Ozick's The Shawl
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When one sits down to read the novella, The Shawl, by Cynthia Ozick, it is difficult to know in advance the amount of emotional investment one is likely to make, however, reader: be warned, this is a story that will grip your heart and not let go. This 5 page paper explores the metaphors and symbols of the story in an effort to understand the greater meaning meant by the author. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KTshawlz.wps

Polish Anger & The Holocaust
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A 5 page paper on the writings of Polish Holocaust survivor Tadeusz Borowski in his book 'This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen.' The paper concludes that Borowski's refusal to separate the prisoners and captors into victims and villains has to do with his own sense of shame as a non-Jew as well as his sense of Jews as 'outsiders'. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Polisang.wps

Pressures Applied To German Jews
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4 pages in length. The pressures applied to German Jews were many and varied; the extent to which they were forced to suffer demands put upon by such entities as Nuremberg, the Evian Conference, Kristallnacht and the SS St. Louis are both grand and far-reaching; that options were also open to them by virtue of going into hiding, Danish Jews and Sobibor speak to some of the opportunities available to them. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCGermJwPrs.rtf

Primo Levi's 'Survival in Auschwitz' / Literature of a Witness
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A 6 page essay that explores why Primo Levi chose to write Survival in Auschwitz using literary techniques instead of writing it as a strictly journalistic account.
Filename: Levi.wps

Primo Levi/Survival in Auschwitz
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A 6 page analysis of the Primo Levi's autobiographical account of his experience at Auschwitz. With the calm voice of witness, Levi relates what surviving Nazi oppression was like for the inmates of Auschwitz. Also, the writer speculates on how the Holocaust fits into the overall scheme of Western civilization. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 99levi.wps

Psychology and Adolf Hitler
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An 8 page consideration of the psychological factors that went into making Adolf Hitler. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPhitlerPsych.rtf

Questions and Answers about Postwar Germany
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This 6 page paper provides answers to questions posed by a student regarding the role of Chancellor Adenauer in postwar Germany. His opposition to Naziism is noted as well as many other attributes. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA318Ger.rtf

Raul Wallenberg / Saving Jewish Lives
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A 4 page overview of the accomplishments of Raul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Jewish lives, in World War II. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Raulwall.wps

Reasons for the Holocaust and Jewish Indifference to It
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This 6 page paper discusses some of the reasons for the Holocaust as well as the surprising Jewish indifference to it. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVJewInd.rtf

Response to a Study of the Holocaust
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This 14 page paper is a reaction to the study of the Holocaust, and surveys various materials used to describe it. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: HVRspHol.rtf

Richard III, Hitler and Mussolini
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This 8 page paper argues that Richard III, Hitler and Mussolini were all desperately ill, but not delusional; they knew what they were doing and felt no remorse for it. That is, they knew moral right from wrong and chose to act immorally. It also argues that the driving force behind the three was substantially different in each case. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: HVTyrant.rtf

Role of Ideology in Genocide/Germany and Rwanda
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A 7 page research paper/essay that discusses the role that was played by ideology, first in the massive genocide conducted by Nazi Germany, and then the role that it played in the genocide in Rwanda. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: khgerrw.rtf

Role of Ordinary Germans in Holocaust
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A 40 page research paper that discusses in detail the theories that have been formulated to explain the participation of the ordinary German soldier in the Holocaust, the extent of this participation and the possible reasons that have been proposed to explain the willingness of ordinary Germans to follow the orders that resulted in genocide. In particular, the writer focuses on the work of Christopher Browning (Ordinary Men,1992) and D.J. Goldhagen (Hitler's Willing Executioners, 1996). Bibliography lists 19 sources.
Filename: khordgem.rtf

Schindler's List
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A 5 page paper. What motivated Oskar Schindler to save so many Jews? This paper explores this question by discussing how Schindler came to be operating a factory and highlights of the events that transpired during the war. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PGschin.wps

