Essays on The Holocaust

In a 5-page essay, analyze the effects of Wiesel's loss of innocence and how he deals with those effects

The Holocaust was probably the single most devastating event in world history where hundreds of thousands of innocent people who came primarily from the Jewish race ended up gassed or shot without compunction, The whole Holocaust was singularly planned to the last detail with the result that there was a systematic effort to eliminate all the Jews in Europe, a programme which went ahead regardless of all international opposition and which saw most of the Jews exterminated with only a handful eventually surviving. However this does not mean that there have not been denials of the Holocaust over the years which have ...

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 ...

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 mention of Holocaust brings to mind probably the greatest agony in history that mankind has ever faced. It is agonizing to even imagine the world being revisited by the horrendous events between 1938 and 1945. More than six million people (most of them Jews) were murdered in a state-sponsored spree led by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party in Germany during the World War 2. The event of the Holocaust have been captured in several books and films each trying to capture the horrific memories of the events in the best way they know how. In the film Night ...

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 ...

Existentialism is defined as the study of being. It is a philosophy that struggles to find the true meaning and purpose of life. Existentialism therefore deals with the choices and ambiguity brought about by the circumstances that man must deal with when making life choices. In its explanation, existentialism states that the decision is important because it defines us as human beings and that every time we make a choice, we do it for the whole mankind since it is that act of choosing or decision that we create what it means to be human (The Atheist Scholar, 2012). The philosophy ...

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 ...

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Introduction The Holocaust refers to the mass persecution and genocide of the Jews carried out by the Nazi Party under the rule of Hitler throughout Germany and the territories under German occupation. Not only Jews, Holocaust also claimed the lives of disabled people, homosexuals, Romani populace and prisoners of war. Holocaust is infamous for nearing extermination of the Jewish race with about 5.5. to 6.1 million Jews killed in the massacre. The mastermind of the holocaust was Adolf Hitler who shifted the religious anti-Semitism to racial and ethnic anti-Semitism making use of the mass sentiments against the Jews ...

The Second World War of 1939-1945 is noted by historians as the war that killed many civilians from each side. The war that have started with the German invasion of Poland kick-started German leader Adolf Hitler’s rise to power, as well as his vision in ridding the Jews in massive concentration camps and executions – the Final Solution or popularly known as the Holocaust. The Holocaust eliminated many innocent lives due to the Anti-Semitism in the European region, and a group’s desire to be claimed the superior race. The Holocaust paved the way for new methods of mass killing ...

IN RELATION TO

THE SLAVE TRADE AND THE HOLOCAUST

John Hick’s views on theodicy are similar to the original 'Irenaean theodicy' (Iranaean). Hick is in agreement with Irenaeus that God created mankind with the capacity for spiritual growth. Nonetheless, Hick then views the course of 'soul making' as a reaction to the evil contained in the world (Iranaean). This means, therefore, that if there were no cancer, or any evil actions, then human beings would not have a way of developing spiritually. Ultimately, Hick claims that the suffering is necessary in order for humanity to reach ultimate perfection that God had planned for us. Hick argues ...

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 ...

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, ...

Understanding humanities differ depending on perspectives. This is perhaps the biggest impediment towards a generalization a generalization of the experiences of hallmark historical events. Sayre once argued that “context make connections across humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through narratives (ix). It is for this reason that this paper focuses on the exploration of the holocaust from the angle of a Jewish woman. Perhaps the central book that focuses on women’s role in the holocaust comes to mind. The book titled “Life, Death, and Sacrifice” originates from the conferences held 2001-2005 dubbed “Women and the Holocaust”. The argument ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Holocaust was the planned and state-supported execution of around six million Jews. The persecution was carried out by the Nazi administration and its supporters. The Nazis, came to rule in Germany in 1933; they deemed Jews as inferior to Germans and that they were contaminating the German community. The Nazi reign continued until 1945 when they were finally defeated. As well as targeting Jews, the Nazis also singled out gypsies, homosexuals, those with disabilities and Jehovah’s Witnesses. In fact, any person who put up resistance to the Nazi’s was either sent to a labour camp or ...

