Essays on The Holocaust

The story of mankind is created every day, but it is told through history. It is only when he looks back, that he realizes how far he has come. History has been instrumental in shaping the present and most likely the future of humanity. One of the greatest flaws associated with history is its inaccuracy. The inaccuracy is not, however, because of lack of information but because of the prejudice and perspectives that are captured by most historians (Woolford, Andrew, Jeff, and Alexander 43). Information is abundant; the only problem is the indifference that people show to the available ...

Art Spiegelman’s Maus is one of the unique graphic novels in the genre of literature. Unlike other comics with super heroes and flashy graphics, Maus is a story of the Holocaust presented in comic style. It gives an account of Art Spiegelman’s father, Vladek’s experiences as a Polish Jew . All the characters mentioned in the comic have been presented in the form of animals, such as the Jews as mice, the Americans as dogs, the Germans as cats and many others . The framework of the comic is not only simplistic framework, but also terrifying as Spiegelman ...

In our consciousness, the Holocaust is majorly related to Jewish history. A lot of focus is on the Jewish victims and history has singled out Jews as the main victims of holocaust in Germany during Nazi regime. However, it is understandably right to say that the holocaust was not all about the Nazi and Jews (Bergen, 2009). There are thousands of other non-Jew victims who are not captured exhaustively in history. Thus, it is equally right to say that groups targeted by the Nazi or their accomplices, killed or treated in ways that catapulted their deaths are the victims ( ...

The Armenian Genocide is one of the vigorously contested incidents of mass murder in the 20th Century. The Armenian Genocide is alleged to have been the Ottoman government’s systematic extermination of the minority Armenian population. This occurred in the historic homeland of the Armenians which is within the territory of present-day Turkey. In spite of the many claims, the Turkish government denies it was a genocide. They claim it was a war which involved the mass killing of Ottoman citizens including Muslims and Ottomans. The Turkish government also claims that the number of Armenians who died in the ...

Sylvia Plath and Marge Piercy can be considered as two outstanding feminist American writers. Plath is famous as a poet, novelist and short story writer who married the famous poet, Ted Hughes. She is the commencer of the conventional poetry and has composed many poems during her life time. Piercy is the novelist and the social campaigner who can be regarded as a significant female voice. “Lady Lazarus” and “Barbie Doll” are the two exceptional poems written by Sylvia Plath and Marge Piercy respectively. “Lady Lazarus”, taken from the collection of poems Ariel, is famously known as the Holocaust ...

An analysis of the poem by Sylvia Plath and Elizabeth Bishop aims to demonstrate female suffering. Women were forced to live under violent conditions and inequality circumstances. Therefore, Plath and Bishop used metaphor and irony to show the desire of feminism and equality in society. This paper shows how profound feminism has developed over the years as denoted in different writings by various Authors

Black-Phones: Postmodern Poetics within the Holocaust Poetry (Sylvia Plath Boswell), Matthew Critical Survey20.2 (2008): 53-64,112.

This journal talks about the suffering of Plath. She uses the poem ‘Lady Lazarus’ and ‘Daddy’ to describe her generation. Plath’s technique of using “Lady ...

Judaism Presentation

Slide1: introduction Judaism is a religion in which the Jewish people subscribe to. It is considered one of the oldest religions in existence today

Slide 2: Relationship with God/Torah

Torah is the holy book in Judaism which is believed to have been revealed to Moses by God at Mount Sinai. This book contains several instructions from God to the children of Israel. There are a total of 613 commandments which are revealed in the book. But it is only 10 out of the 613 which are considered important essential to everyone. These are the Ten Commandments which are commonly known.

Slide 3: history of sacred texts

There are texts in the ...

If God is Good, Why is there Evil?

The existence of evil and the problem brought by it to human society brought questions to people – including the church. There lies the question, “If God is good, why is there evil?” This issue of philosophy that relates God’s goodness and justice to the existence of evil and sufferings is identified as theodicy – a branch of theology. To polytheistic religions, this is explained by their teaching that evil things on earth are the results of conflicting desires of deities. To the monotheistic and the atheist, this issue takes God’s sovereignty into criticism. There are two ...

