Friday, February 26, 2016
Holocaust A.O.W Impressions Blog
I was able to learn a plethora amount of new things about the Holocuast by participating with the gallery walk. A really surprising fact that I learned from a couple of the articles was that a lot of the people who used to help the Nazis are still being found today. I find that very surprising because it's been a long time since the Holocaust had passed. Another interesting thing that I learned was how Htiler came into power and how he gained so much control. I kind of understand why Hitler came into power but I'm still a little surprised at how much power and control he was able to gain. A third thing that I learned from the gallery walk would be how Holocuast survivors that are still alive today are demanding that the Syrian refugees get the help they need.
Many articles that were summarized to me in the gallery walk talked about Nazis still being found today. One of the articles was about a former S.S guard that was convicted of 300,000 assistant murders. This was one of the recent articles, and it explains how the former S.S guard didn't know what job was he doing when he got sent to a camp. It says that once he got to Auschwitz, which is the camp that he guarded, that he didn't want to work there but he had no choice. The other article was about the Holocuast survivors wanting to help the Syrain refugee. This article explains to us how the Holocuast survivors are feeling sympathetic towards the Syrian refugees because they believe that they went through something very similar. The Holocuast survivors don't want the Syrain refugees to go through what they went through because they know how terrible it can get. That is why the holocaust survivors are demanding Isreal that they help the Syrain refugees in any way they can.
Another article that I was introduced to in the gallery walk focused on how Hitler was able to come to power and take control. The article talked about the Great Depression during the World War 2 and how Germany was in desperate need for help. This was a reason why Htiler was able to come into power because Hitler had promised to make Germnay great again and the Germans believed him because they were in need of help immediatly. Also the article explained how Hitler had a group called the 'National Socialist German Workers Party' and this group helped give Hitler followers and power. Everyone supported Hitler, and his group the 'Nazis', which is why the people of Germany let Hitler come into power. The president of Germany at the time made Hitler his chancellor, so once he died, Hitler came into full power. Hitler was also a powerful speaker which is why people listened to him and supported him.
Night Blog
Focus Question: How do Elie's experiences during the Holocaust change him as a person?
Elie's experiences during the Holocuast did indeed change him as a person in many ways. One significant way that Elie was changed was his views on his religion. In the beggining of the book, Elie had very strong faith in his religion and he would take his religion studies serious. In the very beggining of the book, Elie states "One day I asked my father to guide me in my studies of Kabbalah." This shows us how Elie took his studies serious and he even wanted someone to be able to guide him and teach him more. Later in the book, as he is placed in the concentration camps, he starts to question and doubt God. After time has passed in the concentration camps, Elie states "I was not denying His existence but I doubted His absolute justice." As you can see, here is saying that he has not given up completely on God because he is not denying his existence. It also shows us how he has been doubting God ever since he was placed into the concentration camps.
Another way that Elie changed after experiencing the Holocuast as a person was how he no longer cared about anything, and he isolated himself and he became a different person. Being in the Concentration camps, and seeing all those terrible deaths really does traumatize you with those horrible memories forever. Elie was so traumitized that he didn't want to talk about what he went though for a whole decade. That shows you he had been really affected by what the Nazis had made him go through. Towards the end of the book on page 113, Elie says "Since my fathers death, nothing mattered to me anymore." "I spent my days in total idleness. With only one desire: to eat. I no longer thought of my father or my mother. From time to time, I would dream. But only about soup, an extra ration of soup." This shows us how having his father die also affected him. He felt like he had no one left in his life, and he felt loneliness. Elie tried not think about the experiences he went through, and he would just think about the food. This shows us how he really was traumitized from those experiences.
Another way that Eli changed after experiencing the Holocuast throughout the book would be with his relationship with his father. In the beggining of the book, he would be terrified of his father dying because he felt he would be lonely if his father left him. Elie never wanted to get separated from his father, and he wouldn't want to leave his father's side at any times. He was very attached with his father at the beggining, and they had a pretty strong relationship. Elie would pray so that him and his father would never be separated. Elie saw how Rabbi had left his father for a better chance at surviving, and Elie didn't want that to happen to him. Then towards the end of the book, his father got really sick, and he was dying. Now that his father was dying, Elie felt like he was going to have to take care of his father now and help him and he was the one who was going to have to take care for the both of them. He started to feel like with his father, he isn't going to survive. He felt as if his father was only slowing him down. When his father finally died, Elie didn't even cry. He was sad, but he didn't even cry. This shows us how he didn't really care anymore if his father had died, because he wanted to survive and to be able to get his freedom.
