Even though history of the second world war is taught in school, it is never elaborated on. ... He writes how the Jewish community was ignorant in thinking that nothing was really going to happen to them and that the Russians would never allow Hitler to destroy an entire population. ... Another reason I chose this passage was because it forced me to think, not only about the dreadful Holocaust, but about history and life in general. ... As I reflect on my thoughts and imagine what survival of the Holocaust was like or how I could have weathered this disgraceful event in world history, here ...

• Word Count: 1299
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

After Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party rose to popular power in January of 1933, the Jews of Germany, and later all of mainland Europe, would be living in a deadly, deadly society. These years, later called the Holocaust Years, would see the Jewish population of Europe being exterminated, as part of Hitler's "Final Solution" in dealing with what he called the Jewish problem, in his rhetorical speeches of hate against Jews. At 1933, there had been well over nine million Jews living in Europe. Before the war began, 1939, most Jews had already begun to be sent to concentration camps, trans...

• Word Count: 2487
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Holocaust is a history of overwhelming horror and enduring sorrow. I can't even imagine having to go through something as tragic as the Holocaust. However, at times I have wondered what it would be like if I were a Jewish girl, living during the Holocaust, and sent to a camp. What would I hav...

• Word Count: 1370
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

There are African Jews and Persian Jews, Jews in Israel and Jews in the United States, British Jews and French Jews, Russian Jews and Indian Jews. ... It is made up of many parts: beliefs concerning God, the universe, and humanity; customs and ceremonies; a long tradition expressed in the writings of many great thinkers; common history; and the people called the Jews. ...

• Word Count: 1727
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• Grade Level: High School