1. Outline the categories of violence as described by Jamil Salmi.

According to Salmi, the phenomenon of violence has many characteristics, with particular causes per characteristic and with particular causational agents per cause. Violence also exists in several forms, including direct violence, indirect violence, repressive violence, and alienating violence.

Direct violence is characterized by any physical, in-person act causing intended harm. In this category would be included A) any act resulting in death (homicide, genocide, infanticide); and B) any “coercive or brutal” (Module 6, 44) at threatening or resulting in physical or psychological damage or suffering—including rape, spousal abuse, political imprisonment, for example.

Indirect violence is characterized by ...

Rudolf Hoess, who should not be confused with Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s Deputy Fuehrer who flew to England in 1941, was a career S.S. officer whose memoirs are one of the most important primary sources about the Holocaust. No other camp commander produced an autobiography or wrote so extensively about his career, and none occupied a more important position in the machinery of extermination. Hoess introduced Zyklon-B (Cyclone-B) gas to Auschwitz in 1941, mainly because he thought it would be the most efficient method of mass killing, and his camp became the largest ‘customer’ for this cyanide gas, which had ...

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When we speak of the public sphere, we think of public opinion and this is borne out by Jurgen Habermas accordingly in his various books and scholarly articles. The transmission of news is essential to development of public opinion due to the fact that this opinion is constantly shaped by what is fed by the news cycle and the media networks. Habermas points out various ways how the news cycle affects public opinion and we shall analyse these in detail below.

Literature review

Habermas remains an important figure with regard to the implementation of public policy and the effects of the ...

Judaism as a religion emerged over four thousand years ago. It a religion that is commonly practiced among the Jewish community and is founded on the laws disclosed to Moses and documented in the Torah. Followers of this religion basically believe in the existence of one supreme God and always focus on living a holy life while on earth. This paper seeks to explore more on this religion.

Describe the major festivals of Judaism.

The Shabbat, which is a day of rest that occurs every week in the Jews calendar. This is usually on every Saturday and the followers are not allowed to work on this day. They use ...

It is well known that man is a social creature. In so doing, there are some aspects of culture that come in through his life. One of these aspects is religion. There are three main monotheistic religions in the world; Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Below is a discussion of these religions and the manner in which they interrelate with each other, with greater focus lying in the manner in which Christianity relates to the rest.

Contemporary Issues

Origin and Historical Account of Interactions

The term Christianity is derived from the Greek word Kristos, which is used by the Christians in Greek to translate ...

When we talk about leadership, a number of questions usually come up. One of the most commonly asked questions is who is a leader. In my own opinion, I believe a true leader is a person who represents a group of people with common interests and goals and he/ she has the best interest of the group he/she represents at heart. A true leader is the one who is willing to do anything to ensure that the set goals are achieved. A leader has also been defined as a person who is able to overcome weaknesses and challenges and does not let anything stop him/her ...

Library Assignment

A famous sociological study is The Stanford Prison Study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in the early 1970s. Using the library, find and read the Stanford Prison Study. Pay special attention to the outcome of the experiment. Discuss how Zimbardo’s findings apply to similar, real-life events happening today. Be sure to find and present examples of the concepts introduced in the experiment in your discussion. Please include a short introduction and a conclusion

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The Stanford Prison Experiment was a landmark experiment in the history of prison operations. Here a number of males aged between 25 and 35 were allotted the status of camp ...

World War II was a time in which many people experienced destruction and depression. Throughout the world there was killing and the unforgettable deeds done by a man named Adolf Hitler. Schindler’s List is a movie in which portrays one man’s influence on the war and his actually influence on saving the lives of so many Jews. This paper looks to discuss World War II briefly so there is a better understanding of the war but also a detailed look at the movie of Schindler’s List. Oscar Schindler is the main character in the movie that was mainly pursuing the work ...

Shot in 2008, “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” is a historical drama film by the British director Mark Herman on the Holocaust during the World War II. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by John Boyne. The theme of a fine line between those who happened to be on the aggressor’s side and those on the victim’s side won the audience’s hearts and made the film noticeable among others dedicated to the World War II. The movie stars David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga and Rupert Friend. “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” is ...

