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    The Jewish people were dehumanized by the Nazis and robbed of hope and faith in God. The novella “Night” by Elie Wiesel begins in Seguit and continues from Auschwitz to Buchenwald during which time, Eliezer and his father, along with millions of other Jews were enslaved, tortured, starved and killed over a period of nine years. The treatment of the Jews during the Holocaust, broke their physical and mental stability and left them helpless. Hitler achieved his goal of making the Jews feel…

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    while the plague ravaged the majority of Europe, the nation of Poland was drastically less than that of the surrounding nations. This was largely due to the Poland ruler Casimir the Great, social and economic factors, and the large population of Jewish individuals that had settled there. The first explanation to the seeming lack of the plague in Poland was a king during the 14th century. Casimir the Great through excellent and skillful leadership helped Poland escape the plague barely…

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    Striped Pyjamas Injustice

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    unique perspective on how prejudice hatred, anti-Semitism and injustice affected innocent people during WWII. The novel largely centres on a crucial theme of injustice faced by Jewish people. There is much evidence to prove this statement as it is represented in countless ways in the novel through the mistreatment of Jewish people such as Pavel, he experienced clear injustice from a German soldier. It is also evident for Shmuel’s austere way of living compared to Bruno’s German privileges, and…

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    Eliezer Metaphors

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    First, I chose this quotation because it helps establish Eliezer’s spiritual standings that will be represented throughout the book. To explain, this quotation is important because it allows Eliezer to find the answer to the original question that appeared earlier “Why do you pray?”. Throughout the book, Eliezer is angry and questions why God has placed him on this disagreeable path. In addition to having this quotation, it gives Eliezer the opportunity to find the answers to his questions…

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    The portrayal of sorrow in ‘’The Last Night’’ and ‘’Refugee Blues’’ varies between each piece. In Refugee Blues it describes how the Jewish were treated and rejected even when they are in times of hardship. Similarly the Last Night also focuses on the innocence of the Jews; it portrays the Jewish people in their last glimpse of freedom before they reach the concentration camps, and compels the dehumanisation of the children as well as the adults. The portrayal of rejection and how they were…

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    immediately after, they began scapegoating Jewish people, blaming them for the problems Germany faced after World War I. On April 1st of the same year, a national boycott of Jewish owned businesses was announced. In the weeks that followed, legislations were passed forcing Jews out of civil services. This was part of Hitler’s larger plan to exterminate all Jewish people from Germany and German-controlled territories. Throughout Elie Wiesel’s Night, the Jewish population is slowly stripped of…

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    enemies. Nehemiah started out as the king of Persia’s cup bearer and was eventually commissioned as a governor. Before entering into the leadership of Nehemiah the Jewish people had been exiled for over seventy years, Jerusalem had been completely destroyed, and the temple had been burned in 586 B.C. Zerubhabar led the first group of Jewish exiles to return and begin the rebuilding phases of the temple. Ezra led the second group, and Nehemiah proceeded him. The Persians dominated the Near…

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    Jewish Holiday Essay

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    To understand why certain things happened in my story must understand I am Jewish. For those who may or not in Judaism we have three pilgrimage holidays Passover, Sukkos, and shavous. In ancient time my ancestors would travel to the holy temple in jerusalem. Now this day all we have left of the Holy Temple is Western wall so we don 't a make a pilgrimage. My story takes place during the time of Passover which falls out in the spring about three years ago. Now passover just so you know is one of,…

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    status among the Jewish society, and some wavered between where they stood. The result, however, was ultimately a division between groups of people who either supported or opposed such an outreach. The key earthly players leading up to the outreach of the Gentiles included Cornelius, Peter, and an angel of the Lord. Follow up support later came from Paul, Barnabas, James, the apostles, and the Jerusalem council. In contrast, non-supporters included a major portion of the Jewish people, believers…

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    contact with many people on the path to survival. Some of these people were a great help, some provided him with a great disservice, and others managed to do both simultaneously. This memoir presents the reader with an ambivalent attitude toward non-Jewish neighbors, and this ambivalence sheds light on a much more broad moral question: can collective trauma bring out both the best and the worst in people, and what does that look like for those that are in need of aide? As mentioned above,…

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