Elie's experiences during the Holocuast did indeed change him as a person in many ways. One significant way that Elie was changed was his views on his religion. In the beggining of the book, Elie had very strong faith in his religion and he would take his religion studies serious. In the very beggining of the book, Elie states "One day I asked my father to guide me in my studies of Kabbalah." This shows us how Elie took his studies serious and he even wanted someone to be able to guide him and teach him more. Later in the book, as he is placed in the concentration camps, he starts to question and doubt God. After time has passed in the concentration camps, Elie states "I was not denying His existence but I doubted His absolute justice." As you can see, here is saying that he has not given up completely on God because he is not denying his existence. It also shows us how he has been doubting God ever since he was placed into the concentration camps.
Another way that Elie changed after experiencing the Holocuast as a person was how he no longer cared about anything, and he isolated himself and he became a different person. Being in the Concentration camps, and seeing all those terrible deaths really does traumatize you with those horrible memories forever. Elie was so traumitized that he didn't want to talk about what he went though for a whole decade. That shows you he had been really affected by what the Nazis had made him go through. Towards the end of the book on page 113, Elie says "Since my fathers death, nothing mattered to me anymore." "I spent my days in total idleness. With only one desire: to eat. I no longer thought of my father or my mother. From time to time, I would dream. But only about soup, an extra ration of soup." This shows us how having his father die also affected him. He felt like he had no one left in his life, and he felt loneliness. Elie tried not think about the experiences he went through, and he would just think about the food. This shows us how he really was traumitized from those experiences.
Another way that Eli changed after experiencing the Holocuast throughout the book would be with his relationship with his father. In the beggining of the book, he would be terrified of his father dying because he felt he would be lonely if his father left him. Elie never wanted to get separated from his father, and he wouldn't want to leave his father's side at any times. He was very attached with his father at the beggining, and they had a pretty strong relationship. Elie would pray so that him and his father would never be separated. Elie saw how Rabbi had left his father for a better chance at surviving, and Elie didn't want that to happen to him. Then towards the end of the book, his father got really sick, and he was dying. Now that his father was dying, Elie felt like he was going to have to take care of his father now and help him and he was the one who was going to have to take care for the both of them. He started to feel like with his father, he isn't going to survive. He felt as if his father was only slowing him down. When his father finally died, Elie didn't even cry. He was sad, but he didn't even cry. This shows us how he didn't really care anymore if his father had died, because he wanted to survive and to be able to get his freedom.
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Friday, February 5, 2016
Berlin Memorial Activity
Prompts:
1) What did you learn?
2) Why do you think this monument was built?
3) What did you notice about the number of laws passed in the certain years?
4) Which restrictions do you think you would have the most trouble dealing with and why?
I learned a plethora amount of things in class about the Berlin Memorial and about some of the laws that were past in the Holocaust. Some thing that I found very interesting was that Hitler tried to destroyed all evidence of his hatred for the Jews. I never knew that, and it's interesting to me because at first all Hitler wanted was for everyone to follow his hatred for the Jews and then he just wanted to destroy evidence of ever hating them. I also learned that the restrictions were not only placed on Jewish people but also Gypsies, and homosexuals. As I was going through the laws, I realized that in the beggining of the Holocaust, the laws were taking most of their entertainment away. For example in 1933, they passed mostly laws that prohibited the Jews from joining any entertainment clubs. Also in 1939, they passed a law that prohibited the Jews from using swimming pools. Then as the time went by, I noticed that starting in 1940, the laws started to take needs and necessities for their daily lives. For example, in 1940 they passed a law that only allowed Jews to shop for food between 4-5 pm. Then in 1942, they passed laws that prohibited Jews from drinking milk or eating eggs. All these laws that were placed on the Jews, Gypsies, and homosexuals were very unfair.
I think that this monument was built to help remember people about the horrible laws that were placed on the Jews in Germany during the Holocaust. I believe that the signs and posters are to remind people about the kinds of laws that were placed on the Jews. I think it was also kind of a way to show who had all the power in Germnay in that time period. I also think that this monument was built to honor all the Jews, Gypsies, or homosexuals for the horrible laws that they had to deal with. Also this could be another way of honoring all the lives that were taken during the Holocaust due to these laws.