Field Trip Reflection Paper

What Did You See? Museum of Tolerance includes many of the interesting events, special exhibitions, and distinctive programs that bring the history to life and parity it to current events. The field trip had a great reflection for me to gain a lot of information from different section it was beautifully organized which motivate my desire to learn more and get enough information. I have been in different sections the main exhibit was the holocaust section, which exhibit a sound and light guided presentations that led me back to in the time to be witnesses to events in Nazi- dominant Europe ...

Sheinkin offers a side of Benedict Arnold of which many people are not aware. In the minds of many, Benedict Arnold is a dishonorable traitor, the first of his kind in American history. Even fewer people know of his other characters as a war hero, an individual who was as reckless as he was driven. It is no wonder the author won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction in 2011. The author’s approach to writing the book depicts Benedict Arnold as a hero, skillful, treacherous, but in all, a military force during the American Revolution. The audience for which the book ...

D. D. Guttenplan's decision to make Irving David’s libel suit against Lipstadt Deborah and Penguin Books his subject matter in his book entitled “The Holocaust on Trial” seems to be quite challenging. It is, however, eventually justified. The American writer, Guttenplan who currently resides in London was present in every day of the trial that took place in the year 1999. There were two things of varying importance at stake: the status or the position in the legislation of the Holocaust and its constituents that were definable and the overall outlook of David Irving reputation. On the face ...

World War II is up to today considered the largest and the worst war to ever happen in history. It started in 1939 from Europe and ended in 1945, spreading to almost all parts of the world and leaving about 70 million people dead. The figure included men, women, soldiers, children and civilians who died mainly due to illnesses, starvation and bomb attacks. The WW2 involved two opposing military alliances, the Axis and the Allies, formed from great nations that participated in the war. Axis was the alliance between Germany, Japan and Italy where as Allies alliance was between ...

Holocaust is derived from the Greek language and it means “kill by fire." The holocaust saw the death of more than six million Jews. In 1933, before the holocaust, the population of the Jews stood at nine million. This essentially means that about two thirds of the Jewish population was destroyed. The perpetrators of this massacre were the Nazis and their collaborators. They spared no one - not even women and children. Nowhere in the world has such a big group of people be killed over such a short period. The Nazis were of the view that Germans were racially superior ...

The beginning of the 20th century was characterized by the initiation of scientific development and progress. The traces of this development were visible in the different parts of Europe, broadly the Western sphere of Europe. The aims set forth against this scientific development were to develop a world that is based on progress and prosperity where there would be justice and equal opportunities for every individual. However the sequence of the progress was marred by the wars that came about in the form of World War One and World War Two. The two in their own respective capacity changed the ...

In the Night written by the Elie Wiesel, the author describes his misery in the Holocaust. He uses the imagery to demonstrate the dehumanization of the Jewish people in the Nazi camp. These Jews were forced to survive deceitful conditions in the concentration camps. The incarcerated Jews were subjected to the most horrible forms of inhuman treatment. This made Jews lose their mentality and morality because they were pushed beyond their capability of dealing with oppressing brutality, starvation, exhaustion and diseases among others. The change of the character and morality can be attributed to the dehumanization that they experienced, ...

The question of whether or not the Holocaust was a unique event in history is quite a trivial one. In a sense, every historical event is unique since such an event is never identical to another one. It is not the uniqueness of the Holocaust that matters; rather what matters is whether there is some important distinguishing feature because of which historians regard it as a unique occurrence (Marrus 18-25). Indeed, there is such a distinguishing feature, and those who have debated over the uniqueness of the Holocaust have overlooked it. This is what shall be argued in this essay. Many historians share ...

Essay for Lesson 6: The Holocaust

Introduction The mere mention of the Holocaust could already arouse eerily suspicious reactions from those who know about it. The idea of systematically slaughtering the Jewish people because of unfounded accusations against their racial inferiority has heaped condemnation against the Holocaust as perhaps one of the most heinous crimes ever committed in human history. Historians would even go as far as asserting that the Holocaust is the most terrible act ever committed against humans, its impact being unparalleled by any other recorded event in human history. While one could assert the foregoing statement as a subject of an intense ...

