1) When the prisoners first enter the camp, they are allowed to take a hot shower. However, they were to leave their clothes in the other block, since they were promised new ones. The prisoners had to remove all of their clothing and their personal items. Then, the veterans came around and engraved numbers into the prisoners with needles. Those numbers were what the prisoners would be identified by, and what the Germans would use to evaluate those that were weak and the ones that were strong.
2) The one thing that remains the same at Birkenau is their bell schedules. Although they encountered many different guards, some that seemed surprisingly humane, some that they were terrified of, different rations of food, and different labor jobs, they always had a bell schedule. The bells rang for when it was time for roll call, meal times, and when to go to bed. Elie said that he hated the bells, and when he pictured a better world, it was one with no bells.
3) One of the most unknown things that the prisoners had to encounter was the selections. They didn't know when the selections were, or if they would be healthy enough to pass. At one point, Elie's father didn't think that he was healthy enough to pass, so he gives Elie his knife and spoon, which he thought would be useful. If tbey wrote your number down, you would be killed. The prisoners were always glancing at the guards, praying that they would pass the selection. Another thing that was unknown to the prisoners was when or if they would be transeferred to a new camp, and if that camp would be worse than the previous one. For example, the Auschwitz canp was one of the better ones, where the labor wasn't that bad, and they got bigger portions of food. However, when they were sent to Buna, the guards were mean, and the work was harder.
4) At Auschwitz, the guards were relatively nice, and treated the prisoners like actual humans. They were given new clothes, a wash basin, and bigger food rations. Elie said that he heard the guard speak the first "human words" since being at the camps. However, at Buna, they encountered a guard named Idek. Idek had little fits of frenzy, and no one wanted to get in his way when he had one. When Elie got in his way, he was struck repeatedly, until he was covered in blood. When Elie's father couldn't keep up with his work, Idek beat him with an iron bar. After seeing Idek with a girl, Elie was whipped 25 times for what he witnessed. Idek tried to look for little things that he could use against the prisoners, so he could beat them up.
Friday, February 24, 2017
Friday, February 17, 2017
Dialectical Journal
Critical Stance: Discuss the contrast between the panic of the Jews with EACH NEW decree or action of the government and their attempts to reassure themselves and to adjust to each new infringement on their freedom.When Moshe the Beadle came back after being sent off for being a foreign Jew, he tried to warn everybody about the Gestapo slaughtering people and using babies as targeting practice, but all the Jews just considered him to be a mad man. They just couldn't understand how people could do that kind of acts to other human beings. When the government first put their plans in action to relocate all of the Jews, many of them just assumed that they were being sent off to work for factories. Also, when everybody was give the gold star to wear, their thoughts were that it doesn't kill you, so it's not that big of a deal. They even considered themselves pretty well off when they were fenced in with barbed wire. They liked the idea of living among fellow Jews, like their own little community. When nobody would tell them where they were being deported to, they made up optimistic stories to help pass time and keep them from thinking about what else could possibly happen. Dialectical Journal Entries: 1) "There are a thousand and one gates leading into the orchard of mystical truth. Ewilvery human being has his own gate. We must never make the mistake of wanting to enter the orchard by any gate but our own. To do this is dangerous for the one who entered and also for those who are already there." - Moshe the Beadle (page 3 paragraph 4)
This quote shows the Moshe the Beadle has very strong values and is a religious man. It means that some people in your life will be of big help, but others can be an obstacle. You should be careful about who you trust.
2)"Without passion, without haste, they slaughtered their prisoners. Each one had to go up to the hole and present his neck. Babies were thrown up in the air and the machine gunners used them as targets." (page 4 lines 20-23)Moshe the Beadle tried to warn the Jews about the actions that were being done to the foreign Jews, but nobody believed him. This was the beginning of the nightmare for anyone of the Jewish race.
3) "My father was crying. It was the first time I saw him cry. I had never thought it possible. As for my mother, she was walking, her face a mask, without a word, deep in thought. I looked at my little sister, Tzipora, her blond hair neatly combed, her red coat over her arm: a little girl of seven. On her back a bag too heavy for her. She was clenching her teeth; she already knew it was useless to complain. Here and there, the police were lashing out with their clubs. "Faster!" I had no strength left. The journey had just begun and I already felt so weak.
During this time period, people had a hard time understanding why this was happening to them. They didn't do anything wrong, yet they were forced to leave everything behind and relocate to an unknown place. It was hard on everyone, and one by one people were slowly breaking.