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

The book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (2006) tells the story of a nine-year old boy Bruno who comes from a very wealthy German family. He lived in a big and beautiful house in Berlin with his father who worked for the military; his mother who took care of their home; and his sister Gretel whom he considered a hopeless case. He came home from school one day to learn that he and his family were moving to some place far away, which devastated him because it would mean that he would have to leave school, his three ...

A lot of horrific things took place during the genocide of nearly 6 million Jews at the hands of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germans, which is now remembered as the Holocaust. Perhaps that is why singling out and choosing the thing that was the most moving about the Holocaust is not an easy task. Perhaps not the most moving, but the most enduring thing about the Holocaust is the fact the reason it had succeeded was because feelings of detestation and loathing for the Jews had been provoked through the sanctioning of the state, i.e. the Nazi government. ...

The Holocaust was one of the most severely destructive events of the 20th century that resulted in the mass genocide of almost 6 million Jews in Europe. Even those who managed to survive the Holocaust passed away over the years and as the years went on, people stopped talking about the heartrending events that took place. Perhaps for this reason, Elie Wiesel and Simon Wiesenthal wrote their respective books “Night” and “The Sunflower,” both of which are intense memoirs of their experience in the Holocaust. Apparently, it seems that the authors are afraid that such a catastrophic event may take ...

The Holocaust is recognized as the as the most horrible and grisly demonstration of the brutality of genocide, and it is shocking to learn that businesses at the time actually profited because of the genocide. Over the years, many American, German, and other foreign countries trying to do business have caused controversy because of their ties in the Holocaust (Greenspan, 2008). The Ford Motor Company, IBM, and IG Farben, a German company, are at the top of the list of companies that played a role in the Holocaust. Although, Hitler hated outgroup religions for centuries, but it was Henry Ford ...

Introduction

Numerous historians have indicated that the Holocaust is without parallel in history as a crime against humanity. Based partly on the history over the last 2,500 years of anti-Semitism, and partly on reference sources researched in the process of preparing this essay, the writer agrees with the view taken by historians and others that the Holocaust was indeed unique when compared with other incidences of genocide or mass killing of a population.

What Made the Holocaust Unique

Major reasons for singling out the Holocaust as a unique crime in human history are: - As indicated in the reading “A Brief History of the Jewish People” – ...

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 ...

Holocaust is a Greek term that as used to describe the mass murder of Jewish people residing in Germany Reich and the territories occupied by Germany during the Second World War. This genocide was sponsored by Nazi Germany which was led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in which six million Jews were killed. There about nine million Jews Europe during the Second World War. This means that over two-thirds of Jews residing within this region were killed. The number of Jewish children killed in this holocaust was about one million. It is also important to note that three ...

Introduction

Genocide was born out of the whims of political leaders whose powers met no restraints in the form of any formal convention. Political leaders gain motivation to commit genocide from their sheer dislike towards differences, often defined through nationality, religion and race, among others. Genocidal events have imbued a lasting negative impression throughout generations that have succeeded, especially on groups of people whose ancestors have gone through the plight of mass killings. With that kind of awareness in mind, contemporary politics has become more sensitive in limiting the powers of political leaders. Notions ...

Adolf Hitler and the Nazis never made any secret of their hatred for the Jews, or their desire to expel them from Germany and expropriate their property. Although the actual physical extermination only began during the war, the American government and media were well aware that it was occurring, but both chose to downplay and minimize this event. Part of the reason was that the public doubted the veracity of the atrocity stories and compared them to British propaganda during World War I. More significantly, the majority of Americans held anti-Semitic views, and these actually intensified during the Great ...

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 ...

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 ...

Analysis of Gidden’s and Bauman’s Critiques of Modernity

Modernity is a post-traditional life that involves moving from agrarian to industrialization. Many argue that today we are in a new era of modernity where social sciences take people beyond modernity. There are advanced technologies that have improved life and services. According to Anthony Giddens and Zygmunt Bauman, authors of The Consequences of Modernity and Modernity and Holocaust respectively have their views about modernity. This essay analyzes the work of these two authors and their beliefs about modernity. Bauman is a wolf of modernity that has worn sheep’s clothing of post-modernity. In his reading, he provides a spectacular critique of modernity ...

