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?Night?, 2002.
Discusses loss of selfhood in Elie Wiesel's novel on the holocaust.
1,730 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 1 source, $ 55.95
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This paper focuses on how the Nazis stripped Jews and other victims in the concentration camp of their individuality and personalities. Using Elie Wiesel's classic novel on the holocaust, "Night", the paper describes how the autobiographical protagonist is forced to become a number among millions of other victims. It traces this loss of selfhood from the first chapter when he has to live away from the rest of humanity in a ghetto and until the final chapter when he physically survives Auschwitz but feels his soul has been slaughtered in the process.
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"The camps not only succeeded in stripping away the outward social signs of personhood, they also succeeded in stripping away the inner sanctums of humanity. In the camps, the individuals slowly change from being objectified humans to actually becoming like beasts. They are described as eventually behaving like ?wild beasts of prey, with animal hatred in their eyes; an extraordinary vitality had seized them, sharpening their teeth and nails.? (Chapter 7) The inmates no longer care about the trappings of morality and civilization. When pressed, they become even more brutal than the guards themselves. For example, in Chapter 7 one boy kills his own father over a scrap of bread. This change from civilized beings into brutal monsters begins as early as Chapter Two. Here the captives have not even been taken all the way to the death camps when the first blood is spilt among them."
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Anti-Semitism of the Nazi Party, 2002.
Introduces, discusses and analyzes the topic of anti-Semitism by the Nazi party.
1,436 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper examines and describes the focus of National Socialism on anti-Semitism and the Nazis' hatred of the Jews. It addresses how the Nazis tried to prove that anti-Semitism responded to Germany's problems, how the Nazis justified the persecution of the Jews, and what Hitler's personal role was in all of this?
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"Anti-Semitism is probably one of the most infamous platforms of Hitler and his Nazis, and the Holocaust was its horrific instrument of destruction. While anti-Semitism was not the only plank in Hitler's Nazi platform, it was an important part of his theology, and appealed to the German people for a variety of reasons. Many authors are not surprised so many Germans found this view "admirable," as they were searching for a way to blame someone else for their failures, and Hitler's ideas were the perfect solution to their search. After the First World War, Germany was a defeated and depressed nation."
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"Thanks to My Mother", 2002.
A review of the book "Thanks to my Mother" by Schoschana Rabinovici.
3,104 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 90.95
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This paper examines the book "Thanks to my Mother," by Schoschana Rabinovici, the story of one girl and her mother's survival of the Holocaust. Specifically it contains a critical review of the book, including a summary of the contents, a comparison to other studies from the class and a reaction to the reading. It looks at how what singles this story out from other Holocaust survival stories is the simple language the author uses to tell her story and the aura of hope that surrounds it. It discusses how it is a story of survival in its basest form. It shows how Susie's mother is undeniably wise and quick to understand their plight. She does just about anything necessary to shelter Susie, from lying about them being mother and daughter, to lying about Susie's age and sheltering her from the prying eyes of the Nazis so they would not discover she was just a child.
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"In 1943, Susie and her family leave the Vilnius ghetto; the entire ghetto is being liquidated. Most of her family is exterminated as soon as they leave the ghetto, but Susie and her mother make it out alive, and are sent to the concentration camp called "Kaiserwald." Incredibly, the concentration camp was a resort before the war. "Before the war Kaiserwald had been a holiday resort. Well-to-do families rented cottages and passed the warm-weather days here. There had been all kinds of colorful flowers here, wide lawns, rivers and beaches, and wonderful walking paths in the forests" (118). When the Jews arrived, the resort was gone, but they felt they had " left the worst behind us "(101), but they would soon discover this was of course not the case. They meet the "blitz maidens," SS women who wear "black, shiny boots" (102), and carry whips, which they use often. Four women have to sleep in one bed, and the food is barely edible. The days blend together into hours spent standing at roll call at 5 a.m. in any type of weather, to grueling hard labor building railroads, also in any weather, from rain to snow and wind."
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The Great Escape, 2002.
A description of the event that took place during World War II, known as "The Great Escape."
2,719 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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This paper reviews the story of Stalag Luft III, more commonly known as "The Great Escape." The paper presents the events of that courageous escape in terms of the strategic and operational setting, tactical situation, threat of discovery by the Germans and finally the allied strategy. The paper then gives a detailed description of the actual escape event, in March 1944.
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"?The Great Escape? is remembered as one of the most significant events in the history of Allied POWs (Prisoners of War). It was 24th March 1944 when 76 captured Allied airmen at a German war camp named ?Stalag Luft III? tried to escape by means of their own hand-dug tunnel that was over 300 feet long and about 30 feet deep down the ground level (Rafmuseum.on.ca). Stalag Luft got its name from ?Stammlager Luft? that means ?Permanent Camps for Airmen?. As the name suggests, the prison facility was especially utilized to keep the enemy air crew whose planes were shot down."
