Effects of the Holocaust Paragraph

The Holocaust had nothing but a negative impact on the world. As a result to the Holocaust the Jewish people lost their rights and extermination camps were established. When German soldiers first invaded Jewish areas, they would take their rights away. The German soldiers would first force them into an unpleasant living situation, ghettos. Ghettos were established throughout 1941 and 1942, and held Jews until they were deported to the concentration camps. While living in ghettos Jews were not aloud out on the streets after a certain time. As well as living in ghettos, Jews were forced to wear a yellow badge that was in the shape of the Star of David. Theses badges marked Jews in public. Some even died before deportation, starvation and disease lurked in every ghetto. When the time of deportation came, all rights were taken away. Jewish people were deported to concentration camps. In 1933, with the cooperation of local authorities, the Nazis set up camps as concentration centers within Germany. At these camps prisoners would be tortured or killed. The conditions of the camps were unbearable. The most famous concentration camp was Aushwitz, located in Poland. Up to three million people were killed in Aushwitz. During the Holocaust a totaly of six million Jews were killed. That number was about seventy-eight percent of the 7.6 million Jews living in Europe at the time. However, Jews were not the only group executed during the Holocaust. Soviet POWs, Ethnic Poles, Romanians, the disabled, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, and gypsies were also victims. In conclusion the results of the Holocaust affected the rights of Jewish people and the establishment of concentration camps.

Research Summary #2: Effects of Holocaust

The major effect of the Holocaust was that six million Jews died in the Holocaust. However, not only Jews were persecuted. Other groups were also persecuted and killed, including ethnic Poles, the Romani, Soviet civilians, Soviet prisoners of war, the disabled, homosexuals men, political and religious opponents.

In 1933, with the cooperation of local authorities, the Nazis set up camps as concentration centers within Germany. One of the first concentration camps was Dachau. Early camps were only meant to hold, torture, or kill only political political prisoners, such as Communists and Social Democrats. After 1939 the camps started to hold Jews and Poles. By 1942 six large exterminations camps were established in Nazi-occupied Poland.

Before Jews were deported to extermination camps they were held in ghettos. Ghettos were established throughout 1941 and 1942. The largest ghetto was the Warsaw Ghetto with 380,000 people. Some people even died in the ghettos before they were deported. They died of starvation and disease. Each ghetto was run by a Jewish council of German-appointed Jewish community leaders.

Sush, Darren. "A Final Solution with No End?" About. 2005. The New York Times Company. 25 Mar. 2009. [http://judaism.about.com/od/holocaust/a/darrensash_3.htm]

Research Summary #1

During the Holocaust over six million Jews were murdered. "Holocaust" is a word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by fire." The cause of the Holocaust was that the Germans believed they were "racially supierier", and Jews were a threat to German society.

Germans not only target Jews, they targeted other groups as well. Including the diabled, Slavs, gypsies, and many more. "Other groups were persecuted on political, ideological, and behavioral grounds, among them Communists, Socialists, Jehovah's Witnesses, and homosexuals."

By 1945 the Germans had killed about 2 out of every 3 Jews in Europe. The "Final Solution" was the Nazi policy to murder the Jews of Europe.

To monitor Jewish population and to prepare for deportation, Jews lived in ghettos. Jews were deported to concentration camps. Concentration camps were extermination camps, killing camps.

German arms surrendered on May 7, 1945. Many survivors found shelter in "displaced persons camp". Displaced persons camps were camps that the allied powers had created for survivors. Beginning in 1948 and last until 1951 almost 700,000 migrated to Israel. Jews also migrated to the U.S.

