The Prisoner

Interviewer: Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to ‘Rear Vision’, the only radio show still better than the history channel! Today I’ll be interviewing World War 2 (WWII) veteran, Schnadolf Shnitler on his experiences in the Changi Prisoner of War (POW) camp after the fall of Singapore. So Shnitler, tell me a bit about yourself before we begin? Schnadolf: I am a veteran of WW2 and I *was* serving in Singapore before they decided to surrender! It was alright I guess. Interviewer: Interesting.…

going through life in chains and how we are prisoners of life. She says this because, “all the long journey, we shall have gone in chains, fed on knowledge-apples acrid and riddled with grubs” (Levertov). Apples generally have a connotation about smart, good, and healthy, but in this poem, the apple is tainted due to the drive of wanting to comprehend life. We are too caught up in trying to understand and know things and this has caused us to be prisoners of our own lives. This has resulted us…

Prisoner on the Hell Planet (pg. 102-105) is a past short comic written by Art. This comic is found and read by his father who becomes upset by it and Art explains that he “never thought Vladek would see it” (pg. 101). The reader sees a glimpse of this comic before turning the page and leaving the Maus style behind, focusing on this dark, depressing comic. The story describes Speigelman’s perspective of his mother’s suicide in 1968. Importantly, Speigelman portray’s himself in concentration…

I would like to apply for the Program Associate position for the Prisoner Reentry Institute’s Educational Initiatives. I am a college graduate with a career interest in criminal justice reform, particularly research and policy work to improve issues of mass incarceration such as access to education. Most recently, I temped as a legal personnel coordinator and professional development coordinator at an international corporate law firm. I responded to benefits inquiries to support the…

Treatment of Prisoners in the Holocaust Regardless of what concentration or extermination camp they were shipped off to, prisoners of the Nazis were treated with extreme cruelty and hatred. Indeed, an estimated 11 to 17 million people died under the shadow of Hitler’s reign (Hurber 345). Many of the people at concentration camps had done nothing wrong; still they were overworked to the point of death. Additionally, others, at extermination camps, were killed just because Hitler did not like…

Even though remand prisoners; those prisoners who are not convicted as well as civil prisoners are eligible to vote as long as they are on the electoral register 3. Any of the individuals who is found guilty within the last five years of any corrupt dealings or being involved in illegal practices is also not eligible to voting in the country. Despite not being eligible to vote, several instruments have been developed by different authorities to deal differently with how prisoners are supposed to…

Why Testing on Prisoners is a Bad Idea Despite all the backings on social media from people around America, it probably isn't a great idea to test on Prisoners for a ton of legal reasons. After discovering that the prisoners of the concentration camps had been tested on, a set of 10 ethical principles were placed in effect called the Nuremberg code. This code eliminates all human experimentation unless the person is willing and also does not permit such testing on willing humans until results…

cost.” Prisoner B-3087 is a historical fiction novel written by Ruth Gruner. This story tells the reader how important even the little things in life are and how valuable they are, something you don’t notice until they are taken away from you. It tells us about Yanek Gruener, a Jew living in one of the most horrendous event of the 20th century, the holocaust during WW2. This story is based off of the real life story of Jack Gruener, who endured almost exactly what happens in the book. Prisoner…

"Mathias, come over here!" shouted my commander, a stern man and one of the largest native-born Israelis I've ever encountered. As Mathis ran over to our group of instructors my commander asked if any of us knew who he was. We looked amongst ourselves and did not know what to make of his inquiry. He was the class clown of the group. His mannerisms were jovial and light-hearted; he would lead the trainees in cadence and song to start each morning. Physically, Mathis couldn't be further from…

Jal started off as a soldier at the age of seven, where he would continuously be beaten and trained to forget his family and everything he once knew. He would be trained to never be caught of guard in case the enemy came and would go through harsh training everyday to become a good soldier. Jals situation isn’t uncommon in fact there are 300,000 child soldiers that are active around the world. Even though some of these child soldiers joined in the war to avenge their families most child soldiers…