What is the Holocaust? The Holocaust is by far one of the most brutal and inhumane occurrences within the pages of human history relating to wars, imperialism and power definition in the field of political standards that define leadership and how it affects the overall living stature of humans in particular areas of the world. The Nazi rule during the time specifically affected the thinking of many people towards the Jews and other individuals who did not submit to the governmental administration of Hitler’s primary administration. The violence directed towards these individuals specifically escalated the hate that people ...

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The practice of blocking public communication by the government or the media is censorship. Censorship is a sensitive topic depending on the way is being utilized by the government. Censorship has been a big issue for the government since the first word was written. First thing is about the use of censorship in high schools; one of the profound liberties of living in the west is freedom of speech, but it is important to know that this freedom can be exploited by different groups and to halt their way of communication is important for the greater of the society. ...

The American movies of the 2000s have been primarily dedicated to such important national and international issues as racism, gun control, poverty, drug abuse and crimes connected with it, as well as ambiguity and, as a result, ineffectiveness of national and international policy that is supposed to solve these and many other social problems. Among the most prominent movies of the decade are the 2000 Steven Soderbergh film Traffic, 2004 Paul Haggis film Crash and 2004 Terry George movie Hotel Rwanda. All three movies are based on completely different stories, but share similar tension born out of the social problems ...

- Introduction Holocaust literature focuses on a multitude of different experiences, personalities, ethical choices, and behaviors-- both on the part of the victims and the perpetrators. Much of the literature that has been written on the subject focuses on the facts of the Holocaust; however, some of the literature focuses on the experiences of the victims and the aftermath that they experienced as a result of the Holocaust. However, because this literature focuses on the same central event, it’s possible to identify many common themes that are woven into Holocaust-related short stories, poetry, drama, memoirs, and novels. In ...

Historians have tried so much to set the record straight by giving accounts of the Crusades because there are too many misconceptions about them. In the eleventh century, Christianity and Islam were not at their best in terms of peace. Immediately after the death of Mohamad, Islam waged war against Christianity and invaded formerly Christian dominated regions of the Middle East. They targeted the area around the Mediterranean and were successful so much so that Christianity succumbed. The Roman Empire that had dominated the region for very many years was reduced to nothing (Bentley & Herbert 187). Now the problem ...

The film Nowhere in Africa by Caroline Link tells the story of a German Jewish family that relocates to Kenya after the persecution of Jews broke out in Germany. Walter, who is the husband of the family first relocates and is later joined by his wife Jettel and daughter Regina. The family moves from a life of comfort in Frankfurt to a remote place called Rongai, somewhere in Africa. She loved jewelry, luxuries, and beautiful clothes and was very elegant, befitting the status of the wife of an accomplished lawyer. But things are never the same again because they all end up ...

The Museum of Tolerance Experience

Travelling Back to the Gruesome Years of Intolerance:The Museum of Tolerance Experience I know very well the history of the holocaust during the Nazi Germany. I know that Jews were evicted from their homes, brought down from their profession, were made to live in the concentration camps and killed. However, my tour to the Museum of Tolerance in San Diego, California was different to the point that I cannot hide my goose bumps. The technology made the scenes interactive that things appeared to be in the present tense. The portion where they showed us the concentration camps with ...

Judaism is among the oldest religions in history. The origin of the religion can be traced back to nearly four thousand years whereby the religion was initially practiced near Canaan, that is the modern day Palestine and Israel. The religion is said to have similar traits as the beliefs and practices of the Jewish or Israeli people who were rescued from Egyptian slavery by God. The heritage of the Jewish religion practices and beliefs is reflected on the covenant that God made with Moses. The beliefs and practices of Judaism including the belief in one God, eternal afterlife and ...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

While few around the world are ignorant to the atrocities of World War II, not many are aware of the atrocities perpetrated in Nanking, China. Aside from the actions in Pearl Harbor, and the consequential dropping of two atomic bombs, little is mentioned in the United States or the rest of the world about the rape of Nanking. The invasion of China’s capitol, taking place in the final months of 1937, is largely agreed upon by most sources as a normal product of war. Many innocent civilians lost their lives; courageous men and women went beyond the call of ...

