As an adult, he wanted to hear his father's story and make it into a book. ... Art turned his book about his father's life in the Holocaust into a comic book, using mice to represent the Jews and cats to represent the Nazis. This book, "Maus" (mouse in German), took 13 years to create and finish. When "Maus" hit the book stores, many people had mixed feelings about a book that told the story of one man's life through the Holocaust in the form of a comic. ... Across America, propaganda was spread blaming the Jews for everything, including the depression because they took so m...

• Word Count: 2087
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Diane Ackerman's book, "The Zookeeper's Wife," tells the story of a Polish women living in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. The book was very well organized and it was able to use memoirs and historical research to tell a very powerful and touching story. ... In the book it relate many of Zabinskis experiences to situations regarding animals and their deep connection to the larger animal world. ... At the beginning of the book, Ackerman described the animals as playful, mischievous, and sensitive. ... Ackerman does a very good job at telling the story of a brave man and woman who r...

• Word Count: 1350
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The author considers himself to be a "Rooseveltian" although throughout the book, he occasionally goes against some of FDR's decisions. Beir considers FDR to be a hero and adds How FDR Saved the Jews and Brought Hope to a Nation as the subtitle for his book. ... The book takes us through the time period when Hitler first took over Germany until the concentration camps were liberated. ... In reading the book, I was able to see and understand a Roosevelt enthusiast's view of why the President was unable to help. ... Beir did a great job of setting the stage of what was going...

• Word Count: 2140
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Bergen does an exceptional job at giving her readers an opportunity to explore in depth about the Holocaust even though we've learned about it throughout our education. These four points are the most important parts of the new insights that I have learned from reading Bergen's book about the war and genocide that happened during the history of the holocaust. ... " While reading further into the book, it also appears that Hitler only wanted to control the German race. ... After reading this explanation that was supported by Hitler in the book, I was extremely overwhelmed by the...

• Word Count: 1769
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Maus a book written by Art Spiegelman, and Night told by Elie Wiesel are two stories that were experienced during the Holocaust. ... The Book of Night and Maus are similar by means of their absolute determination of survival. In the book Night, it is clear when it says, "My father's presence was the only thing that stopped me. ... An example of this is when the book states, "Meir, my little Meir! ... Wiesel did a great job detailing all the conditions taken place during his experience. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He came from a middle-class family that lived comfortably, although he suggested in his book Mein Kampf that his family was poor and his childhood was filled with hardship. ... On the odd occasion he made money from drawing sketches or painting scenes of Vienna, but he refused to look for a settled job. ... He describes the shock in his book, Mein Kampf- "Everything went black before my eyes as I staggered back to my ward and buried my aching head between the blankets and pillow . during these nights my hatred increased, hatred for the originators of this dastardly crime". .....

• Word Count: 1442
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One day, whilst rummaging through his father's book collection, Hitler discovered a picture book on the War of 1870-1871 between the Germans and the French. By Hitler's own account, this book became an obsession. ... (Source 4) He told them men that he was to be the new leader of Germany and offered them jobs in his new government. ... The sole purpose of this book was to spread his vision of extermination of the Jewish community. ... Factories and stores closed; jobs were scarce. ...

• Word Count: 1914
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• Grade Level: High School

He had enough money to pay his rent but had very little left over for anything else, he became dependant on his eldest son to find employment, (who was fifteen) he did get a job as did his next oldest child. ... The older worker may be set in their ways and may not be willing to do the job the way the employer wanted them to do it, they may also demand a higher salary because of their years of experience. The younger worker on the other hand may have no or very limited experience in the job, however, employers would be more willing to hire them because they were usually fitter and healthier,...

• Word Count: 1787
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He also wrote parts of a book that were later published. ... He promised to restore Germany's borders, and give the unemployed jobs and food. ... They had his book, or journal, called Mein Kompf, which stated exactly what Hitler would do to the Jews if he were elected to power. ... He did reestablish the German economy and give the unemployed people a job. ...

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Second, his father retired from his job as a mid-level customs official with a full pension. ... With no job and morale very low, Adolf struggled to survive is the bustling city of Vienna. ... A book called "Mein Kamph" meaning my struggle. The book was a combination of autobiography, political observations, and propaganda techniques. ...

