The Resistance of the Holocaust The time between 1933 and 1945 was a time that became known as the Holocaust. It was rough for not only the Jews, but non- Jews as well. A man, known as Adolf Hitler, was a German leader who despised the Jews with a passion. He had made it his personal goal to exterminate all of the Jews. In the end, Hitler had brutally murdered six million Jews and five million others. Even though it may not seem like it, both Jews as well as some non-Jews resisted the Nazi’s reign
many hardships they were presented with. In “The Diary of Anne Frank” and “Resistance During the Holocaust”, it explains how individuals would use different methods to passively resist. As a response to conflict, people passively resisted by maintaining hope, preserving culture, and providing safety. Many Jews in ghettos and death camps would passively resist by maintaining
Jewish Resistance under Nazi Rule The Holocaust was the persecution and mass murder of six million Jews by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime during the Second World War. The Germans came into power in January of 1933. Adolf Hitler was sworn Chancellor on January 30, 1933. The Nazi’s believed they were “racially superior” and that Jews were a threat to them and the German community. Adolf Hitler established a “Final Solution” -- which established a plan for the Nazi’s to exterminate the entire Jewish
Heinrich Himmler- Himmler was the German Police Chief, Head of SS, and one of Hitler's closest mentors. He took part in forming the "Final Solution" and was the second most influential man in Germany, Hitler being the most, during the Holocaust. Himmler also was in charge of setting up the first concentration camp in 1933 in Dachau. ("Himmler, Heinrich.") 7. Josef Mengele/Medical Experimentation- Josef Mengele was the head doctor in for the concentration camp in Auschwitz, deciding who
The Three Styles of Conflict Resolution The Holocaust was a time of great suffering, immense fright and intense ideals that not only affected those of Jewish heritage but a large number of other Europeans. Correspondingly, this event caused a variety of large scale problems that affected many individuals. With so much death and destruction present in society how did people endure these problems? Anne Frank from “The Diary of a Young Girl” written by Anne Frank, was one such individual who endured
credences. The National Socialist German Worker's Party, planned to murder the Jewish people along with other alienated social groups like Gypsies, homosexuals and others with mental disorders that didn’t meet the criteria of a “perfect German”. The Holocaust was a devastating time during World War II that changed the lives of many people. Hitler used the complete power to his advantage and got away with the estimated
Over one million of the six million people killed during the Holocaust were children (“Children during the Holocaust,” 2014). Children were much more vulnerable to the cruelties and hardships of the Holocaust and had a much lesser chance of survival. Some children found new lives while living with Christian families and were forced to forget all about their Jewish heritage in order to pass as a Christian child. The children were the future and continuation of the Jewish existence making them the
these people have been awarded for their bravery. Unfortunately, most of these heroes are not known or as praised as they should be. Although he is not well-known, Jan Karski was one of the first people to enlighten the world about the horrors of Holocaust. Karski was born in Lodz, Poland in the year 1914, but not as Jan Karski (“Jan Karski” Jewish). His name was originally Jan Kozielewski; he had his name changed later on in his life. The actual date of his birth is something that is argued upon
The Holocaust (Shoah), a phenomenon that shook all of Europe with its catastrophic destruction and mass murder of European Jews by the Nazi during World War II, between 1933 and 1945. It began with the discrimination, slowly evolving to the segregation and persecution of the Jews, and eventually incited to become a bloodbath. These phases had progressively violated the rights of Jews in the Holocaust. Phase 1 (1933-1938): Discrimination Hitler have gone to great lengths to have all the Nazis convinced
The Holocaust, in which 11 million Jews, Gypsies, blacks, and gays died at the hands of German Nazis, was not perpetrated by a single, hateful person. It was an act of evil perpetrated by hundreds of thousands of ordinary people. Participation in the Holocaust by such a large body of people leads historians and those studying the Holocaust to ask whether man is inherently evil: did each person who participated in the Holocaust have a deep-seated and passionate hatred for the victims? Some of the