Schindler’s List is supposed to be one of the most outstanding movies of the 1990s. It won many awards and listed in the best 100 movies of all time. The movie is about a corrupt German businessman who saved about 1000 Jews during the holocaust. The movie is about the heartlessness of the holocaust and how people could make a difference even if they wanted to. As art, the film succeeds in achieving the artist’s or director’s intentions: that of evoking the feelings of the Jews saved by Schindler in a convincing, news-like form. The film accomplishes this in ...

The following paper highlights the role of words or language in the life of the major character Liesel. The introduction shows that general background of the paper and the overall setting of the novel. Zusak integrates his voice in the novel as he use Liesel to show the difference that word make in the lives of individuals. The paper also compares the way that Hitler uses words to manipulate the German people against how Liesel uses language to ease the burden of the characters she interacts with. In addition, there are the influential factors that play an integral role ...

Introduction

In July of 1938, delegates from thirty-two countries attended a meeting at the French town of Evian-les-Baines. The discussion they had was on how to aid the Jews who were fleeing the Nazi’s Third Reich as refugees. In March of 1938, the Nazi persecution of the Jews reached alarmingly horrifying proportionsi. Many of the attendees of the Evian-les-Baines meeting openly disclosed their sympathies they held of the Jews. However, most of the countries were not able to increase their quotas of taking in Jewish refugees into their lands. They came up with one excuse after another. Thus, the meeting ...

The Second World War of 1939-1945 is often known as the war that redefined the international balance of power with the rise of the United States and the Soviet Union as the world’s first superpowers and the decline of Europe. Others, on the other hand, would remember the war because of the atrocities committed by Nazi Germany and the eccentricities of its leader, Adolf Hitler. In terms of his military and political strategy, experts were torn from lauding Hitler for his ingenuity and elaborate schemes to criticizing him because of the impacts it brought to Europe. However, it ...

The problem of evil is a central point of interest in theology. It is a philosophically a problem of interest especially in religions with an omnipotent and omniscient deity like. The problem of evil has produced paradoxes such as the Epicurean paradox. The story of Job in the Torah presents an interesting perspective of evil that is not to be seen anywhere. Job can be thought of like a pawn on a cosmic chess board. In what appears to be an annual assembly, God and the Devil are having a rather casual conversation. God enquiries of Satan’s recent activities, whereupon Satan replies that he ...

Introduction

Human rights has and remains to be a topic of concern across various settings all around the globe. This can be attributed to the fact that while it human rights is a necessity, millions of populations all around the world continue to suffer from crimes against humanity. A close analysis of different countries shows that there exists an authoritarian form of governance, which hinders access to political and civil freedoms. The scope of human rights dates to various decades ago. Precisely, events presiding the Second World War and the Holocaust are the most pertinent factors that resulted in the rise of ...

How Ordinary Men Became Genocidal Killers in the Holocaust

Introduction The Second World War was a watershed even in the history of the world. Over a period of six years, the War brought to the fore some of the worst excesses of mankind in a purgatory of hate and violence in the form of the Holocaust. The Final Solution, mass extermination of the Jews, left deep scars in the psyche of humanity. While the contours of the Holocaust may have been the product of the skewed brains of Adolf Hitler, the sole blame of the entire saga of mass murder cannot be left at Hitler’s doorstep alone. Millions ...

In order to comment on the significant use of illustrations with reference to their textual matter and explain the relationship between them and I have chosen two works: “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein and “Hana’s Suitcase” by Karen Levine. For the first book “The Giving Tree” we have clear and explicit illustrations who success to compliment the readings quite well, in order to support the main idea of the text and to improve it with simple but effective drawings. The second book “Hana’s Suitcase,” is a slender book, easy to read, illustrated with heartbreakingly happy ...

