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Thursday, April 29, 2010
PERIOD 7 - "THE PLIGHT OF THE JEWS"
Today, you read three stories in the library. Please continue the conversation you had with your partner about the articles with the rest of the class. This is only for period 7.
I've learned so much in this class things im really interested in knowing life is so unfair sometimes as i read these 3 paper artcles i realized how cruelty affects people inncoent people and its sad to know that the nazi soldiers (as i seen on the other video the milgram experament)i started to think how people just follow commands and do as there told all these nazis thought hitler was a godess or leader wat ever we wanna call him but in reality they where just following orders and it makes me mad how these people where brain washed and killed so many innocent jews
I learned alot today from these three papers on how hard it really was for Jewish people to escape fro mthe nazis. I myself had always wondered why the Jewish people did not try to leave but after reading how hard it was for them to get visas and the United States turning them down knowing that life was getting hrad for them they had no where to go. It made me mad reading about the boat the government turned away after they had escaped nazi europe and then were forced back and many probally eneded up being put in death camps. I did find it good to know that the remaining Jews in the Warshaw gettho fought back when they had the chance.
Reading this article in class i was befound by the way things went down in nazi germany. How one could possibly come uip with a plan to exterminate a whole race of people. You really have to have a hatred to have thoughts like that. It makes me sad to see the realization of the ghetto camps that people where pretty much just sitting there waiting to die of something. It really amazed me..
What Mr. Gallagher told us today in class i found really interesting, but also sad. The Nazis put the Jew in between a rock and a hard place. The Jews werent left with many ways to survive. They could try and get a visa which was very hard and unlickley or hide, which was also hard.
My partner Allie and i had a pretty interesting conversation about poland and how it allowed the Nazis take over and arrest more jews that were once free living. At first i thought very lowly of poland at how they could just let the nazis take over. However, Allie made a good point that just like everyone else they were either manipulated or did not stand a chance even if they did take a stand against the Nazis.It was pretty sad to think about. A lot of us look back and we are like how could they do that. I have seen that it is part of the human race to survive, and many will stop at no limits to stay alive.
Allison and I had talked (well, written) about some of the facts that were unknown to us at that time. For example, when I heard that about the uprising of the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, I was surprised that that one incident was the largest uprising, because I thought that there would have been more oposition in the ghettos, but Allison recognized that everything was so monitored that there would be no easy way to organize opposition. We also agreed that it would be nearly impossible to leave your home and flee, especially when there isn't anywhere for you to go.
Like Kelly said, we were unaware of the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto. I explained that it was logical that there was not many uprisings by Jews could happen because resources were limited. I also pointed out that the rest of Germany would not have uprisings because they were only seeing the positive side of what Hitler was doing. Kelly and I also discussed how the Jews really had no where to go. They were not really welcome anywhere. We recalled a conversation we had in Euro in which we talked about how the Jews in America did not want German Jews and the German Jews did not want to mix with American Jews.
I was surprised at the lack of rebellion that Jews had against the Nazis because if they had banned together before Rey were divided up into ghetos Rey could have stood a greater chance the Nazis used the divide and conquer and control of information tactics to cripple the Jews because they didn't ban together and unify early enough
Jon and I talked/wrote about how helpless the Jews really were during the Holocaust. Even in the largest Jewish areas such as Warsaw, Poland, it was almost impossible to create any strong opposing forces, despite how Jews were such a large and respected part of society. If one of the largest Jewish communities at the time couldn't even unite and take action, there was no hope for the other smaller jewish communities. We agreed that Roosevelt made a huge mistake in not allowing them to come to the USA, and when they were finally allowed visas, it was far too late.
Sanjiv Banavali I thought it was very interesting how before the Nazi's invaded Poland the Jewish community was thriving. When the Nazi's arrived everything changed and the Jewish population diminished greatly.
I learned a lot from the three papers we read ion class. I learned of how hard it was for the Jewish people to flee Nazi Germany. I also saw the predjudices and how hard it was for the Jewish people to adjust to life in America.
This was extremely enlightening to me because it showed me the true reasons why the Jews did not just leave Germany and escape persecution. There were conditions in place that prevented them from doing so, therefore persecution was an inevitable fact. The thought of being aware ones death is coming simply frightens me, so reading the thoughts of these people is very interesting to absorb.
These articles truly pointed out the fact that Jews were mistreated and taken advantage of. I feel as if the Germans were selfish and only cared about making their country the best by ruling over the Jews. It amazes me to think that one can no longer view a Jew as a actual human being.
These articles definitely taught me some new things. I had never heard about Jewish people revolting or trying to fight back, only hiding. It also made me really mad the US turned away people trying to escape and that they could've prevented some peoples suffering. It also made me really upset that the Jewish people had lost their freedom long before the camps and the ghettos. There were so many restrictions put on them, I don't know how they survived and stayed in such a hateful environment.
It is really hard to say how much what I read impacted me. I never stop to think about, or ever heard about jewish people fighting back. And after all we read every thing feels like feel so much more in place, like no one was willing to help, or hadnt the idea of how absurd the killing was. How they were dragged from their lives, how they died even before dying.
Reading the three articles was nothing short of amazing. Learning what the United States reaction was to the burning and extermination of the Jewish people wasn't shocking as I had already had some knowledge in the feild of the holocaust from taking my U.S. History course Junior year.