• Word Count: 1514
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• Grade Level: High School

Wyman's book, The Abandonment of the Jews was very intriguing to me. ... The book then jumps right into the emergence of information that became available. ... After reading this book several things struck me. I will use Wyman's book to answer several questions. ... As Rabbi Israel Goldstein said, "the job of the Bermuda Conference apparently was not to rescue victims of Nazi terror, but to rescue our State Department and the British Foreign Office."" ...

• Word Count: 2203
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Hitler was later given the job of giving speeches to his fellow soldiers on the dangers of Communism and pacifism, and also speaking about democracy and disobedience. ... He wrote his book Mein Kamph, meaning my struggle. This book set out all of Hitler's ideas and strategies that he planned to go through with once out of jail. The main idea in this book was to get rid of all those who opposed to the Arian race and anyone who threaten the goal of the Arian race. ... The world had the opportunity to stop Hitler before he even started, but no one ever took the time to read the book. ...

• Word Count: 2246
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Adolf's dreams of becoming an artist did not match the government official job his father wanted him to have. ... Hitler would rather do odd jobs such as shoveling snow, or beating rugs instead of getting a regular job. ... He finally got a job painting postcards and advertisements. ... In this book he wrote the plans for taking over Germany. ...

• Word Count: 1838
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• Grade Level: High School

This diary is now a world-famous book. ... This book has sold millions copies in over fifty countries. ... Its program promised jobs, food and education to all Germans. ... When Hitler was in jail, he wrote a book called Mein Kampf, which was also called the bible of the Nazi movement. ...

• Word Count: 2365
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• Grade Level: High School

However, they were merely doing their job. ... Many Germans had been exposed to Hitler's promises and views in his book, Mein Kampf (My Struggle). ... As production in Germany fell, many workers lost their jobs. ...

• Word Count: 1750
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According to the book The Architect of Genocide: Himmler and the Final Solution; "this overall control of power by one man of such evil set forth the merciless slaughter of millions (Breitman, 88)". ... It was the task forces job to round up all the Jews and other "undesirables" living within Germany's newly conquered territories, and either send them to concentration camps or put them to death. ...

• Word Count: 1709
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The "No Irish Need Apply" signs of the1840's were succeeded by "Christians Only" job ads of the 1930's. ... Adolf Hitler wrote a book titled "Mein Kamplo" that translates into "My Struggle." In his book, he writes in great detail his hatred for the Jews. ...

• Word Count: 2208
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• Grade Level: High School

When I was first given this assignment, I would have to say that I have never been more uninterested in doing homework in my life. I?ve never been interested in history of any kind, which would explain my failures to participate in class and so when I first stepped into the Museum of Tolerance I did...

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Book burning also helped because they were able to rewrite history in a way that the kids and even the older ones would support Nazism. ... Public work projects also helped Germany economically since it gave a lot of people jobs. ... It was also a way for Hitler to prepare his people for war by creating jobs such as rearmament. ...

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While in jail, Hitler wrote the book, Mein Kampf, which further expressed his views and opinions. ... With a strong economy, low inflation and people with jobs, all Hitler could do was step back and wait for his time to take control. ... People lost their jobs and starvation become even more apparent. ...

• Word Count: 2385
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• Grade Level: High School

In 1919, after the war, the army gave him a job spying on potentially dangerous underground political organizations. ... He left his job with the army and went on to be the leader of the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, which he renamed the Nationalsozialistiche Deutsch Arbeiterpartei #, later known as the Nazis. ... He became a millionaire from the sale of this book, and due to his enormous popularity was released from Landsberg after only nine months, on the condition that he would never enter into politics or try to overthrow the government. ...

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If he would have let his officers and generals do their jobs and make military decisions throughout the war, there may have been a very different outcome. ... Sister James was uneasy throughout the whole book even though it was pretty obvious that Father Flynn molested that little boy. ...

• Word Count: 1511
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In 1933, during The Nazi's first few months in power they urged the German people to boycott Jewish businesses, as well as staging a book burning, destroying publications promoting "un-German" ideas. ... These pre war years saw Jewish people removed from their homes and placed into "ghettoes" they were removed from their jobs and all assets were passed over to Aryan Germans. ...

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In Hannah Arendt's book Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (1963), when one sees acts that are often done without any thought, that seem so normal, done in a different, frightening context, these acts look grotesque, and we can start to question what we take as normal and natural. ... He just wanted to do his job, and do it right. ...

• Word Count: 1732
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• Grade Level: High School