“Issue #20: Is Now the Time for Reparations for African Americans?”

Introduction The question of reparations to African Americans owing to slavery, lost opportunities, and state-enforced segregation has been long unresolved. The issue keeps emerging into the realms of national debate. The American psyche would not be healed till the time the question of reparations to African Americans is laid to rest, one way or the other.

Arguments for Reparations

Robert Allen, Adjunct Professor for African American Studies at the University of Berkeley, lends his voice in favor of reparations for African Americans. Allen is the editor of the Black Scholar journal and has written eight books covering the odyssey of the ...

It cannot be denied that the medium of graphic novel has become one of the most quintessential vehicles of modern thought. What once were considered books aimed at children and teenagers, with highly sexualized content and appealing to the prurient and childish tastes of its consumers, comics have evolved into a legitimate art form studied in university classrooms and lecture halls around the world. Alan Moore’s Watchmen (1987), for example, provided a post-modern commentary on the nature of superheroes, the evils of capitalism, and the futility of the war in Vietnam. The Dark Knight Returns (1986), written by Frank Miller, ...

Introduction

The murder of more than six million Jews by Germans and its collaborators during World War 11 in the camps is a shameful blot on the history. This is a topic unlike any other in history and an example of complete failure of humanity. The Germans clearly regarded Jews less-than-human creatures that were to be destroyed. Nazi Germany established about twenty thousand camps between 1933 and 1945 to imprison millions of victims, serve as temporary way stations and killing centers for mass murder. The essay looks into the life at Nazi Death camps through the eyes of 12-year-old Elie Wiesel, the ...

For the final project, I would like to research and write a paper about the holocaust and the mark it left in the history of the world. Today, museums and other historical sites have been set up to commemorate the tragic events that took place in Germany at the time. There are scores of people who were directly and indirectly involved, yet, there are those who do not know what really happened and the effect the holocaust had on millions of people. This subject is not much talked about on social circles unless people meet it in an organized setting ...

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Vampires of Disasters: A Commentary on the American Love for History in Lev Raphael’s The Tanteh

Is not History stealing the lives of those spoken about in its pages? Lev Raphael’s The Tanteh (2006) is a short story telling of a boy’s fascination on her great maternal grandmother’s stories about the Holocaust, which led into an unwitting invasion of her life’s privacy and a gnawing anger that led to her death in a foreign land away from her family. At the heart of the story is a young narrator, whose love for his Tanteh inspired him to tell about her story as a class project, which found publication in the school’ ...

Introduction

Review of the award-winning novel by Elie Wiesel called “Night” for academic reflection and consideration allows focusing on specific parts of this account of the Holocaust. The interaction between the arrays of characters provides the dramatic intensions of the author in creating the human perspectives of the victims among his characters. Understanding the message of hatred and forlorn suffering of Jews in Elie Wiesel’s novel “The Night” requires understanding that victims are also present in the guise of the tormentors and bystanders.

Bystanders

A particular incident in the story Wiesel describes yet another example of the how darkness symbolically ...

Answer 1: History is full of tragic instances where millions of innocent people have suffered due to cultural and religious violence, Holocaust is one of them. As a part of my cultural activity, I went to the Holocaust museum in Miami Beach on the second of September on a Saturday morning. It took me three hours to tour the entire museum. The museum was built by the Holocaust survivors in 1984 to commemorate the assassination of millions of Jews by the Nazis in 1942 in Europe. Answer2: On entering the memorial I thought was the cruelty real? How can somebody ...

In order to comment on the significant use of illustrations with reference to their textual matter and explain the relationship between them and I have chosen two works: “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein and “Hana’s Suitcase” by Karen Levine. For the first book “The Giving Tree” we have clear and explicit illustrations who success to compliment the readings quite well, in order to support the main idea of the text and to improve it with simple but effective drawings. The second book “Hana’s Suitcase,” is a slender book, easy to read, illustrated with heartbreakingly happy ...

The expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492 set off the era of the Jewish Migration that continued into the 16th and 17th century. The recapture of Brazil by Portugal in 1654 sent many Jews to sail through the Dutch region (from the Caribbean up to New Amsterdam) marking the start of the Jewish community in North America. Although their numbers in the American population hardly exceeded a tenth of one percent, Colonial Jews established patterns of communal that has lasted to date. They lived in cosmopolitan port cities and organized themselves into communities centered on their religious practices and ...

Introduction

The Holocaust, a Greek work, meaning 'killed by fire', refers to the systematic mass persecution and genocide of the Jews executed by the Nazi Party under the leadership of Adolf Hitler throughout Germany and German occupied territories across Europe. Jews were not the only victims of the holocaust, which claimed the lives of millions other including disabled people, gypsies, homosexuals and the war prisoners. Infamous for bringing the Jewish race near extermination, the holocaust accounts for the loss of the lives of "eleven million innocent victims" in total, including about 6 million Jews and 5 million non-Jewish Nazi victims. The ...

The terms modernism and modernity have presented a lot of ambiguity in the literature world. Modernism refers to the reactions people had to modernity. Modernity symbolizes the changes that came about in the world in the 19th century. Most of the major changes that came to the world happened in the years 1890-1960 the period from the occurrence of the First World War to the Second World War (Haferkamp and Smelser 26). The First World War brought about major change in chemical weaponry, rise of wireless communication, machine guns, aircraft and armored vehicles among other changes. The First World War ...

‘Prosthetic memories are memories that circulate publically, are not organically based, but are nevertheless experienced with one’s own body – by means of a wide range of cultural technologies – and as such, become part of one’s personal archive of experience. ’ (Landsberg, 1997: 66) How the two forms of live performances; the William Yang's 'Friends of Dorothy’ and the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, contributed to the circulation of prosthetic memories? Today, the availability of mass culture have made it convenient for people regardless of their gender, race and ethnicity to share collective memories. Prosthetic memories deal ...

The Second World War or World War II was fought globally and lasted for six years; the war began in 1939 and ended in 1945. In the history, it is remembered as the most extensive war that involved over one hundred million people from various countries and had devastating effects. Additionally, the war included all the world’s great powers and eventually formed two conflicting military alliances known as the axis and the allies. The principal members of the axis powers included Italy, Japan, and Germany. On the other hand, the main countries that formed the Allies included the ...

Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel Maus: A Survivor’s Tale is one of the most critically-acclaimed and academically recognized comic books in the history of the medium. The tale of artist Art Spiegelman and his conversations with his father Vladek about his experiences in the Nazi Holocaust, Maus’s visual style includes the various characters all being represented by animals – the people are anthropomorphic, and they wear clothes just as regular people do, but their faces are all that of various animals. The animal representations of Maus serve several purposes – first, to clearly express the stereotypes and perceptions of ...

Introduction

Anti-Semitism is referred to as hatred or prejudice against Jews. It is a form of racism practiced against the Jewish community as a result of various Jewish heritage backgrounds. Anti-Semitism is dated back in the 19th century through its manifestation by police, violent mob attacks, and military attacks on the Jewish community. There are various historic incidences that have delineated anti-Semitism across the globe. For instance, the Dreyfus affair in France and the Holocaust in Germany represent cases where millions of Jewish followers were concentrated in camps and killed. Anti-Semitism views and ideologies are still in existence in America beside other ...

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Dooms day for mankind has been one of the most famous themes in science fictions whether in movie or in print. Such themes create interesting scenarios on how society would react when it faces extinction. As depicted in the novel World War Z (WWZ), the threat of human extinction was characterized by an infectious disease that turns normal people into flesh eating zombies. Just like most zombie genres, the infection can only be transmitted through biting and perhaps intravenously. Fear factor is also apparent since zombies can only be terminated when their brain is destroyed. The zombie is a ...

The holocaust was the avoidable genocide that was never avoided. Its fires raged not only in Germany but also all the other countries of the world who were touched in one way or another by the happenings in Germany at the time. In fact, the holocaust stands as one systematic and organized effort of a government to destroy part of its population in modern era times. This then leads to many questions about what could have been done in order to stop it. It happened at such a time when all the nations of the world were standing and watching from a ...