...Holocaust DBQ How did the Nazi’s chnaged the lives of Jews living in Europe politically, economically, and socially? How were the Jews treated in Nazi Germany? How did the Nazi’s implement their final solution ? The Nazi Party profound impact on the lives of many people throughout Europe. The Nazi Party are a group of people not liking Jews by the way they look. In Europe 1933-1945 there are millions innocent children suffered by hands of Nazis. Between five and six million Jews were killed. Nazis changed life of Jews from them living the impossible as they were not important. The Nazis politically labeled the Jews and economically destroyed their business , synagogues , and homes. As a way of identifying the Jews. Nazis created the “Jew”...
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...The Changing of Jewish Life With the rise of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party between 1933 and 1939, Jewish life was changed drastically. This was due to a combination of factors such as Hitler’s rise to power and anti-semitic beliefs, Nuremberg Laws, and Kristallnacht. This essay will serve to explore Jewish life prior to 1933 and explain the many factors that attributed to the changing of Jewish life from 1933 to 1939. Anti-semitism has existed for about two thousand years throughout Europe, but despite this, the life of German Jews was reasonably peaceful before 1933 (Berenbaum 2018). Anti-semitism existed in many forms such as the Jews being scapegoated for the cause of the Black Plague and the death of Christ, as well as employment...
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...this time will be something they will never forget, the time of struggle for an opportunity to survive. It was a time for fighting for the right to live, the time when Jews were killed just for “being Jews”, a time when a man with a “yellow star” was doomed. It took place in 1939-1945 and was introduced by Adolph Hitler, a man whose idea was to decontaminate the German race from all the minorities. Thousands of Jews were sent to concentration camps, killed or vanished. It was the time of “monopoly on violence”(Torpey, 1997) towards the Jews. This World War II period made an enormous impact on the direction that was taken by the social relations between Jews and other nations. Holocaust divided the lives of Jews into three periods: before, during and after it, which showed how hard was its hit.”…Cats have nine lives, but we - we're less than cats, we got three. The life before, the life during, the life after…"(Joselit, 1995 p.1) Jew people lost loved ones; homes, lives and it took them quiet a time to renew the curative power of their belief. The other main thing resulting from the Holocaust was the influence it had on future terrorism and the appearance of pure racism, anti-Semitism and discrimination. Holocaust the terrorists showed that the “big” goals could be achieved through any possible ways, when a life of a human being is not worth of anything. Many contemporary people deny this kind of influence but objectively thinking leads us to the understanding that the base of...
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...of the ancient Jews lies in the extent to which Western civilization took over their perspective on the deepest question life poses 2. The achievement of the Jews lies in neither in their antiquity nor their land size, but rather, for their passion in meaning. Philosophy: 1. Being of the Other (god) must be taken into account - No human being is self-created -Everyone, at some point finds his or her power limited 2. Hebrews refused to acknowledge God as having the these qualities (i) Prosaic: Its center is a being of awesome majesty (ii)Chaotic: coalesced in diving unity (iii)Amoral/ indifferent: its goodness was “from everlasting to everlasting” 3. Unlike the rest of the world, Judaism affirmed the world Opening chapter of Genesis concludes with God surveying his handiwork and finding it “very good” However desperate the situation, meaning was always waiting to be won Pressing for meaning in every direction, the Jews refused to abandon physical aspects of existence as illusory, defective and unimportant (unlike Buddhism) 4. Even though know the human self is limited and weak, they saw its unspeakable grandeur Moral weakness weighed heavier for the Jews “I was born guilty, a sinner when my mother conceived me” Sin comes from people forging their destinies through free decisions Jews believe that people are God’s beloved children 5. The Jews believed history is important. Reasons: (i) Context in which life is lived affects that life in every conceivable...
