Echoes of Memory
Central Idea
Memories can be good and bad, but the bad ones come more often.
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My first crime experience in the United States taught me otherwise.
What does he mean by "crime experience"?
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I now fully felt the pain of the loss of my sisters and the anger at the perpetrators and collaborators responsible for the murder of two bright and beautiful young girls
Losing family can be a great time of depression.
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The town’s Jewish population was about 3,000 before the Holocaust. Only a dozen or so survived.
How will the Jewish population recover?
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I lost my family in the Holocaust. I also lost the images of my past. Everything was destroyed: my home, my material possessions, including nearly every picture. Most importantly, none of my relatives survived.
The Holocaust was a sad time for all Jews and others that support them.
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European Jewish population distribution, ca. 1933
Central Idea
People can make decisions fast, and they could often be for a certain cause.
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After public outrage forced an end to centralized killings, doctors instead administered lethal injections to those selected for "euthanasia" in clinics and hospitals throughout Germany. In this way, the "euthanasia" program continued and expanded until the end of World War II.
What is euthansia?
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The victims were told they were to be taken to labor camps, but in reality, from 1942 onward, deportation meant transit to killing centers for most Jews.
Lies are often used to convince someone.
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The first concentration camps in Germany were established soon after Hitler's appointment as chancellor in January 1933.
How did they take action that fast?
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total Jewish population of Europe at about 9.5 million
Why are many Jews Jewish?
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Introduction to the Holocaust
Central Idea: When a group is determined to genocide, they would do anything to succeed, even if they may fail or ruin their citizens' loyalty to them.
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Deportation from Lublin Scene during the deportation of Jews from Lublin. 1942.
Why would they deport children and old people when they won't fight?
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Volk
What does it mean by Volk?
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In 1933, the Jewish population of Europe stood at over nine million.
If the Nazis actually did murder up to 6 million Jews, then the decreased by about 66%!
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Jews, deemed "inferior," were an alien threat to the so-called German racial community.
Why would the Nazis think that? Did the Jews show it somehow?
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The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its allies and collaborators.
Wow! 6 million is a lot! Why would they do this? I want to know more about the Holocaust.
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called for a six-year sentence for Hanning
Central Idea
No matter what you did, you will have a reward or consequence out of it. Because of this, you have to be careful of the decisions you make and also remember to know the positives and negatives of this decision.
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German court sentences former Nazi guard to five years in prison
Central Idea
No matter what you do, there will be a reward or consequence, so you have to think twice before you make a decision.
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You can’t act today as if the defendant was a fully grown man back then who knew just what he was doing
He didn't really understand what was right or wrong, or what to do in a situation like this. Mostly, people only know how to obey and stay loyal to their country.
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I am ashamed to have stood by and watched those injustices happen and to have done nothing to prevent them
He could've tried to mention this injustice and possibly convince or persuade others to team up with him.
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They have produced evidence that Hanning was in Auschwitz during the Hungary Operation and is therefore directly implicated.
But he had no choice. If he tries to stop them, he would just get killed. This is not where you chose a yes or no. If he tries to stop them, he might get killed, and along with all the other Jews. It's not like he could've save all those Jews by sacrificing himself.
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Therefore, he shared responsibility for the Holocaust in which 6 million people, mostly European Jews, were murdered.
But how are we sure that he actually helped murder the Jews? It stated that he was a guard, not a "leader" of the camp. With a job such as being a guard, how can we be sure he did murder Jews?
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“It is not true that you had no choice; you could have asked to be transferred to the war front,” she told him.
But like this, he still was part of the Nazi group, and had to support the Nazis. it doesn't really make sense.
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The former guard is now 94 years old and the trial is likely the last of its kind.
People still have a strong memory of what camp guards did to Jews, showing that the event was so bad that no one can forget, even people who didn't exist at that time.
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