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Theology Resulting From Personal Experience, 2002.
This essay considers the larger issues of historical context and theology. It examines the relationship between personal experience and individual theological reflection.
2,850 words (approx. 11.4 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 84.95
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This paper deals with the individual and collective experience of suffering, and the relationship of suffering to Christian theological reflection on Christology. It begins by looking broadly at the issue of suffering as expressed by African-American Christians, and how this suffering influences theology.
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"An individual theologian?s reflection about the nature of God is not strictly about God alone. Rather, it is intimately bound-up with the theologian?s own way of viewing the world. One fairly recent example of this comes from Elie Weisel, a Nobel-prize winning writer. Weisel is a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust who has written about how his experiences in the concentration camps have caused him to think differently about God. His experience of seeing people killed and tortured has caused him seriously to question his previous ways of thinking about God."
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The Power of Propaganda, 2002.
A discussion of how Nazism achieved its political success by gaining, then maintaining, the trust and cooperation of the German people.
1,660 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper discusses the power of propaganda by the Nazi party and how Nazi leaders developed a highly sophisticated and efficient system of public persuasion and propaganda that ensured continued public support for their ideology and their policies. It discusses how Nazism became publicly perceived as a stabilizing force that was responsible for major economic success due to the promotion of nationalism and its appeal to the German peoples? traditionally strong sense of national identity. It analyzes the effectiveness of this propaganda and of the level of trust and cooperation that was pledged by the German people, which is evidenced by the fact that Nazism managed to convince one of the world?s most advanced electorates, in the middle of the twentieth century, to tacitly accept and promote an atrocity of such magnitude as the Holocaust.
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"Also, in contrast to the Weimar Republic?s failure to deal effectively with the post war crisis and the Great Depression, Nazism became publicly perceived as a stabilizing force that was responsible for major economic success. Furthermore, Nazi leaders developed a highly sophisticated and efficient system of public persuasion and propaganda that ensured continued public support for their ideology and their policies. Therefore, Nazism achieved its political success by gaining, then maintaining, the trust and cooperation of the German people."
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Religious Views of the Holocaust, 2002.
This paper discusses the religious views of Christianity, Islam and Buddhism on the Holocaust.
725 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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This paper discusses the Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism views of the Holocaust which the author points out affected not only the Jews but also many other groups of people. The author states that many Nazi activities were sadistic torment which Christianity views as sinful; Islam does not condone torture and Buddhism vehemently opposes. The author believes that of the three religions, the reaction of Christians in Germany may be the most troublesome.
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"Given that the Holocaust was a multicultural and multi-religious event, it is interesting to consider how some major religions might view the events. Christianity teaches that all murder is against the law of God. However, most Christian religions allow the execution of criminals by state governments. This is why we have individuals who protest executions but rarely hear about entire denominations protesting such events. So then, would Christian religions condone the events of the Holocaust because it was an event sponsored by the German government?"
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The Holocaust's Affects on America, 2002.
An examination of ways in which the Holocaust and the Second World War affected America - directly and indirectly.
1,982 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 62.95
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This paper explores the ways that American society and culture was affected by the Holocaust. It explains how at first the Americans thought they would be spared the horrors of this war, but how towards the end they were as deeply involved in witnessing the attrocities as the other Allies. It explains how the American public received the news of the concentration camps, how the war affected American-Jewish relationships and its relationship with Germany after the war.
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"Nazi Germany?s rule led to the death of millions of European Jews. While World War II began as a European War, American eventually got into the act as an ally. By the end of the War, America was rolling its tanks into the concentration camps of the Nazis, all across Eastern Europe, freeing concentration camp prisoners and experiencing firsthand eyewitness accounts that were indescribable and utterly inhumane."
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The Success of German Fascism, 2002.
A paper which examines why the theory of fascism became a political reality in Germany in the 1930s.
1,462 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 48.95
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Fascism is arguably the most influential and controversial political ideology in modern history and continues to be a fascinating topic for political study and discussion. The paper shows that ,despite fascism?s worldwide existence and its responsibility for the development of numerous groups and political movements, Germany remains only one of two countries (the other being Italy) in which the ideology of fascism has enjoyed the success of political power. The paper shows that although there is very little consensus amongst political scientists and academics on many issues of fascism, there is a general agreement that the success of fascism in Germany was not due to any singular, or isolated, factor. Rather, it prospered as a result of Germany possessing the ideal combination of a strong national identity, a well-developed system of public persuasion and propaganda, and an existing government that was too weak and unstable to provide effective resistance against social and economic crisis. Therefore, although the accepted opinion is that German fascism was an evil and isolated abhorrence that was ended forever by the Allied victory in World War II, this paper proposes that its success was achieved through a set of political, social and economic conditions that could occur in any country, at any time.