Sereny/Into that Darkness
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A 5 page essay that looks at Gitta Sereny's text Into That Darkness, From Mercy Killing to Mass Murder (1974), which is an account of the life and choices of Franz Stangl, commandant of the Nazi death camps, Sobibor and Treblinka. Told largely in Stangl's own words, this is a highly intimate portrait of a mass murderer. The writer discusses the choices that Stangl made which led him down this path. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khitd.rtf

SLAVE LABOR DURING THE HOLOCAUST/WORLD WAR II
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This 6 page paper discusses the use of forced labor in the war factories by the Germans during WWII. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MBslablor.rtf

Spender's The Temple
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This 8 page paper explores Stephen Spender's reflections of nazi persecution of homosexuals in his book, The Temple. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KTspnder.wps

Spirituality and Compassion in Wiesel and Day
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A five page paper comparing the similar urges on the part of Catholic lay worker Dorothy Day and Jewish Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel to help others. The paper identifies this characteristic, together with achieving a moral center, as fundamental to religious faith. Bibliography lists five sources.
Filename: KBwies3.wps

Survival Strategies For Jewish Youth
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12 pages in length. The Jews have, perhaps, been one of the most persecuted of all peoples throughout history. Their pursuits to survive as both a people and a religion have been paved with pits and valleys from the time they began the struggle to reclaim what has been lost to political and social strife. Jewish youth are no less affected by these survival efforts, forced to often find their own strategies of endurance. The writer discusses various ways Jewish youth have survived throughout the twentieth century, as well as addresses what impediments have fallen in their paths. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Jewshyth.wps

Surviving The Holocaust / Book Review
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Author's own 5 page reaction to the book "Surviving the Holocaust : The Kovno Ghetto Diary of Avraham Tory."
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The Anger and Bewilderment of Holocaust Survivors
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A 10 page paper that examines the displacement, mental anguish, and rage against a perceived uncaring world experienced by survivors of the Holocaust after their liberation in the spring of 1945 as well as the years following. Included are the comments of survivors who are grateful to their liberators, but also bewildered and confused regarding a world that allowed such atrocities to continue for such an extended period of time. Also included are survivor reactions to allegations that the Holocaust was an imagined experience. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: LCHolcst.doc

The Armenian Genocide
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This 5 page paper argues that the Armenian Genocide (1915-1917) may have served as a model for the Nazi extermination of the Jews three decades later. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVArmeni.rtf

The Bermuda Conference
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5 pages in length. The Bermuda Conference, which took place in April of 1943, was assembled between Great Britain and the United States as a means by which to address the plight of wayward Jews who had become refugees from Nazi-occupied countries. The writer discusses that as positive and forthright as the Bermuda Conference may have been, it did not succeed in bringing the Jews any peace or salvation. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLCbermu.wps

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
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(5 pp) There are times when we are hearing a story, or an event told by a friend, and we almost automatically say, I can't imagine that. Perhaps that is even why some of us have such a great enjoyment of reading, in that it expands our sense of imagination. We can imagine more as we experience the stories of others. It has been said that the best way to learn of history is not from the facts in a book, but rather from the stories or memories of someone who was in the experience. Such is the case of The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.
Filename: BBanfrnk.doc

The Ethics of Medical Experimentation on Humans: Four Views on the Nazi Medical Experiments
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This 10 page paper provides a review of four specific articles on the ethics of medical experimentation on human subjects and the implications. This paper considers the argument that benefits can still be derived from assessments of the outcomes of the Nazi experimentation and the various arguments on the ethics of using the results of Nazi medical experiments. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHhumant.wps

The Ethics of Medical Experimentation on Humans: Four Views on the Nazi Medical Experiments
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This 10 page paper provides a review of four specific articles on the ethics of medical experimentation on human subjects and the implications. This paper considers the argument that benefits can still be derived from assessments of the outcomes of the Nazi experimentation and the various arguments on the ethics of using the results of Nazi medical experiments. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHhuman4.wps