During the Holocaust, the logistics of systematically imprisoning and eliminating six million Jews and other "undesirables" could not have been done simply by the Nazi Party and conservative Germany. Many other factions and individuals contributed to the facilitation of the Holocaust and its continued operation on both civilian and military levels. There were many reasons why people collaborated with the Nazis, and the results were often much more widespread than the Germans themselves could have hoped for. Collaboration with the Nazis during the Holocaust was a vital component that contributed to the substantial number of victims accumulated during this dreadful ...

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 ...

The holocaust is one of the most studied events of the 20th Century. While genocide certainly happens over and over again in the course of human history, this is probably because it rarely ends up so industrialized. While we, as humans, are hardwired to treat the “other” as an enemy, never in the course of human history has it been done in such an organized and large scale manner. But it did not start out leading directly to the gas chambers at Auschwitz, Sobibor, Majdanek, Chelmno, Treblinka and Belzec. Indeed, the evolution of the holocaust would lead to differentiation ...

The holocaust is one of the most studied events of the 20th Century. While genocide certainly happens over and over again in the course of human history, this is probably because it rarely ends up so industrialized. While we, as humans, are hardwired to treat the “other” as an enemy, never in the course of human history has it been done in such an organized and large scale manner. But it did not start out leading directly to the gas chambers at Auschwitz, Sobibor, Majdanek, Chelmno, Treblinka and Belzec. Indeed, the evolution of the holocaust would lead to differentiation ...

Essay Question No. 1 -

The Holocaust, more than any other event in modern history, is important for the witnesses who lived to bear testimony to Nazi genocide. The sheer mind-boggling numbers involved tend, over time, to separate people who were not there from what really mattered, from what happened and what it was like on a very personal level. Firsthand accounts of survival in Primo Levi’s highly personal novel, and the stories assembled in the collections of Ed Niewyk, and Carol Rittner and John Roth are testaments not only to survival but to the determination of survivors to tell the story, so that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

- 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 ...

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 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

Stop and risk refers to a form of search and seizure where police officers can stop citizens, ask questions, and search for any weapons based on reasonable suspicion. There are certain requirements that must be observed if a stop is to be valid. One is the circumstances under which the stop is being done. The police officer must observe unusual activity, which based on his experience he might conclude that a criminal action is about to be done. An example of such a circumstance is where an individual may be casing a store and frequently peers through the window on several occasions without going ...

Washington DC is a hub of handful wonderful places among them museums which appeal to quite a wide range of interests. They range from big and large public funded institutions to small private yet historic homes that carry a rich history of not only America but also rich histories of other parts of the world. One such museum is The Holocaust Memorial Museum which I visited on the 26th of May 2013. It is located just across from the National Mall in Washington DC. To say this is a place rich with history is an understatement for it is indeed a memorial that showcases ...

Classic English Literature

The books entitled “Maus I: A Survivors Tale” and “Mause II: And Here My Troubles Began”, are graphic novels by the cartoon artist named Art Spiegelman. It is about his father’s experiences during the Holocaust as a Polish Jew. Spiegelman had a postmodernist style in his work and presented his subjects in an interesting manner. The Jews were mice and Germans were more dominant animals. The books alternate between past and present timelines. A number of themes can be found within the book. The theme of race and power were the more dominant aspects of the book which spoke out.

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“Night” is a novella published in 1960 by Elie Wiesel. Originally, he wrote a memoir entitled “Un di Velt Hot Geshvign” in 1956 after a vow of silence for ten years. This staggering, eight-hundred page memoir was then condensed and translated from Yiddish to French into “La Nuit”; eventually translated in English and published as “Night”. This revolutionary novella reflected the cruelty and inhumanity millions suffered in the hands of the Holocaust as reflected by its main character, Eliezer (eNotes Editors). Despite all horrors suffered, justice is still arguably found in the story in the form of Eliezer’s faith.

Wiesel was ...