I noticed that there were a huge number of laws being placed on the Jews that took away mostly all of the Jews rights. The Jews had no power due to the laws being placed on them and they had no rights at all. I also noticed that in the beggining, the laws were simple and only taking away things like entertainment or jobs and stuff like that. Then I noticed that the laws started taking away needs like food, or stuff to drink. I think they did this to lower their chance of surviving for those who weren't in any concentration camps. I also noticed that at first a lot of laws were being placed on them. Then the number of laws being placed on them started dropping. After a while like around 1939, a plethora amount of laws were being placed on them, and as the years passed more laws were getting passed.
I think that the laws that I would have the most hard time dealing with would be getting my pet taken away or getting my privilege to swim taken away. I don't think I would ever be able to live without my pet. I really do live my dog, and if I had my dog taken away for me, I would have such a hard time dealing with it. Over the years I've gotten so attached to my dog, and that is one of the reasons why I don't think I would be able to live without him. I also would have a hard time living without ever being able to swim. Personally, I absolutely love swimming. One of the reaosns why I am always excited for the summer to come is because I will get to swim in the pools. Swimming is so much fun for me, and if I ever had that taken away, I would be devastated.
1) What did you learn?
2) Why do you think this monument was built?
3) What did you notice about the number of laws passed in the certain years?
4) Which restrictions do you think you would have the most trouble dealing with and why?
I learned a plethora amount of things in class about the Berlin Memorial and about some of the laws that were past in the Holocaust. Some thing that I found very interesting was that Hitler tried to destroyed all evidence of his hatred for the Jews. I never knew that, and it's interesting to me because at first all Hitler wanted was for everyone to follow his hatred for the Jews and then he just wanted to destroy evidence of ever hating them. I also learned that the restrictions were not only placed on Jewish people but also Gypsies, and homosexuals. As I was going through the laws, I realized that in the beggining of the Holocaust, the laws were taking most of their entertainment away. For example in 1933, they passed mostly laws that prohibited the Jews from joining any entertainment clubs. Also in 1939, they passed a law that prohibited the Jews from using swimming pools. Then as the time went by, I noticed that starting in 1940, the laws started to take needs and necessities for their daily lives. For example, in 1940 they passed a law that only allowed Jews to shop for food between 4-5 pm. Then in 1942, they passed laws that prohibited Jews from drinking milk or eating eggs. All these laws that were placed on the Jews, Gypsies, and homosexuals were very unfair.
I think that this monument was built to help remember people about the horrible laws that were placed on the Jews in Germany during the Holocaust. I believe that the signs and posters are to remind people about the kinds of laws that were placed on the Jews. I think it was also kind of a way to show who had all the power in Germnay in that time period. I also think that this monument was built to honor all the Jews, Gypsies, or homosexuals for the horrible laws that they had to deal with. Also this could be another way of honoring all the lives that were taken during the Holocaust due to these laws.
I noticed that there were a huge number of laws being placed on the Jews that took away mostly all of the Jews rights. The Jews had no power due to the laws being placed on them and they had no rights at all. I also noticed that in the beggining, the laws were simple and only taking away things like entertainment or jobs and stuff like that. Then I noticed that the laws started taking away needs like food, or stuff to drink. I think they did this to lower their chance of surviving for those who weren't in any concentration camps. I also noticed that at first a lot of laws were being placed on them. Then the number of laws being placed on them started dropping. After a while like around 1939, a plethora amount of laws were being placed on them, and as the years passed more laws were getting passed.
I think that the laws that I would have the most hard time dealing with would be getting my pet taken away or getting my privilege to swim taken away. I don't think I would ever be able to live without my pet. I really do live my dog, and if I had my dog taken away for me, I would have such a hard time dealing with it. Over the years I've gotten so attached to my dog, and that is one of the reasons why I don't think I would be able to live without him. I also would have a hard time living without ever being able to swim. Personally, I absolutely love swimming. One of the reaosns why I am always excited for the summer to come is because I will get to swim in the pools. Swimming is so much fun for me, and if I ever had that taken away, I would be devastated.
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