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...Jose Cruz Ms.Tran English-10 March 5, 2015 The Suffering of Jews The horrifying smell of burned flesh in the air is what the smell throughout the day during the harsh time at the concentration camp. Living like an animal in a human body, the Jews became nothing. Day by day the lives of the Jews became more and more distant from the life they used to know; the outlook of the Jews become grim, darker than night. Everything started to become empty. Throughout the time of the Holocaust, the Jews faced starvation, loss of freedom, and even got their identity of being a human snatched from them. Death everywhere in sight and food no where to be found, many Jews had to face starvation; children, men, and women dropping dead everywhere. Elie...
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...Dehumanization in Night Dehumanization; the process that made the Jews living during the Holocaust seem less than human. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, Wiesel writes about his life as a young Jew trying to survive while living in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. Throughout his story, multiple examples of dehumanization are shown. Jews begin to lose their rights as citizens. Eventually they are stripped of their identities, and are being treated as if they are nothing but animals. Elie, his father, and the rest of the Jewish people were seen as not being worthy of humane treatment. Millions of Jews were murdered as if they were nothing but objects for the Nazi's to work and starve to death. Following the period of time that the...
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...The Jews of the Holocaust struggled to hold onto the will to live, the hope of liberty, and any thought that they would once again be happy. Prior to WWII Jews were living in every country of Europe, “Jews had comfortable, peaceful lives among their communities, that thrived with with cultural richness of Jewish life.” said Jack Mandelbaum. A total of roughly nine million Jews lived in the countries that would be soon occupied by Germany in WWII. In 1933 President Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany. A couple months later came law boycotting all Jewish-owned shops and businesses in Germany. On the day of the boycott Storm Troopers stood menacingly in front of Jewish shops and businesses. The Star of David was painted...
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...Roughly over 200,000 Jews died in the Jewish Ghettos. Jewish Ghettos were a harsh environment to live because of overcrowding, hunger, disease and the cold weather. However, the Jews still found ways to help each other survive these horrible conditions. Conditions in the Jewish Ghettos weren’t that great. One reason is the Jewish residents were very packed and crammed together. For example, the article “Ghettos” states that “In Warsaw, more than 400000 Jews were crowded into an area of 1.3 square miles.” This shows that Jews were crowded and packed into a small area, with no space or anywhere to be free. Another reason that the conditions weren’t liveable in the Jewish Ghettos is they experienced severe hunger. For example, the article “Life in the Ghettos.” states that “Children often lived on the paths of the ghettos, begging for bits of bread and many starved to death.” This shows that Jews barely had enough food to live on which resulted in severe starvation and even death. In conclusion, Jews experienced harsh and unlivable conditions throughout their life in the ghettos. Jews died in unforgettable ways in the ghettos. One way the Jews died was from disease. For...
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... They base their practices on the Torah, also called Pentateuch, the Talmud, along with differentiating themselves from the animals having dietary laws known as Kashrut. Judaism is based on the belief of One and only God, and One Covenant, making this religion monotheistic; the creator of the World, and the relationship between God and “chosen people”, being said the people of Israel. For Jews, God has influence on each and every activity so that everything is as He commanded. The way for Jewish people to understand the origin of the world remains in God. Nothing in history happens accidentally, meaning, God gave life context for Jewish to live with; in the way we use context, gives life meaning. It is said that the Jews, Jewish, Hebrews, Israelites, or the people of Israel, were chosen by God to have a special relationship with him; God does not have a relationship with individuals but with the people of Israel. God has a Covenant between the people of Israel and him; they were chosen to worship Him, and serve only One God; in return He will protect and guide them on their way. Jews are more united by what they do than by what they think, what I mean is that they are more governed by the ethical and beliefs, than values itself. Christianity has a similarity with Judaism, since Christianity took its notion from the Cosmos of Judaism. The Jewish Cosmos consists on three elements: earth, heaven, and hell. It is also said that the cosmos consists on multiple heavens and hells...