The Final Solution
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This 4 page paper evaluates whether or not the Final Solution ,a plan carried out by the Nazis, was accomplished through brainwashing or whether the people were simply anti-Semitic. The former position is supported. How the Nazis changed the thinking of the people is at the crux of the discussion. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA350tfs.rtf

The Holocaust
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A 5 page paper which examines how the Holocaust emerged as seen through "Life in the Third Reich" by Richard Bessel and "This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen" by Tadeusz Borowski. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAhogas.rtf

The Holocaust
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A 6 page paper that discusses the Holocaust. Specific topics include what the Holocaust was, the numbers killed and the causes of the Holocaust. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PGholoc2.wps

The Holocaust & Literature / Comparative Studies
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A 4 page analytical comparison of firsthand views and impressions of the Holocaust as illustrated by the writings of Primo Levi in his "Survival in Auschwitz" and Elie Wiesel in "Night." The writer finds Levi's book to be less emotional than Wiesel's.
Filename: Holobook.wps

The Holocaust & The Dutch
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9 pages in length. An analytical discussion of the minimal role that the Dutch played in hiding Jewish people during the Holocaust. The writer proposes that accounts such as "The Diary of Anne Frank" have led us to believe that the people of Holland played a much larger role in helping out than they actually did. A comparative analysis is made between rebel groups and Nazi synthesizers in World War II's Holland. Statistical data is provided and cited. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Holodutc.wps

The Holocaust and its Effect on the Jewish Community
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9 pages. This analytical paper will answer the question: In what ways did the Holocaust unite or divide the Jewish community? This question undoubtedly evokes innumerable responses from society in general, but within these pages we analyze a number of sources to arrive at the answer to the question. The Holocaust was undoubtedly one of the most horrific events to come out of the Second World War. Many people want to forget about it, but just as many refuse to, because the history must be kept alive in order that this not happen again. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: JAjewish.rtf

The Holocaust and the Handicapped
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An 8 page paper which examines the holocaust as it involved handicapped people. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAhnhlc.rtf

The Holocaust and the Role of the Medical Community
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This 8 page paper provides an overview of the role of the medical community in the Holocaust. A number of primary and secondary sources are presented. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: MHHoloMed.rtf

The Holocaust and the Warsaw Ghetto
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A 4 page paper which examines the Jewish experience in the Holocaust and the Warsaw Ghetto. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAzcc.rtf

The Holocaust: Causes
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A 5 page paper. This paper has two distinct parts. The first is a scenario wherein the writer is a German Jew in 1939 and has just now decided to try to emigrate. The questions are: why did the person wait so long, what obstacles will be faced and what does the person think about Germany. The second part explores some of the possible causes of the holocaust. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PGholoc.wps

The Holocaust: Racism and the Triumph of the Human Spirit
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10 pages in length. Reviews two books, We Are Witnesses : Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust, Jacob Boas and Night by Elie Wiesel. The focus of the paper is not only the racism that caused the Holocaust but the rise and triumph of the human spirit in rebounding and fighting to see that another Holocaust is not a part of our future. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: JGAjboas.wps

The Holocaust; The Application of the Functionalist School and the Intentionalist School
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This 5 page paper looks at how the causes behind the holocaust can be explained by the application of these two opposing schools of thought. Both of the opinions are argued with the appropriate evidence with relevant authors quoted in the text. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEholfun.wps

The Importance of Art & Literature in Remembering the Holocaust
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A 5 page discussion of literature and art from the Holocaust and their importance in helping us to remember this tragic period in world history. Numerous examples are used to illustrate the writer's points including such well-known works as "Schindler's List," "Night & Fog," "Survival in Auschwitz," and "The Diary of Anne Frank." Bibliography lists a total of 12 sources.
Filename: Holoart.wps

The Medical Experiments of the Nazi’s
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This 6 page paper considers what medical research was undertaken on unwilling victims by the Nazi’s. This included experiments with hypothermia, sterilisation, amputations and the treatments of wounds as well as poisons, drugs and experiments on twins. The writer then considers how this data is seen and used in today’s society. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TEnazime.rtf