The holocaust
The Holocaust was a catastrophic, cataclysmic event in history that took place
over 55 years ago, but why is it still so important to us today? One of the many
reasons it is still widely discussed today, is because of the many rights it
violated for the Jews as human beings. The main goal of the holocaust was for
Nazis to try and kill every Jewish person alive in Europe. Many Nazi leaders
tried their hardest do to this, and went unpunished for their actions. All of
this tradgedy and calamity started when Adolf Hitler came into power.
Adolf Hitler and his Third Reich came to power in 1938, the Jews in Europe
knew they were in trouble. Hitler blamed them for Germany's rapid fall as a
world power and he made sure they were to be punished for their supposedly wrong
doings. Elie Wiesel's novel Night, is about his own
family's struggle to survive the terrifying years of the early
1940's. Wiesel exists in a minority of Jews who lived to share his
unfortunate and disturbing experiences. Elie, his three siblings, and
parents
were from Sighet, Transylvania. Most of the townspeople believed that living
in Sighet put them far out of Hitler's reach, but they eventually were forced
to face the harsh reality near the end of the war. This came as a surprise to
them because the Jews had been following the path of the war
closely by listening to the radio. The Jews of Sighet began to question
themselves and ask is it possible for one man and his Fascist party to wipe
out
an entire race of people. Although Elie
217;s family was financially stable, their ownership of the family store made
them more visible to the Nazi's, and therefore put them in...
Holocaust Night
I've read Night twice, it's definitely a great book. I was a little thrown off by the title of your essay. Maybe you should have been more specific? Anyways good paper!
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