Courage and Determination of the Jews While reading: Anne Frank's written by Annelies, Boy Who Dared written by Susan Campbell, and watching One Survivor Remembers, I can visualize the chaotic period of the Holocaust. All of the stories takes places in Germany Jan 30, 1933 – May 8, 1945. The similarity in these resources is about the jews being slaughtered by Hitler’s Nazi Germany. Another thing the books share in common is that the survivor will always have someone to aid them such as, Gerda having…
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Anne Frank Have you ever wondered what it was like to live during the Holocaust? The Franks lived during it. Anne frank was the youngest daughter. She lived a hard life. The Franks were in hiding for 2 ½ years before being captured. Anne Frank was able to survive by getting along with others, keeping a diary, and obeying the rules. One reason that Anne Frank survived was that she got along with others to very well. According to the play she didn't like Mr.Dussel very much but she was still…
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The Holocaust Whoever is happy will make others happy too. -Anne Frank. Anne Frank was one of the many people that died in the Holocaust. The Holocaust was ran by Adolf Hilter and the Nazis. Hitler had thought he could rule the world by making people called the Jews wear yellow stars so everyone would know they are Jewish and punish them or even kill them. He would take them to concentration camps. But before they went to the concentration camped he collected shoes, hair brushes and other valuable…
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The Diary of Anne Frank has many terrible and beautiful things going on during the length of the story. Unfortunately one of the most brutal things going on was the Holocaust. For the four things to represent the holocaust, the chain as the symbol, a viper as an animal, a Chinese Japanese lantern for fruit, and iron to represent the element. Chains can represent a lot of things that occurred during the span of the Holocaust both good and bad. One of the better reason reasons is that it can show…
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Honors Language Arts 11, Block 1 17 September 2013 Story of ‘Night’ Elie Wiesel was a Holocaust victim and survivor. His book, “Night,” tells his story about what he experienced and went through during the Holocaust. His book received many good reviews and many bad reviews. Elie was praised for his work and writing, however, he was also criticized by many critics. One review was by A. Alvarez and he stated that the book was: beyond criticism” as a “human document” but called it “a failure as…
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World War 1and the Holocaust. Miep Gies was born on February 15, 1909 in Vienna Austria. In 1924 she moved to amsterdam with her foster parents and becomes a secretary with the Opekta Company. I think Miep was the best survivor because she took lots of risks just to help out the Franks survive in the annex. Miep wasn’t part of the family even though she still helped out even she wasn’t supposed to. Miep is a courageous person who lived up to 100 years old that survived with Otto Frank. They both survived…
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On June 12, 1942,Anne Frank’s parents gave her a small red-and-white-plaid diary for her thirteenth birthday. More than fifty years later, this diary has become one of the best-known memoirs of the Holocaust. When Anne received her diary, she and her family were living in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) which was occupied by the German Army. By Anne’s thirteenth birthday she, like every other European Jew, was living in fear of the Nazis and their anti-Jewish decrees. On July 6, 1942, her family was…
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from understanding fact versus fiction. Deborah Lipstadt is an American professor of Holocaust studies whose speaking engagement is disrupted by David Irving, a scholar of Nazi Germany he files a libel lawsuit in the UK against her and her publisher for declaring him a Holocaust denier in her books. Deborah E. Lipstadt is a women that represented history in a courtroom, and stood on trial speaking against Holocaust deniers because history is not debatable, its fact. The book “Denial” is based on the…
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reading the diary of Anne Frank, it is clear that while some people have superior intentions, people are still bad at heart. Consequently, nearly 6 million Jewish people have been exterminated during the holocaust. In the text, Mr. Frank stated ¨I went to Auschwitz, they went to Belsen.¨ (512). This statement concludes that people are cruel enough to tear apart families, and kill innocent people. Mr. Frank had hoped that Anne made it out of the camps alive. Mr. Frank stated ¨But Anne I still hoped… now…
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For all you Anne Frank fans, I strongly recommend Anne Frank Remembered. It's a similar story to Anne's; except it it told from the point of view one of the Franks' helpers. We get to experience the Nazi occupation on the outside of the secret annex. Meip Gies, tells her story with the help of professional writer Alison Leslie Gold. (Alison is not a first hand witness. She also co-authors a book with Anne's childhood friend, Hannah.) Miep starts her story as a little girl in Austria. After the…
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