emotions were also present when Eliezer finally made it out of the concentration camp. It was very emotional because he was one of the very…

you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.”-Bob Marley This book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a powerful book. It shows you how the Nazis were very vulgar to the Jews. I strongly feel that we need to keep this book in the 7th grade curriculum. It shows kids apart of our history. Also, it shows them how the Jews were treated poorly from the Nazis. The kids need to understand that the stuff that was happening then could affect us some time in the near future. In conclusion, I…

Poland) from 1881 to 1884 (in that period over 200 anti-Jewish events occurred in the Russian Empire, notably the Kiev, Warsaw and Odessa pogroms).[3] The trigger for these pogroms was the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, for which some blamed "the Jews".[4] The extent to which the Russian press was responsible for encouraging perceptions of the assassination as a Jewish act has been disputed.[5] Local economic conditions (such as ancestral debts owed to moneylenders) are thought to have…

the Occupied Territories, although denied the right to return to their homeland to live, are recruited to cross the Green Line on a daily basis to work in Israeli factories. In terms of pay, Palestinian women from the Occupied Territories as a group are the lowest paid with Israeli Jewish men, Israeli Jewish women, Arab Israeli men, Arab Israeli women, and Palestinian men all considered more ‘valuable’ workers. Within this context, Palestinian women have been unable to organize their labour or…

Mahmud Darwish is a Palestinian poet who lived during the time Palestine was given up to Israel and the Jews. He wrote many poems about Palestine's struggles and their hatred for the Jewish people. “To Our Land” speaks about the struggles the Palestinian people had when they were kicked out of their homes and forced to leave. He writes to his old home and old life. He starts off by writing, “to our land, and it is the one near the word of God.” He is most likely talking about being near Mecca,…

All in all, the treatment of the German minority was a reflection of the Polish-German relations. Therefore, shortly after World War I, the German minority was integrated. The Nonaggression Pact of 1934 caused a forced assimilation. In 1939, the political situation worsened and the oppression and persecution of the German minority was at a zenith. Overall, there was an incline in oppression and persecution of the German minority towards the year 1939. Reflection Firstly, doing my research on…

Dehumanization The Jewish holocaust started in 1933. Every Jew living in a country controlled by Germany was sent to a concentration camp and was either killed or was on forced labor. The author of the novel Night, Elie Wiesel, was sent to a concentration camp with his family in Auschwitz in 1944. Few years after the holocaust ended, he decided to write a book about his experience in the concentration camp to show the world what happened during the holocaust. The novel Night by Elie…

I rate The Book Thief a 4 because the different parts of the plot had a unique way of interconnection. There were small details that seemed unimportant, but as the storyline progressed the minute detail from earlier turns out to be important. For example, in the beginning Liesel, the main character, steals a book, and the author recounts the story of how she obtained that book. In the plot that plays a major role because that spurs Liesel's book stealing ways, so that first minute detail ended…

Humanity faced an array of conflicts while evolving into a world with a diverse group of cultures and religions. This posed conditions in which freedom of expression seemed impossible. The formation of Israel and their right to religious freedom was risky to accomplish. Morality indicated in these situations what was just and unjust. As a result from the Israelites faith and perseverance, Judaism was born. Law sets rules and standards which hold human beings accountable for their actions. The…

survivors of the Holocaust are absolutely frightening from even the beginning of the persecution of the Jewish people. As the Jews were made to give up their belongings, Frima L described how the Gestapo's hit her mother with a rifle because she did not take her earrings out fast enough and how a Ukranian neighborhood laughed at the undressed Jews parading in the city. This was not even 80 years ago and apparently people genuinely enjoyed dehumanization upon a specific group…