Holocaust Denial- what do you think? 2-20-07

Holocaust denial- research it online, tell me what you find. What are your thoughts? How do you feel about it? Do you agree with what you find out?? (10 sentences)
****Also******many of you need to finish the other BLOGS!

Holocaust denial is the belief that the genocide of Jews and other minority groups during World War II — the Holocaust — either did not occur, or did not occur to the extent described by current scholarship.
Key elements of this belief are the explicit or implicit rejection that the Nazi government had a policy of deliberately targeting Jews, people of Jewish ancestry, and the Gypsies for extermination as a people; that between five and seven million Jews were systematically killed by the Nazis and their allies; and that tools of mass extermination such as gas chambers were used in extermination camps to kill Jews.
Most Holocaust denial claims imply, or openly state, that the Holocaust is a hoax arising out of a deliberate Jewish conspiracy to advance the interest of Jews at the expense of other peoples. For this reason, Holocaust denial is generally considered an antisemitic conspiracy theory. Holocaust denial has been illegal in many European countries since shortly after World War II, because it is seen as motivated by an antisemitic or neo-Nazi agenda.
In January 2007, the German government moved to criminalize Holocaust denial and the parading of Nazi symbols across the European Union and the United Nations General Assembly officially "condemns any denial of the Holocaust."

Blog 8 air raids

During an Allied air raid on Buna, during which every prisoner is supposed to be confined to his or her block. As the guards go for cover, everything is basically unguarded, even the eletric barb wire. The bombing lasts for over an hour.
This was another oppurtunity for them to run, Why didn't the prisoners make an escape? What was on their minds?
The prisoners, however, are filled with hope and joy because the rumors they have heard about German defeat on various fronts seem real and believable now. Elie's thoughts during the raid: "If it could only have lasted ten times ten hours!" p. 67 In the afternoon, the prisoners cheerfully worked.
What does Elie mean by his quote? Why were the prisoners happy during this air raid where bombing are flying and landing everywhere? They could possibly all get bombed and die, except they were very happy to have the raid? Use examples from the story ( 10 sentences)

chapter 4 night p. 72 blog 7

Although the prisoners are all so jaded by suffering that they never cry, they all break into tears as they watch the child strangle on the end of the noose.
Tell me why you think is so??
Eliezer comes to believe that a just God must not exist in a world where an innocent child can be hanged on the gallows. p. 72“Where is He?” Eliezer asks , and then answers, “He is hanging here on this gallows.”
Please intrpret this part of his narrative, what does it mean? What does this symbolize? How does it relate to him and his faith?
Because of this incident, what do you think will happen in the future, how do you think this will change him and his outlook toward life and the camps?
( 10 sentences)

Some of you are not giving me complete answers in your other BLOGs, make sure to answer all the questions and provide examples from the book( use quotations if you pull something from the story)! AGAIN, I will not give credit to those who do not complete their assignments!!

NIGHT p. 55-64

( 15) Eliezer is no longer a boy any more, but men as naked and equal as he had stated in the previous chapter. Elie has changed drastically since the beginning of the book. Now, In a world in which survival is nearly impossible, survival has become Eliezer’s dominant goal. He admits that he lives only to feed himself. p. 60 When his father is beaten, Eliezer feels no pity. Instead, he becomes angry at his father for failing to learn.
Please go back to chapter 1 and compare and contrast the boy Elie to the present Elie in this chapter. Provide at least 2 examples taken from the story, give page number!
Describe Elie's relationship with his father now compared to before the concentration camps.

Tell me a time when you have a hit a turning point in your life, where you realized that you must grow up now. How did it make you feel? What did you do about it?

Chapter 3 Night VOC

Put these words on your NIGHT powerpoint
look them up
WOrd- Define, parts of speech- your own sentence and a picture


1.Indifferently
2.Swine
3.Murmurs
4.Unremittingly
5.Paternal
6.Humanity
7.Inhuman
8.Oblivion
9.Tunic
10.Gypsies
11.Harangued
12.Convalescent
13.Colic
14.Clout
15.Reverie

Night chapter 3 blog 6

•(15 sentences) Elie is a deeply religious boy whose favorite activities are studying the Talmud and spending time at the Temple with his spiritual mentor, Moshe the Beadle. At an early age, Elie has a naïve, yet strong faith in God.
•However, it is difficult to have faith in God when one is constantly surrounded by death and inhumanity.
•In chapter 3, As Eliezer approaches the fiery pit, he feels anger towards a God who allows Nazi inhumanity to exist in this world: "For the first time, I felt revolt rise up in me. Why should I bless His name? The Eternal, Lord of the Universe, the All-Powerful and Terrible, was silent. What had I to thank Him for?" p. 42
•Although the only way to survive the concentration camps is to have faith that God will see you through, it is nearly impossible to believe in a God who allows concentration camps to exist in the first place.
•What other examples from chapter 3 can you add to display his revolt for God and his faith?
•Tell me an experience where your faith has help you go through a hard time or questioned your belief?

Blog 5

(15 sentences) When the prisoners first arrive at the camp, some of the young men want to rebel: "We've got to do something. We can't let ourselves be killed. We can't go like beasts to the slaughter. We've got to revolt." Despite these early feelings of rebellion, the prisoners rapidly become docile and fearful, and they follow the rules set out by the Nazi authorities.
Why do they obey people who are so obviously intent on destroying them? Why do they not just team up together and rebel?

Blog 4 p. 38-46

(15 sentences) In this section, Eliezer and the other prisoners are fully exposed to the horrible inhumanity of the Nazis. Due to the brutal methods of the Nazis, they are transformed from respected individuals into obedient, animal-like automatons. How does this transformation take place?
Take examples from the book using quotations, tell me your thoughts, and feelings.
Tell me an experience where you can relate to a time when your self pride, faith, ego, individuality or family has been striped away from you.