Sadly a holocaust is still possible. There have been two events since the |Holocaust of World War two which show that humanity’s ability to hate and kill each other in a systematic way is still possible. All over the world different groups hate each other, based on centuries' old prejudice – often to do with racial or religious differences: until we start to see that, as human beings, we have more in common with each other than we have differences. I think a Holocaust involving Jews is less likely because of the economic and military power of the state of Israel, but ...

Introduction

The Armenian genocide is the mass killing of minority of the Armenian population. The Armenian genocide occurred when the World War one was taking place and continued after the war was over. The government headed by Ottoman systematically exterminated minority of Armenian population from their rightful land. This genocide started by mass killing of strong male population. These men were forced hard to work while women and children were deported to Syrian Desert. The elderly were not left behind in the deportation to Syrian Desert. Some of the religious groups were also targeted (Dadrian, 2010).

Anti-Semitism that led to the Holocaust

Anti-Semitism is the discrimination and ...

Hitler was smart, charismatic and evil. Those are deadly virtues for a man seeking a position for dictator. He used these skills to his advantage. He not only was smart, but he had the ability to create art. His paintings were rejected, and this ranged him. He did not like being rejected. Hitler showed all the signs of the classic narracistic traits behavior. He could pretend to care for others but in reality he did not give a care for them. The faking empathy and loving he showed inspired his loyalty Nazis to follow him to the end of the earth. ...

LITERATURE

There are various ways through which Elie Wiesel has effectively used his literature work based on real-life events, Night, to communicate with his audience. This is one of the ways through which Wiesel has managed to not only communicate with his audience, but also connect with them, especially, due to the fact that most people across the world have a negative perception towards the Holocaust. One o0f the ways through which Elis Wiesel achieved this was through the use of premonition, as a writing style. One of the ways through which Elis Wiesel has achieved this, for example, is through ...

Introduction

MAUS was published in 1992. The author, Art Spiegelman, is a Jewish survivor of Hitler’s Europe, tells his story. His son comes to terms with the story. Art got the whole idea of writing the book from his father. It has been acknowledged as the most successful and affecting narrative ever done about the holocaust. It is among the very first masterpiece in comic history. Maus is a haunting story within a story. It talks about survival by examining the relationship between the author and his aging father. Maus studies the very bloody paw prints of history and tracks its meaning ...

The Holocaust is a very dark moment in human history which is often told, presented and understood through literature and film. Through reading a re-telling of life during the Holocaust, readers are able to gain a better understanding of what it felt like to be living during this time. It is also possible to convey these same emotions through films that depict life during the Holocaust. Sarah’s Key is a fictitious emotional story that weaves together the past and present and allows the reader to gain an understanding of what life was like during the Holocaust. While the book version provides deeper ...

The Reader, a movie directed by Stephen Daldry and starring Ralph Fiennes as Michael Berg, David Kross as young Michael Berg, and Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz, is an unusual film because unlike most pieces that tackle the shocking subject of the Holocaust, it deals with the lives of ordinary Germans at the time. Additionally, it brings the film into the modern day, showing the effects of the war on German lives almost half a century after the time of the atrocities.

The movie’s form is that of a retrospect. It opens in Berlin in 1995 with Michael Berg (Ralph Fiennes), a ...

Historical Essay: The Diary of Anne Frank

As the title of the book suggests, Anne Frank’s diary is the published diary of the titular Jewish girl in the 1940s. It begins before the Holocaust hit the world on her thirteenth birthday in June 12, 1942 and abruptly ends two years later on fifteenth birthday after the capture of her family by the Nazis. The diary begins with descriptions of the experiences and thoughts of a Jewish girl on the brink of womanhood in an anti-Semite atmosphere. It then describes the life of the Franks in hiding after the Nazis reached their home in the Netherlands. The ...

Notably, building of the Holocaust Memorial is a waste of resources and money. The entire issue of memorial building is just but huge stones in middle of Germany capital city Berlin. The idea to build the Holocaust Memorial was proposed in the year 1988, it was meant to commemorate the murder that took place in the hands of Hitler, six million Jews died. As a matter of fact, the totality of Holocaust and memories of the past cannot be created in bronze and stone. The idea of building sculptures is more of the physical part of the murder of innocent children, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...