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...German nurse went out of her way to be a hero. Irena Sendler is a nurse who was in a group called the “Resistance Movement”. She was in organizations that dealt with the Jews and she would risk her life for them. If they would have caught her and found out what she was doing, she would have been facing worse consequences. She wasn’t afraid of what the Nazis would do because at the time she was just worried about the little Jewish kids. (“Sendler.Irena.”) The Jewish kids that the Nazis had or were taking were being hurt and murdered by Hitler and his men which were the Nazis. Irena saw that when she worked for them so she started doing secret jobs for Jewish people. Most of the people see her as a hero, but she thinks what she did was normal for a person like her because...
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...This was the start of a stigma. Judging and treating one differently because of their cultural background, appearance, and religious stand points is what happen to this isolated group of people. Jewish people were forced to live in the slums with the African Americans in lower-class neighborhoods. In order for the Jews to assimilate and become white Americans gaining respect and authority they had to disown and discriminate against the only people that accepted, the blacks. This Shift in the Jews view point had to change this new found revulsion for blacks help them gain rank. Russells States “In popular culture, many Jews moved swiftly to distance themselves from blacks”(162). Black were making Jewish people look the lesser of human. Since mainstream Americans already had a prenotion of how they thought someone should act they barred them from sustaining and holding jobs. Attending Universities and admission rates were limited. Jews had to find an original way to make money to support their families financially. Most of the entertainment...
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...When the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, Jews were living in every country of Europe. A total of nine million Jews lived in the countries that would be occupied by Germany during World War II. By the end of the war, two out of every three of these Jews would be dead; European Jewish life would be changed forever. This paper will tell few stories that might touch your heart. Although there are many people that say Holocaust never happened, the people who lived through it have their life stories to prove it. People that went through holocaust can’t explain what they went through in their own words. “I’ve always been careful not to tell my children too much about what I went through so as not to traumatise them,” (Pollack). These survivor...
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...gaining riches, he still provided aids to the Germany Army through his numerous factories and businesses. This made him simply a bad man in the eyes of the audience from the start. However, as Schindler was more exposed to the horrors truly being committed against the jewish people, he was characterized as a completely different human. This was kickstarted when he was advised by Itzhak Stern, his accountant, to hire Jews as workers for his factory. Oskar agreed to do so only because he would be paying them far less than Pole...
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...largest Jewish population were concentrated in the Eastern Europe, including Poland, the Soviet Union, Hungary, and Romania. Many of the Jews of Eastern Europe lived In predominantly Jewish towns or villages, called shtetls. Eastern European Jews lived in a separate life as a minority within the culture of the majority. Jews could be found in all walks of life, as farmers, tailors, seamstresses, factory hands, accountants, doctors, teachers, and small business owners. (Bachrach, Susan D.:BOOK) Cultural Judaism encourages individual thought and understanding in Judaism. It’s relation to Judaism is through the history, civilization, ethical values and shared experiences of Jewish people. Cultural Jews connect to their heritage through the languages, literature, art, dance, music, food, and celebrations of the Jewish people. (Malino, Jerome R.: ENCYCLOPEDIA) Judaism is a religious tradition with origins dating back nearly four thousand years, rooted in the ancient near Eastern region of Canaan (which is now Israel and Palestinian territorial). History is of the utmost importance in Judaism. Whereas the sacred texts of most ancient religions focus on myths and philosophical concepts, the Jewish Bible is centered around, historical narrative; and most Jewish holidays are intended to connect modern Jews with their historical ancestors and traditions. (Gilbert, Martin: Magazines) Jewish culture is very rich and diverse, and it prospers...
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...tendency to believe that God has had a unique relationship with the Jews exists also among the Jewish people. According to that, Rubenstein then states that “the idea that the Nazi slaughter of the Jews was somehow God’s will, that God really wanted the Jewish People to be exterminated.” Rubenstein’s belief in the evil of the Holocaust is opposed by the Dean’s idea of God’s absolute power over human lives and his just intentions. He says, “When God desires my death, I give it to him…For some reason, it was part of God’s plan that the Jews died. God demands our death daily. He is the Lord, He is the...
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