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ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ
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ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛ ÜÛÛÛÜÛÛÜÜÜ ßÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÜÜÜÛÛÝ Ûß
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Mo.iMP ÜÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ßÛß
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ß ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß
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ÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÜÜ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛßß
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ÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛÜÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛ Ü ÛÝÛÛÛÛÛ Ü
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ÜÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßÛÜ ßÛÛÛÜÜ ÜÜÛÛÛß ÞÛ ÞÛÛÛÝ ÜÜÛÛ
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ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÜ ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÜÜÜß ÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛß
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ßÛÜ ÜÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßßÜÜ ßßÜÛÛßß ßÛÛÜ ßßßÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßß
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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Essay on The Holocaust ]
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[ ]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [ ]
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[x]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 11/94 # of Words:825 School: ? State: ?
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Nearly six million Jews were killed and murdered in what historians have
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called "The Holocaust." The word 'holocaust' is a conflagration, a great
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raging fire that consumes in it's path all that lives. In the years between
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1933 and 1945, the Jews of Europe were marked for total annihilation.
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Moreover, anti-Semitism was given legal sanction. It was directed by Adolf
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Hitler and managed by Heinne Himmler, Reinhard Heydrich and Adolf Eichmann.
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There were many other great crimes and murders, such as the killing of the
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Armenians by the Turks, but the Holocaust stood out as the "only sysmatic
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and organized effort by a modern government to destroy a whole race of
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people." The Germans under Adolf Hitler believed that the Jews were the
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cause of all the German troubles and were a threat to the German and
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Christian values.
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Dating back to the first century A.D. the Jews and Christians were
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always at war. The Jews were considered the murderers of Christ and were
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therefor denounced from society, rejected by the Conservatives and were not
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allowed to live in rural areas. As a result, the Jews began living in the
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cities and supported the liberals. This made the Germans see the Jews as
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the symbol of all they feared.
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Following the defeat of the Germans in WW1, the Treaty Of Versailles
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and the UN resolutions against Germany raised many militaristic voices and
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formed extreme nationalism.
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Hitler took advantage of the situation and rose to power in 1933 on a
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promise to destroy the Treaty Of Versailles that stripped Germany off land.
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Hitler organized the Gestapo as the only executive branch and secret terror
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organization of the Nazi police system. In 1935, he made the Nuremberg Laws
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that forbid Germans to marry Jews or commerce with them. Hitler thought
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that the Jews were a nationless parasite and were directly related to the
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Treaty Of Versailles. When Hitler began his move to conquer Europe, he
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promised that no person of Jewish background would survive.
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Before the start of the second world war, the Jews of Germany were
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excluded from public life, forbidden to have sexual relations with
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non-Jews, boycotted, beaten but allowed to emigrate. When the war was
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officially declared, emigration ended and 'the final solution to the Jewish
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problem' came. When Germany took over Poland, the Polish and German Jews
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were forced into overcrowded Ghettos and employed as slave labour. The
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Jewish property was seized. Disease and starvation filled the Ghettos.
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Finally, the Jews were taken to concentration camps in Poland and Germany
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were they were murdered and killed in poisonous gas chambers in Auschwitz
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and many other camps. Despite the harsh treatment of the Jews, little
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Germans opposed this.
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When the news reached the allies, they all refused and put down any
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rescue plans to aid the Jews. American Jews were warned against seeking any
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action for the benefit of the European Jews although Zionists managed to
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save small groups of young Jews and brought them to Palestine. The Vatican
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condemed racism in general but did hardly anything to stop the German
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actions.
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The victories of the Germans in the early years of the war brought most
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of the majority of the European Jews under the control of the Nazi's. The
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Baltics, Ukrainee's and white Russians gladly joined the Nazi's. France and
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Italy sent 100,000 Jews to Germany but refused to send any of it's Jews.
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Holland and Belgium were Anti-Nazi's and refused to co-operate with
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Germany. Denmark protected it's Jews from Germany and Norway sent it's Jews
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to Switzerland for protection.
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Unaware that they will be gassed, the Jews kept quiet until the last
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moment. When their fate was clear, the first Jewish uprising came in April
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1943 in Warsaw Ghetto, when more than 60,000 pitifully armed Jews decided
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to resist. The battle took 28 days before the heavily equipped German
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forces put down this violent uprising. Individual Jews also resisted by
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joining partisan groups. Jewish resistance, however, was mainly
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spiritual.'The Jews prayed, wrote, observed festivals and also refrained.'
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The war in Europe ended on May 8th, 1945. The following years tended to
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heal a few wounds, but the damage caused to the Jews of Europe could not be
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fully repaired.'A great deal of the Jewish culture and learning perished.
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Deep mental scars plagued the survivors and their children.'' An aspect of
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human cruelty was exposed more brutal than the civilized world could
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admit.' In Israel, the Holocaust day is celebrated on Nisan 27, the date
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that marked the Warsaw Ghetto uprising of 1943.
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Although the Germans had lost the war, they won their war on the Jews of
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Europe.
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END NOTES
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1.) Rossel, Seymor. The Holocaust, Toronto:Canada. 1981 edition.
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2.) Britanica Publishing Company. Britanica Vol.6, Toronto:Canada.
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1984 edition.
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3.) Americana Publishing Company. Americana Vol.14
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Washington:America. 1988 edition.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Seymor Rossel. The Holocaust, Toronto:Canada. 1981 edition.
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Britanica Publishing Company. Britanica Vol.6, Toronto:Canada. 1984
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edition.
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Americana Publishing Company. Americana Vol.14, Washington:America.
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1988 edition.
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