4)"- "There was no floor. a roof and four walls. Our feet sank into the mud." (page 35)
This quote gives a brief description of what life was like in the concentration camps. It was pretty much worse than a prison, and their living conditions were harsh.
5) "What a shame, a shame that you did not go with your mother … I saw many children your age go with their mothers …"
Elie's father didn't want to see his son suffer and go through the things that he knew could happen. If Elie went with his mother, he'd probably be safer, and his father wouldn't have to see his pain.
This quote shows the Moshe the Beadle has very strong values and is a religious man. It means that some people in your life will be of big help, but others can be an obstacle. You should be careful about who you trust.
2)"Without passion, without haste, they slaughtered their prisoners. Each one had to go up to the hole and present his neck. Babies were thrown up in the air and the machine gunners used them as targets." (page 4 lines 20-23)Moshe the Beadle tried to warn the Jews about the actions that were being done to the foreign Jews, but nobody believed him. This was the beginning of the nightmare for anyone of the Jewish race.
3) "My father was crying. It was the first time I saw him cry. I had never thought it possible. As for my mother, she was walking, her face a mask, without a word, deep in thought. I looked at my little sister, Tzipora, her blond hair neatly combed, her red coat over her arm: a little girl of seven. On her back a bag too heavy for her. She was clenching her teeth; she already knew it was useless to complain. Here and there, the police were lashing out with their clubs. "Faster!" I had no strength left. The journey had just begun and I already felt so weak.
During this time period, people had a hard time understanding why this was happening to them. They didn't do anything wrong, yet they were forced to leave everything behind and relocate to an unknown place. It was hard on everyone, and one by one people were slowly breaking.
4)"- "There was no floor. a roof and four walls. Our feet sank into the mud." (page 35)
This quote gives a brief description of what life was like in the concentration camps. It was pretty much worse than a prison, and their living conditions were harsh.
5) "What a shame, a shame that you did not go with your mother … I saw many children your age go with their mothers …"
Elie's father didn't want to see his son suffer and go through the things that he knew could happen. If Elie went with his mother, he'd probably be safer, and his father wouldn't have to see his pain.
Friday, February 10, 2017
The Holocaust (partner Kaela)
The word "Holocaust" means the destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, specifically by fire. Heirnrich Heine, a German poet, wrote "Where one burns books, one will, in the end, burn people." Since the German's believed that they were superior to the Jewish people, they wanted to kill all of them, and keep only the people that were blonde-haired and blue eyed. The Holocaust was a devastating event in which millions of people died, in an attempt to purify Germany's population. "A large population of the Jewish people were sent to labor camps, and approximately 12,000 Jews were gassed and killed everyday." Majority of the Jews did nothing wrong, yet they were killed for something that they had no control over. Just because a dictator believed that their race was not important, all of the Jews were in constant danger, and had to suffer harsh punishments and torture. The Holocaust was an inhumane act, which nearly wiped out the entire Jewish population.
Just the meaning of the name Holocaust, is just a glimpse of what happened in the Jewish concentration camps. It comes from the greek word "Holos"( whole) and costs (burned). The holocaust was the mass murder of about 6 million jews. Hitler, the dictator at the time believed that Germans was a superior than any other race. There were many concetration camps in Poland including Chelmno, Sobibor, Treblinka, Majdenek, and Auschwitz - Birkenau. The Germans tried to keep these camps a secret but due to large amount of killings it was very hard to do so. He also forced them on the front line of war, ultimately causing death. As Champetier de Ribes, the French Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials explained, “This [was] a crime so monstrous, so undreamt of in history … that the term ‘genocide’ has had to be coined to define it.” this crime was very inhumane, as it a an act of racism genocide, due to Hitler not liking a certain race. Kity Hart-Moxon, a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau, remembers the high value placed on food, and so much wanting to survive the camp. She would sometimes take the piece of bread from the body of someone who had died during the night" This explains the harsh conditions that the jews had no choice to encounter, If the german Nazi's didn't kill them, the lack of food causing starvation did. Overall the jewish people had received torture for their beliefs for no reason and that the dictator at the time believed that another race was more important.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/the-holocaust
https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005143
