Simon Wiesenthal

forgive each other? The Holocaust, one of the most horrifying eras of modern history, provides examples of almost unimaginable crimes against humanity and opportunities to forgive. Two selections explore the impact of forgiveness. In The Sunflower, Simon Wiesenthal describes his experience as a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp and how he was asked in the midst of the war to forgive a dying Nazi soldier. In “Six Reasons Not To Forgive Yet,” psychologist David Bedrick Offers reasons why…

Germany”, “A male who commits lewd and lascivious acts with another male or permits himself to be so abused for lewd and lascivious acts, shall be punished by imprisonment.” (Simon Wiesenthal Center Annual Vol. 7 (1990). English translation by Warren Johansson and William Perry in "Homosexuals in Nazi Germany," Simon Wiesenthal Center Annual, Vol. 7 (1990). However, in 1930 there was a significant gay rights movement that developed in Berlin, Germany. Weimar Republic was not aggressive towards…

or a follower? Alejandro Ines, a college student at Porterville College, writes about how anybody could be a leader and a follower, in his essay, called “Follower or Leader?” Ines introduced a book we read in class, called, “The Sunflower,” by Simon Wiesenthal, an author and a Jew who survived the Holocaust. Ines thesis was, “The life of the typical leaders and followers is composed of many intellectuals, such as mentoring, motivation, and obedience.” Ines’s stances were powerful that they are…

homosexual, Polish, gypsies, or Jehovah’s Witnesses. After the war, 6 million Jews had been killed by the Nazis of Germany. Few survivors of the Holocaust offered to share their experiences to the world through books and pieces of poetry, such as Simon Wiesenthal, Elie Wiesel,…

Lyon”, was captured in 1970. The Office of Special Investigations, or the (OSI), has tracked down and arrested more than 117 war criminals. Their operation lasted from 1979 to 2010. A Holocaust survivor, Simon Wiesenthal, made it his goal to spread awareness to capture Nazis. A person like Simon that tracks down Nazis is known as a Nazi Hunter. There were many Nazi Hunters, back then, and there are still some today. A group of Nazi Hunters have gathered a list of Nazi criminals that are still…

their horrendous actions? Should someone be forgiven if they really meant it? How could one be sure they are sincere? What if the atrocities were so unhuman, and disgusting? These are the questions I was left with when reading The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal. Mark Goulden a passionate British journalist that would not forgive Karl if it was up to him. I find myself agreeing with him due to the fact that anyone on their death bed is going to feel guilt, remorse, and want some kind of…

Nazi Twin Experimentation The infamous Dr. Josef Mengele experimented on twins in an effort to learn the secrets of multiple births and to find a way too quickly multiply the german race. Mengele's experiments were performed on prisoners at auschwitz. He experimented on 1,000 pairs of twins, roughly only 200 survived those experiments. When twins were nouse too Mengele, He’d dispatch subjects with an injection of Chloroform straight to the heart. Mengele had become interested in utilizing twins…

What is OSAP? The Ontario Student Assistance Program or OSAP is an Ontario and federal government funded program aiding students with funding their post-secondary education. OSAP offers grants; free money that does not have to be paid back and student loans that have to be paid back. OSAP offers money to students attending any public or private postsecondary schools in the world, as long as OSAP recognizes it. When filling in an application a student has access to different financial aid…

The events that occurred both during and after Kristallnacht originate from Anti-Semitism. It starts in 1933 when the Nazi Party gains most support in Germany. This allows Hitler to become the German Chancellor in 1933. Almost immediately, The Jews face suppressive laws. Children are not allowed to visit public museums, pools, or playgrounds. Kristallnacht is significant to World War II because the Nazis use it as a gateway for violence and murder to start the holocaust. In the fall of 1938,…

Beth Winegarner article In Violent Videogames, Teens Face (And Fight) Their Demons connects violent video games and real-life teenagers’ behavior with all that it infers. In times of new computer technologies more realistic and violent games made, it increases attention from the community and media and number of debates around the effect of violent games. Since the Columbine School shooting in 1999, the connection among violent video games and effects on people, especially in teenagers, became…