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I've learned so much in this class things im really interested in knowing life is so unfair sometimes as i read these 3 paper artcles i realized how cruelty affects people inncoent people and its sad to know that the nazi soldiers (as i seen on the other video the milgram experament)i started to think how people just follow commands and do as there told all these nazis thought hitler was a godess or leader wat ever we wanna call him but in reality they where just following orders and it makes me mad how these people where brain washed and killed so many innocent jews
I learned alot today from these three papers on how hard it really was for Jewish people to escape fro mthe nazis. I myself had always wondered why the Jewish people did not try to leave but after reading how hard it was for them to get visas and the United States turning them down knowing that life was getting hrad for them they had no where to go. It made me mad reading about the boat the government turned away after they had escaped nazi europe and then were forced back and many probally eneded up being put in death camps. I did find it good to know that the remaining Jews in the Warshaw gettho fought back when they had the chance.
Reading this article in class i was befound by the way things went down in nazi germany. How one could possibly come uip with a plan to exterminate a whole race of people. You really have to have a hatred to have thoughts like that. It makes me sad to see the realization of the ghetto camps that people where pretty much just sitting there waiting to die of something. It really amazed me..
What Mr. Gallagher told us today in class i found really interesting, but also sad. The Nazis put the Jew in between a rock and a hard place. The Jews werent left with many ways to survive. They could try and get a visa which was very hard and unlickley or hide, which was also hard.
My partner Allie and i had a pretty interesting conversation about poland and how it allowed the Nazis take over and arrest more jews that were once free living. At first i thought very lowly of poland at how they could just let the nazis take over. However, Allie made a good point that just like everyone else they were either manipulated or did not stand a chance even if they did take a stand against the Nazis.It was pretty sad to think about. A lot of us look back and we are like how could they do that. I have seen that it is part of the human race to survive, and many will stop at no limits to stay alive.
Allison and I had talked (well, written) about some of the facts that were unknown to us at that time. For example, when I heard that about the uprising of the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, I was surprised that that one incident was the largest uprising, because I thought that there would have been more oposition in the ghettos, but Allison recognized that everything was so monitored that there would be no easy way to organize opposition. We also agreed that it would be nearly impossible to leave your home and flee, especially when there isn't anywhere for you to go.
Like Kelly said, we were unaware of the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto. I explained that it was logical that there was not many uprisings by Jews could happen because resources were limited. I also pointed out that the rest of Germany would not have uprisings because they were only seeing the positive side of what Hitler was doing.
Kelly and I also discussed how the Jews really had no where to go. They were not really welcome anywhere. We recalled a conversation we had in Euro in which we talked about how the Jews in America did not want German Jews and the German Jews did not want to mix with American Jews.
I was surprised at the lack of rebellion that Jews had against the Nazis because if they had banned together before Rey were divided up into ghetos Rey could have stood a greater chance the Nazis used the divide and conquer and control of information tactics to cripple the Jews because they didn't ban together and unify early enough
Jon and I talked/wrote about how helpless the Jews really were during the Holocaust. Even in the largest Jewish areas such as Warsaw, Poland, it was almost impossible to create any strong opposing forces, despite how Jews were such a large and respected part of society. If one of the largest Jewish communities at the time couldn't even unite and take action, there was no hope for the other smaller jewish communities. We agreed that Roosevelt made a huge mistake in not allowing them to come to the USA, and when they were finally allowed visas, it was far too late.
Sanjiv Banavali
I thought it was very interesting how before the Nazi's invaded Poland the Jewish community was thriving. When the Nazi's arrived everything changed and the Jewish population diminished greatly.
I learned a lot from the three papers we read ion class. I learned of how hard it was for the Jewish people to flee Nazi Germany. I also saw the predjudices and how hard it was for the Jewish people to adjust to life in America.
This was extremely enlightening to me because it showed me the true reasons why the Jews did not just leave Germany and escape persecution. There were conditions in place that prevented them from doing so, therefore persecution was an inevitable fact. The thought of being aware ones death is coming simply frightens me, so reading the thoughts of these people is very interesting to absorb.
These articles truly pointed out the fact that Jews were mistreated and taken advantage of. I feel as if the Germans were selfish and only cared about making their country the best by ruling over the Jews. It amazes me to think that one can no longer view a Jew as a actual human being.
These articles definitely taught me some new things. I had never heard about Jewish people revolting or trying to fight back, only hiding. It also made me really mad the US turned away people trying to escape and that they could've prevented some peoples suffering. It also made me really upset that the Jewish people had lost their freedom long before the camps and the ghettos.
There were so many restrictions put on them, I don't know how they survived and stayed in such a hateful environment.
It is really hard to say how much what I read impacted me. I never stop to think about, or ever heard about jewish people fighting back. And after all we read every thing feels like feel so much more in place, like no one was willing to help, or hadnt the idea of how absurd the killing was. How they were dragged from their lives, how they died even before dying.
Reading the three articles was nothing short of amazing. Learning what the United States reaction was to the burning and extermination of the Jewish people wasn't shocking as I had already had some knowledge in the feild of the holocaust from taking my U.S. History course Junior year.
I'm sorry this is late Mr. Gallagher but I wasn't in school for a few days
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