"The Holocaust." USHMM. 2009. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 24 Mar. 2009 [http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143]

Blog #15: Overcomming Odds

On Saturday night Minneapolis South and Centennial battle for the class 4A girls state basketball title. The Minneapolis South team face obstacles As one starter left due to an injury, and another fouled out. However, Tayler Hill was still left in the game to lead the team to a championship. Tayler Hill is a two-time Metro PLayer of the Year. She is an incredible player with tremendous strength. Loosing two of her starting team-mates did not stop Tayler. Tayler played all thirty-six minutes and went 11-for-29 shooting, including 5-for-13 on three-pointers. She had twelve rebounds. " 'I know she was good, but tonight she was phenomenal,' Centennial coach Jill Becken said." In this game Hill really did overcome the odds. This proves she has incredible heart. She did not give up she kept pushing herself and her team until a first place medal would be placed around her neck. Playing all 36 minutes and scoring all the points that she did also proves she is physically an incredible player. To overcome the odds one must be mentally and emotionally strong. They must be driven.

La Vaque, David. "Tayler-Made." Star Tribune 22 Mar. 2009: C13

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Persecution Project

The article I read regarding persecution was based on Iraqi-Christians. People in Iraq who believe in Christianity are threatened everyday with violence attacks. In this country we have accepted the idea that everyone can practice their own religion. Therefore I cannot even imagine a society where a specific group of people are being prosecuted for their beliefs. Everyone should have the right to practice any religion. My question is how can one person hate another for practicing a specific religion, when it doesn't affect them in any way. Persecution really confuses me. I am excited to start the new project and go deeper into the subject.

Lyle, Jenna. "Iraqi Christians still face persecution." 18 Mar.2009.
http://www.christiantoday.com /article/iraqi.christians.still.face.persecution/22810.htm

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Blog #14:Love

As I may have mentioned before in my previous blogs, I have been reading the Twilight series written by Stephenie Meyer. I am currently on the second book, New Moon. The Twilight series is about a love story between a vampire and a human. Some may say love is complicated and doesn't always work. Well the love between Edward, a vampire, and Bella, a human, is more than complicated. However, it seems to suit and it does work. As I finished the first book, Twilight, I learned that love takes sacrifices. Edward loves Bella so much that he must restrain himself from drinking her blood. He must keep himself from killing her. As well as Edward, Bella must also make sacrifices. Bella must protect Edward and his family by keeping their unknown secret. The secret that they are all vampires. Whether it is love between a vampire and a human or the love between a human and another human. Love takes sacrifices. Now some may not even believe in the idea of love or soul mates. But doesn't every relationship of any sort take sacrifices? I believe they do. All relationships take sacrifices.

Meyer, Stephenie. New Moon.New York: Little Brown and Company,2005

Blog #13: War

For decades the Israelis and Palestinians have been at war. To us Americans, we believe the war we have been fighting has be going on for a very long time. Well the Israeli-Palestinian war began over fifty years ago. Today, the two enemies are not even close to an agreement of any sort. They continue to fight in a war that may never end. In Israel every young man and woman must participate in the army at least one time. I have family that lives in Israel that therefore many of them have or are participating in the war. In someways I feel as if I am apart of two wars. The war that the United State's is apart of, and the war that the Israelis are apart of. As much as I don't want to believe it or even say it, I have become used to the idea of war. It has become apart of our everyday lives. Since September 11th our country has changed dramatically, and becoming used to war is one of the dramatic changes. I hope that one day our entire world can live in peace, even if it takes centuries.

Stern, Lynn. "Still no peace in Jordan." Time 20 Oct. 2008:3-4

Blog #12:Colonialism

In the novel Nectar in a Sieve, written by Kamala Markandaya. An Indian village is colonized by the British. In the story the British come and build a tannery. For a woman named Rukmani, the tannery only brought suffer to her life. Because of the tannery her son Raja was killed. This is what got me thinking the most. I couldn't come to terms with the idea of colonialism. How can one group of people come in and conquer another without any hesitation or regret? It just didn't seem right to me. The people who conquered wanted to exterminate the traditional culture of the area. Religion, agriculture, living situations, every aspect of the native's life-styles. Looking from the other side of the spectrum, it was great for the people that conquered. They gained land, therefore they gained power. However, they came in and took over like there was nothing wrong. That is what disturbs me. Especially thinking that our country was built around colonization also scares me.

