In the beginning days of the Holocaust before Jewish people were being sent off to concentration camps in the hundreds, Jewish people were first sent to ghettos. Ghettos being small, cramped and rundown parts of town. Ghettos were often fenced off from the rest of town, and windows facing town were painted black. This was the case for Eliezer (Wiesel, 8).…
Night Essay In a town called Sighet, Transylvania, many Jews were killed for what they believed in. This was called the Holocaust. During the Holocaust, people were being transported from their homes to much smaller areas called the ghettos. Without them knowing, Jews were taken to a concentration camp, where they were forced to work.…
The impressions of the Germans were reassuring, however, on the last day of the Passover, the Germans started their dehumanization operation. This started with the arrests of the leaders of the Jewish community then escalating quickly from not being able to leave their homes, to moving into confined ghettoes, and finally deportation. Even with this repression going on, the Jews remained optimistic thinking that they can create “A little Jewish republic” (Wiesel 9) and going to “work in the brick factories” (Wiesel 11). Though, these dreams shattered when they reach hell:…
Jews were basically stripped from their human rights. In Elie Wiesel's Night, Elie tells his story and thoughts throughout his time in the ghettos and the concentration camps. He tells the decisions he had to make in order to survive, the responsibility he had for his father, and the horrid things he saw and that were done to him and his father. Elie and his father and the hundreds of thousands of Jews that were also there went through a lot during this time. And due to the violation of human rights, Jews and anyone in the camps have lost respect towards others in the camp and most have even surrendered.…
Holocaust- Nazis killed nearly 6 million Jews and millions of other people Including anyone who opposed the Nazis disabled, Gypsies, homosexuals, and Slavic peoples. Strongest hatred was aimed at the Jews. Nuremberg Laws took citizenship away from Jews Banned marriage between Jews and GRs. Kristallnacht, or “night of broken glass.” Anti-Jewish violence erupted 90 died, Jewish businesses destroyed, and 180 synagogues were wrecked.…
How can a man treat another man with such cruel demeaning ways? In “Night “Jews were treated as animals. The theme of “man’s inhumanity to man” indicate that the Jews were berated. Even though they were still people all of their rights and life were taken away from them. Jews were tortured and slaughtered for no reason.…
Hitler believed that there were four main ideas that would create a supreme Germany and for it to be seen as a great nation again. He believed that he needed to expand Germany to grow his following. He wanted complete power to redeem WW1 and get revenge on the people that discriminated against Germany. It did not help that Germany had to abide by the Treaty of Versailles laws. The Treaty laws were mostly aimed at Germany and how they could pay for WW1.…
Destruction on a Mass Scale “Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers.” This quote applies to World War II when the Nazis demoralized the Jewish religion. Known as one of the largest ghettos, the Warsaw Ghetto held over 400,000 innocent prisoners who were were put down for being Jewish. This ghetto was organized by Adolf Hitler and controlled by the Nazi soldiers. Since it was a ghetto, the conditions were disturbing.…
On September 1st 1939, the German Army invaded Poland, starting World War II. France, Poland and Great Britain were among the first of the Allies to join the war against Hitler and the Third Reich. On September 10th 1939, Canada officially entered the war. During World War 2 the Allies failed to provide the necessary assistance that was needed in order to liberate the Jewish people. Feeling abandoned and neglected, the Jewish people decided to fight against the prejudice on their own.…
As anyone like myself who has heard of the Holocaust era, we can only imagine what a devastating and tragic time that must’ve been for the Jewish people. Imagine being torn away from your families and your basic necessities, and then thrown into captivity for no plausible reason. Then tortured like you were some kind of criminal who deserved to be mistreated and dehumanized. As I hear more about this horrific event that took place and listen to stories from some of the victims, I can’t help but question how and why something this despicable went unnoticed for so long in the first place. How were the Germans allowed to get away with this kind of abuse without anyone interfering and preventing this from happening?…
The Fight to Survive There were at least 800,000 Jewish deaths in the ghettos, mostly from starvation and disease (The Holocaust). In 1930 Germany’s economy was not doing well due to the treaty of Versailles and the great depression, so the citizens were willing to listen to any one who claimed they could fix it all and that was Hitler. Once Hitler was elected chancellor in 1933 he started brain washing people telling them that the reason for all Germanys economic problems was because of the Jews, so Jews were starting to get discriminated and then started getting forced into ghettos then concentration camps. But not all Jews just let this happen to them, they fought back with armed and unarmed resistance. During the holocaust there were various…
In 1933 the holocaust has started. A mass destruction that killed over million Jews. Even though they were scared for their lives they were still able to come together and try and protect themselves by using what they called “Jewish Resistance”. The Jews had many different types of strategies to protect themselves and their families such as armed resistance. Armed resistance is a forceful form of Jewish opposition to the Nazi policies.…
In the book Night by Elie Wiesel the German army or the Nazis were Reducing the Jews to almost nothing. Caring nothing for their lives, safety, family, or hunger. The Jews were forced to be obedient toward the Nazis if they wanted any chance at all at surviving the holocaust. At first the Jews didn’t listen to Moishe when he came to warn everyone about what the Nazis were doing. In fact they flat out ignored his warning and went on with their lives.…
The Holocaust was a horrible event in history, and a time of terror for millions of Jewish people. The ultimate goal of Hitler and the Nazis was to exterminate all of the Jews and create a perfect Aryan race. The first step in this awful process required the establishment of ghettos. Ghettos were mainly used to keep the Jewish population in one place until the Germans could find a way to kill the entire population. The first ghetto was established in 1939, and the largest ghetto was the Warsaw ghetto.…
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Thesis The Warsaw Ghetto uprising led by 23-year-old Mordecai Anielewicz, dispelled the myth of Jewish passivity during WWII, inspired other movements of Jewish resistance, and demonstrated that collective action is not always a product of ideal times. The Years Before Nazi-sponsored persecution and mass murder fueled collective and individual Jewish resistance throughout occupied Europe during WWII. Between 1941 and 1943, about 100 underground movements of Jewish resistance had formed throughout occupied Europe. The knowledge had spread that in the summer of 1942, a majority of ghetto inhabitants had been deported to Treblinka, a mass killing center.…