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    world-wide crisis reveals the parallel between several Jewish families, such as the Franks, and how they were able to cope in their racist community and oppressive setting. Anne Frank, Mirjam, and Jeannie Burk were three children during the Holocaust who had their own

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    Holocaust Survivors Essay

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    Holocaust Survivors Who survived the holocaust? What are their lives like today? What has been the government's response towards those who survived after World War II? Have the survivors kept their faith? How has the survivors next generation been affected? The survivors of the holocaust were deeply effected by the trauma they encountered. This unforgettable experience influenced their lives, those around them, and even their descendants. When the infamous Hitler began his reign in Germany

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    From 1933 through 1945 was a period of history called the Holocaust. During the Holocaust, people were being killed for their looks, race, and disability. About 11 million people were killed in brutal and tragic ways. Adolf Hitler, the leader, wanted to create a pure race. Racism helped Hitler organize the population into the way he wanted. He wanted people to support the cause of making a pure race. If people opposed, they would be persecuted. Racism allowed Hitler to influence the German

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    The Holocaust Survivor Archetype Perhaps fate dictates the future. In which case, it would be predetermined who would survive the Holocaust and who would not. To many, especially those who attempt to rationalize the ratio of survivors to those who were murdered, this perspective could be as valid as any other. However, after a thorough analysis of various works, the notion of survival in the holocaust being exclusively reliant on luck is somewhat flawed. Perhaps, then, a reader could suggest that

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    Hannah Boggs English 8 Block 3 Mrs. Guidry 8 February 2017 The Holocaust The Holocaust was the Nazi attempt to wipe out the Jewish race (Rossel 12). The Holocaust took place from 1933 to 1945 (Rossel 12). The Holocaust took place in Europe, mainly Germany (“Introduction” par 3). Mainly Jewish and Nazi people were involved in the Holocaust, as well as some Gypsies (“Introduction” par 2, 3). The Holocaust was the persecution of 6 million Jews and millions of others forced to live in ghettos

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    word “holocaust” originates from the Greek word “holokauston”, which means “sacrifice by fire.” This definition proved to be true as the Holocaust was a genocide of over six million Jews, with many of the executions occurring from extremes such as ovens or gas chambers. Many ask the question, how did something this extreme happen? From the time Hitler rose to power to the end of the Holocaust, Jews faced many oppressions that led to some effects that are still seen today. The Holocaust is known

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    The holocaust was where many nazis following hitler killed 6 million jews in concentration camps. This statement about the Holocaust was objective. Objectivity is a statement that refers or statements that are factual or measurable. There is also subjectivity which is based mostly on the author's opinion or emotions of the situation. Most of the non- fiction articles you read about the holocaust are all objective or, all subjective but, the article the holocaust, part 2: “The final solution” has

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    to learn about the Holocaust it provides us with information for examining basic moral issues. The aim of this topic is to engage and inspire students to think critically and prevent us from making the same mistakes that were made in the past. We learn about the Holocaust to gain more knowledge on how people (Jews, Gypsies, and homosexuals) had survived that period, and if something related to that happens today then we are aware on how to overcome the situation. The Holocaust was organized by the

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    Chronology of the Holocaust Essay

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    The holocaust was a bleak and unrecoverable part of the history of the twentieth century that will always be remembered. Millions died for no reason except for one man’s madness. Although many people know why this war happened many don’t know when and what events lead up to this: the way Hitler came into power, or when the first concentration camp was established, and what city it was in, why Jews were hated so much by Hitler, and why the rest of the country also hated them as well as, and what the

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    went through hell.” -Professor Bacharach, Holocaust Survivor. Ever since many centuries ago, Jewish people were treated unfairly and unjustly according to their religion and characteristics. The Holocaust was a fearful and painful genocide because of anti-semitism throughout European countries. Up to six million Jews died in the harrowing genocide, along with the death of many other religious and ethnical groups ("Documenting Numbers of Victims of the Holocaust and Nazi Persecution"). As much as a fraction

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