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    treatment of the Jews during and before the war was just awful. The Jews had to wear a symbol called David's Star so the Nazi's knew they were Jewish. The Jews would hide and if they were found, the Nazi's would take them to concentration camps. It got to the point to where if Jews weren't born with blond hair or blue eyes they would kill them. The following will tell you about the treatment of Jews before and during the war. There was a massive drop in the population of Jews in Germany before…

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    The centuries-old history of Jews in Europe knows its dark and bright pages. Until the mid-nineteenth century, the Jewish community lived in an isolated, closed life with no political rights. In the most European countries, Jewish emancipation began only after the victory of the French Revolution and the establishment of government Napoleon I. The Jews in France have received all the rights of citizenship in 1791. During the Napoleonic wars in Europe in the conquered lands they canceled…

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    In Joshua Harmon’s scathingly funny play “Bad Jews,” opening at the Geffen Playhouse on June 17 (previews begin June 9), two cousins clash ferociously over who has the right to inherit the chai necklace that belonged to their beloved grandfather “Poppy,” which Poppy had preserved during the Holocaust by hiding the chai under his tongue. As the 20-somethings quarrel while sitting shivah for their late grandfather, they represent opposite poles of the modern Jewish experience: Daphna Feygenbaum…

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    H. Henry Sianson said that he, “Lived in Berlin...lived like a normal German… Conservative Jew… observed Jewish laws…”. Margaret Lambert said, “... never made a difference if you were a Jew or a non-Jew.” These quotes elaborate on the fact that Jews were quite normal citizens before 1933, before the reign of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, or the Nazis. Drawing a conclusion, from quotes said by the survivors, many may say that Holocaust just appeared with the reign of Adolf Hitler,…

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    The Holocaust, 1939-1945, was the “systematic persecution” of 6 million Jews. “By 1945, 2 out of every 3 european Jews were killed.” (“Introduction to the Holocaust”) Jews had always been hated and were blamed for many terrible things like the “Black Death” that killed thousands. Jews were scapegoats but they were also lied about. Propaganda spread about the Jewish. In 1900, people believed Jews would dominate the world “using their money and intelligence” to manipulate trusting civilians.…

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    affected. In Germany and Poland, the Jews were deported and murdered. But in Hungry the Jewish population made it through better than most. The Hungarian Jews experience through the Holocaust was unique and this helped them survive for most of the war. The Jews in Hungry were the most adapted to the culture of the Hungarian people. They spoke their language and revised their beliefs to make sure they could be part of the Hungarian culture. The Hungarian Jews were emancipated in 1868 and help…

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    How did the Germans dehumanize the Jews? This book is about how the Germans took control over the Jews during world war two. They took the Jews from their hometown and took them to concentration camps and took control over them. In Elie Wiesel’s Night , the German Army dehumanizes Elie Wiesel and the Jewish prisoners by depriving them of physiological needs, safety needs, need for love. The Nazi army dehumanized the Jewish people by depriving them of physiological needs. They deprived them from…

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    Should the Jews in France stop wearing Kippas? In the article of the week titled, French Jews struggle with an identity dilemma as violence increases, it is summarizing the dangers that the Jewish people are beginning to face because of the threats they are receiving from wearing their kippa.Because of this, Jewish leaders are beginning to warn one another the dangers of wearing their kippa. On the other hand, many Jewish people are determined to continue practicing their religion even if it…

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    of episteme demonstrates the acknowledged perspectives on a prominent subject in the society. In order to prove the people’s perspectives on the Jews in the nineteenth century, Chris Snodgrass has explored the Jews’ conditions in that time. He reveals the views which have suppressed the Jews in that time. Snodgrass states that in 1850 only about 20.000 Jews resided in London with an even smaller number in the rest of Great Britain. They continued to be denied civil and political rights, and did…

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    Nazi VS Jews First, “If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed,” said A.Hilter. Not all Nazi’s are evil, but Adolf Hitler was. Most Nazi’s were under his control, he brainwashed them. Jews didn’t do anything wrong, Adolf Hitler knew he and his army could over power them. Nazi’s had it all, but they killed. Jews had almost nothing, and they were killed. Nazi’s still had homes, there precious belongings, and their family. Jews were stripped away from all of…

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