Simon Wiesenthal

forgiving them, and this is probably because I love them so much. In his book, The Sunflower, author, Simon Wiesenthal is faced with an SS soldier who asks forgiveness for a horrific crime. Simon was unable to forgive the man; and I too would find it very hard to forgive a Nazi soldier if I were in Wiesenthal’s shoes--how can one forgive…

The second part of “The Sunflower”, by Simon Wiesenthal continues with the confession of the SS soldier, Carl, who is laying on his deathbed. Simon has been chosen by the soldier’s nurse, to give him peace, consequently placing him in a very difficult position. Simon thought the soldier could never shock him, for he had witnessed many atrocities during his life, yet, nothing could have prepared him for the detailed murder of Jewish families. There were well over two hundred people, purposely…

camp. A dying Nazi soldier asks for your forgiveness. What would you do? This question is presented to the reader on the front cover of the book “The Sunflower” written by Simon Wiesenthal, who was a Jewish prisoner in a concentration camp during the 1940s. When Simon was asked for forgiveness from Karl, the SS soldier, Simon did not forgive him and kept his silence due to the pain he felt from suffering, war, and turmoil. In this reflection, I will support my answer of having forgiven Karl,…

deemed unworthy in the eyes of the Nazi party. In Simon Wiesenthal’s memoir “The Sunflower”, Karl, a energetic and enthusiastic member of the SS and previous Hitler’s youth participant who has found himself in a hospital bed, is one such member of the Nazi party who has committed crimes against humanity. Despite his misdeeds against the Jewish population, Karl seems repentant while on his deathbed, as he asks for forgiveness. However, Karl asked Simon, a Jewish architect plucked from his home…

The Sunflower is a non-fiction book; written by Simon Wiesenthal. In this book, Simon (a Jew) was working for the Nazi’s, while he got pulled aside by a nurse. The nurse asked him to come speak to a dying S.S. Man (Karl). Simon went into the room, and Karl told him the horrendous crimes he has committed. Karl tells Simon this to get forgiveness from a Jew for his crimes; so he can die in peace. Simon is overwhelmed and walks out, and says nothing. For the rest of his life he contemplates-did I…

The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal is about his unique experience during the Holocaust. While in the Lemberg concentration camp, he is ordered to work at a hospital for German soldiers. While working there he is taken to a dying SS man, Karl Seidl, who wants forgiveness from him, a Jew, for what he did. Karl first tells him about his life. He was brought up as a Catholic by his parents, but later joined the Hitler Youth. Later in his life, war broke out and he volunteered in the SS. He then told…

with the exception of truly heinous crimes, sincere compassion is expected. In Simon Wiesenthal’s book, The Sunflower, he displays the opposite of this norm. He describes his situation: him, a prisoner of the Nazi concentration camps, being asked pardon from a dying SS man as his dying wish in a makeshift hospital. After the SS man, much later revealed to be named Karl, has finished his gruesome account of his sins, Simon is left with the decision of whether to grant him his wish; he instead…

Simon Wiesenthal The holocaust was one of the biggest tragedies, a very dark moment in human civilization. It was a massacre led by Adolf Hitler. The holocaust made a great impact on the world and should never be forgotten. Simon Wiesenthal positively influenced the world by becoming a Nazi hunter to work for justice and through his many pieces of literature he educated others on the religious issue that took place as shown in the book “The Sunflower.” Simon Wiesenthal was born at 11:30 p.m.…

Maria Vasquez is first grader in Mrs. Casper’s classroom in Happyville Elementary. She has a specific learning disability and a speech and is language impaired. Her first language is Spanish and is struggling with learning English. Parent collaboration is needed in order to help Maria to learn English better and to be able succeed in school. Parents are important with collaborating with because parents are student’s main support system. Parents know their children have knowledge of their family,…

Edgar Wright is a really great director who knows how to make people laugh. He is known for his Comedic Cornetto Trilogy, and the movies I will be talking about are “Shaun of the Dead”, and “Hot Fuzz” are the two of them. The scenes display the kind of style he uses in the films, and by using film techniques it helps show the style by how effective it is. Techniques such as music, sound effects, camera work e.g close ups, mid shots, and characters. Wright uses these techniques to grab people’s…