Just the meaning of the name Holocaust, is just a glimpse of what happened in the Jewish concentration camps. It comes from the greek word "Holos"( whole) and costs (burned). The holocaust was the mass murder of about 6 million jews. Hitler, the dictator at the time believed that Germans was a superior than any other race. There were many concetration camps in Poland including Chelmno, Sobibor, Treblinka, Majdenek, and Auschwitz - Birkenau. The Germans tried to keep these camps a secret but due to large amount of killings it was very hard to do so. He also forced them on the front line of war, ultimately causing death. As Champetier de Ribes, the French Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials explained, “This [was] a crime so monstrous, so undreamt of in history … that the term ‘genocide’ has had to be coined to define it.” this crime was very inhumane, as it a an act of racism genocide, due to Hitler not liking a certain race. Kity Hart-Moxon, a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau, remembers the high value placed on food, and so much wanting to survive the camp. She would sometimes take the piece of bread from the body of someone who had died during the night" This explains the harsh conditions that the jews had no choice to encounter, If the german Nazi's didn't kill them, the lack of food causing starvation did. Overall the jewish people had received torture for their beliefs for no reason and that the dictator at the time believed that another race was more important.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/the-holocaust
https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005143
Introductory Assignment for Night
http://www.msf.org/en/article/united-states-suspension-us-refugee-resettlement-endangers-people-fleeing-war-zones
Due to the recent election results, our new president Donald Trump has made an executive order suspending refugees from coming into America. The ones mostly affected by the ban includes people Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen. This ban will keep refugees in war zones. This ban is to support the idea of protecting America against Terrorism. This ban is unjust and inhumane to those refugees trying to seek a better life for them and their families."Every day our teams on the ground see people desperately seeking safety at closed borders and in war zones from which they cannot flee," said Jason Cone, executive director of MSF USA. Due to this ban many people who are just seeking a more fit life can not do so. This ban is unjust and inhumane to those refugees trying to seek a better life for them and their families. In the predicament that most Refugees are in they are trying to escape the types of conflict in their home lands.
"Refugees are mothers and fathers and children who want what we all want: a safe place to live their lives, free from war and persecution," Cone said. " many are trying to remove the ban as it is an exclusion of race. This is a example of inhumanity because Trump has no care for the refugees as whom he has put a stereotype on.
https://stopgenocidenow.org/2016/12/20/listen-alarm-bells
Many countries come to the aid of others when they are in a crisis. "In Aleppo, South Sudan, 70% of the women in the Civilian Protection Camps have reported being raped, and 78% have been forced to watch violent sexual attacks." Rape is being used as a weapon of war, and these inhumane acts need to come to an end. When people do these kinds of actions, they are not thinking about how the person on the receiving end will be affected. "Civilians are being slaughtered, and children are being forced into the roles of child soldiers." The death rates in South Sudan are on the rise, and the only option that the citizens have is to flee their country, and leave everything behind. It is unjust for another country to kill thousands of people a day, just because of a disagreement. Other countries need to start paying more attention to the genocide that is happening in Aleppo, and help to improve their situation.
Due to the recent election results, our new president Donald Trump has made an executive order suspending refugees from coming into America. The ones mostly affected by the ban includes people Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen. This ban will keep refugees in war zones. This ban is to support the idea of protecting America against Terrorism. This ban is unjust and inhumane to those refugees trying to seek a better life for them and their families."Every day our teams on the ground see people desperately seeking safety at closed borders and in war zones from which they cannot flee," said Jason Cone, executive director of MSF USA. Due to this ban many people who are just seeking a more fit life can not do so. This ban is unjust and inhumane to those refugees trying to seek a better life for them and their families. In the predicament that most Refugees are in they are trying to escape the types of conflict in their home lands.
"Refugees are mothers and fathers and children who want what we all want: a safe place to live their lives, free from war and persecution," Cone said. " many are trying to remove the ban as it is an exclusion of race. This is a example of inhumanity because Trump has no care for the refugees as whom he has put a stereotype on.
https://stopgenocidenow.org/2016/12/20/listen-alarm-bells
Many countries come to the aid of others when they are in a crisis. "In Aleppo, South Sudan, 70% of the women in the Civilian Protection Camps have reported being raped, and 78% have been forced to watch violent sexual attacks." Rape is being used as a weapon of war, and these inhumane acts need to come to an end. When people do these kinds of actions, they are not thinking about how the person on the receiving end will be affected. "Civilians are being slaughtered, and children are being forced into the roles of child soldiers." The death rates in South Sudan are on the rise, and the only option that the citizens have is to flee their country, and leave everything behind. It is unjust for another country to kill thousands of people a day, just because of a disagreement. Other countries need to start paying more attention to the genocide that is happening in Aleppo, and help to improve their situation.
Monday, February 6, 2017
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