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"Yet, despite achieving power on the basis of overwhelming popularity among the German public, it became immediately apparent that German fascism intended to control all aspects of national life, ensuring that their patriotic propaganda was able to permeate every area of German society with little resistance (Brady, 1969). Hitler's powerful personal charisma, aided by his meticulously organized public appearances and the saturation of everyday life with Nazi symbols, posters and indoctrination, established him as the infallible, heroworshiped savior of the German people (Payne, 1995). Despite the fact that his repressive totalitarian regime had abolished many of their basic liberties, and that every area of their lives was pervaded and controlled by state police organizations (Berwick, 23), many of the German people responded with uncritical loyalty to their leader and a frightening willingness to obey all state issued directives. The Nazification of German society was greatly assisted by the efforts of the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda under the control of Joseph Goebbels, which was highly effective at promoting the fascism regime as a welloiled Nazi machine (Eatwell, 111), by means of mass rallies, military parades, and sophisticated manipulation and censorship of the media. Such was the appeal of the fascist philosophy and propaganda that, in Germany in particular, the majority of people were willing to sacrifice their individual freedoms and ambitions for the greater good of their nation."
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Holocaust Literature, 2002.
A look at the differences and similarities in two works on the Holocaust -Elie Wiesel's "Night" and Art Spiegelman?s "Maus".
1,023 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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In all the literature, art, and film that have been devoted to describing and memorializing the horrors of the Holocaust over the years, few could be as different in tone as Elie Wiesel?s horrific autobiography of his Auschwitz experience, "Night" and Art Spiegelman?s comic-strip portrayal of the Jews and the Holocaust, "Maus". The paper shows that the only thing these two works have in common is the fact that the authors are attempting to encapsulate for readers the experience of the Holocaust. The attitudes, however, are markedly different, but no less moving for the reader. The paper shows that these two works serve to give readers interested in learning more about the Holocaust a wider perspective from which to study this horrific chapter in the history of the world.
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"Whereas Spiegelman?s father survived by relying on his wits, skills, and strength, Wiesel survives more on his luck. He is more passive while Vladek is more active. Wiesel can do nothing but watch as his family is first forced into the ghetto and then forced to flee that and go to the concentration camp at Auschwitz. He could do nothing but watch as his family suffered horribly and died. This is not pointed out as a judgment on Wiesel?s passivity. Rather, the point to be made here is that both men managed to survive; their approaches, however, were different. This isn?t all that surprising when one considers the differences between the two people to begin with. Vladek was a strong, adult man and able to deal a little better with the environment in which he found himself. Wiesel, on the other hand, was just a young boy and was coping with the situation in which he and his family found themselves as best he could."
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The Holocaust, 2002.
This paper discusses the Holocaust as unimaginable horrors of this era.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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This paper reviews the history leading up to the Holocaust and the Holocaust itself. The author feels that the Holocaust is not just a tragedy for the Jews, but for all people. The author states that the Holocaust may have been somewhat easier for active believers in the Jewish faith.
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"We think of the Holocaust, of the slaughter of innocents on a before-unimaginable scale, as something that happened to the Jews of Eastern Europe. And unless we ourselves are of Eastern European Jewish ancestry, we find this assignment of the unimaginable horrors of this era to bring us a sense of at least some psychological relief. It was a terrible thing, of course, but we can place some distance between ourselves and such an atrocity."
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Oskar Schindler, 2002.
A discussion about one man, Oskar Schindler, and how he saved the lives of many Jews.
1,460 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper explains that Oskar Schindler's wife considered him to be a philanderer, a gambler, a spendthrift, and a very bad businessman and yet, it was these very qualities that enabled him to save 1,100 Jews from the certain death that faced 6 million others. More specifically, the paper relates that, through his contacts, friends and enemies, and through bribery and deception and lots of vodka, Schindler, using his charming personality, saved the lives of the "Schindlerjuden". The paper describes Schindler's life, the way he and his wife saved their "Schindlerjuden" and his burial in the Catholic cemetery on Mt. Zion, Jerusalem, as per his wishes.
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"Here Schindler and his wife Emilie were able to care for their workers in an even better capacity. They worked hard and paid dear to get them what they needed: new eyeglasses, medicine, food, clothing -- all from the black market. Even when a young girl found herself pregnant, Schindler went to Brno and "bought the necessary surgical equipment, and the doctor in the camp made an abortion." When a Jewish worker died, he or she was buried with full, but secret, rites, despite Nazi rule that they be burned. All religious holidays were observed and celebrated with feasts provided by the Schindlers via the black market."
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