The Holocaust refers to the systematic state-sponsored extermination of 6 million Jews by Nazi Germany in occupied Europe. The Holocaust took place in stages, starting with vile acts of verbal and physical abuse, followed by stepped up legal discrimination, including stripping Jews of their civil rights, restricting their travel options, destroying their property, culminating in … Read more
Humanitarianism; is a moral of kindness, benevolence, and sympathy extended to all human beings. Humanitarianism has been an evolving concept historically but universality is a common theme in its evolution. No distinction is to be made on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, race, caste, age, religion, ability, or nationality. Anne Frank’s Diary should be … Read more
I was in school teaching a history class. I was teaching my students about the early 30s and 40s. As I was teaching, I saw an unfamiliar face walk into my classroom. It was a woman with brown hair tied back into a neat bun and she was wearing a grey pants suit. She looked … Read more
The aim for this paper is to elaborate on what characterizes the Nuremberg Trials and the importance of the trial to international criminal justice. To understand what the Nuremberg Trial entails, I will construe and provide a brief on the crimes prosecuted within the trial. Some of the worst crimes occurred in the early years … Read more
Envision a barrack, congested and overcrowded with the exhausted and emaciated. Even the dead and dying are your assailants as you fight through a massive wall of bodies for the chance to drawn in a breath. The living are as pitiful as the forgotten corpses they abandoned while marching through the snow, devoid of feeling … Read more
Who is Elie Wiesel? Has his experiences through this book changed his personality? Changed his perspective? Elie Wiesel was a small boy living with his dad, this book is about the experience that takes place when they were taken to German concentration camps in Auschwitz and Buchenwald in 19441945, at the climax of the Holocaust … Read more
Dehumanization, the process of depriving a person of group of positive human qualities. It is seen differently by everyone, but some may say that it brings out the worst of people. The Holocaust is a great example of this subject, with its harsh conditions and now empowering lessons. Elie Wiesel’s Night tells the horrific, but … Read more
Whilst the hardship and apprehension of World War II, this heart-warming and melodramatic film has an influential message anticipated to the audience demonstrate the assorted themes. The book thief, a film situated on a true story directed by Brian Percival and was released to the public, January the 9th 2014. The book thief is definitely … Read more