Markandaya, Kamala. Nectar in a Sieve. New York: Signet, 2002.

Blog #11:Global Issue

In my opinion global warming is an issue. And a global issue for that matter. Human activity has been driving this issue for the past fifty years. The release of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases from smokestacks, tailpipes, and burning forests has raised the average surface temperature. For a number of years now scientists, politicians, and citizens have talking about what is occurring due to global warming. I believe it's time to stop talking about what is occurring, and start to take action. We need to make a plan, and figure out what products hurt the earth, and what we can use to substitute. I understand that this issue has been brought to the government. However, we need to start making substitutions now. We need to start making harmful products illegal, and find a more "eco-friendly" substitution. Some do not believe in global warming, if anything they believe it is just a phase. How can you believe it is just a phase when there is hard evidence that global warming has been occurring for years. I understand everyone is entitled to their own beliefs and opinions, but when it comes to an issue like this. We need to take a stand together.

Carter, Bailey. "Global Warming." NewYork Times. 2009. United Nation Scientific Panel. 2 Feb. 2009 [http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/science /globalwarming]

Blog #10: Holidays

In English class, the class has been watching a movie called Namesake directed by Mira Nair. Namesake is based off the novel The Namesake written by Juhmpa Lahiri. Namesake is a film about an Indian family that lives in the United States. In this story the family learns to adapt to American customs, such as marring people outside of their religion. While I watched the movie I noticed something very interesting. I noticed the Indian family celebrated Christmas. Now obviously Christmas is not an Indian holiday, thats why I found it so interesting that they celebrated the holiday. Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus, Indians do not believe in Jesus. Indians believe in Hinduism by wich they believe in many gods and religious figures. My personal opinion on the reason why the family celebrated Christmas was to assimalte. When immigrants first started comming to America they wanted to blend in. This started the trend for many immagrants to accomadate to the ways of an American life style. Including holidays whether they are religious or not. Therefore Americans holidays such as Christmas are celebrated by those who may not even believe in what is being celebrated.

Namesake. Dir. Mira Nair. Perf. Kal Penn.Mira Nair, 2007

Blog #9: Bollywood

In the United States we have Hollywood. In India they have Bollywood. In the United States Sean Penn and Kate Winslet were nominated the best actor and actress of the year. While in India Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra were nominated best actor and actress of the year. Bollywood has an award ceremony called the Filmfare Awards. The Filmfare Awards are somewhat similar to the Oscars. After watching a Bollywood film for the first time I realized that they are not that different compared to movies here in the U.S. Yes, Bollywood and Hollywood have their similatirities, but they alsohave their differences. In Bollywood films there is more singing and dancing. While Hollywood films that have singing and dancing are known as musicals. Overall both actors and actresses of Bollywood and Hollywood are very talented people.

Mishrikt, Raja. "Best Bollywood actors/actress." Bollywood. 2009. Bollywood Films. 28 Feb. 2009 [http://www.bollywood.com/hrithik-priyanka-declared-best-actors-filmfare-awards-jodhaa-akbar-best-film]

Blog #8: Culture

In Minnesota hockey is more than just a game. It is a culture filled with many traditions that attract players and fans from all over the "state of hockey." To players, coaches and fans, late February to early March is the best time of the year. It is the peak of the season. It's play-off time. This time of the year is when the best-of-the-best come together. Rain or shine, or even a snow storm, cannot keep fans away from these games. Fans will park miles away from the rink just to get a parking spot. They will stand if no seats are available. These fact prove that hockey is a religion practiced by not only players in Minnesota. This time of year comes with much more than important play-off games. It comes with so many traditions that people all over the state have been doing for years. Like I have said before, hockey is a religion here that will never die.

Reusse, Patrick. "True hockey fans fill stands for big games." Star Tribune 1 Mar. 2009: C8.