Over 100,000 Rohingya have been murdered. The Rohingya are an Islamic minority that live in Rakhine State, Burma, which is near Bangladesh. They have resided there for centuries, yet the Burmese government refuses to give them humanitarian aid unless they sign documents as Bengalis, or in other words, illegal immigrants. In 2012, local political leaders … Read more
If anyone knows anything about the concentration camps, you can imagine it would be a long hard struggle just to get through one day. But no matter what the Jews and other prisoners had to go through, “Prisoners strove to keep their Jewish identity” (Hazikaron, www. yadvashem. org). The Jews went through hardships every day. … Read more
Here, I will introduce the main points of three different articles about the freedom of speech and expression called “What ‘Snowflakes’ Get Right About Free Speech” by Ulrich Baer, Guo Jian’s report “California, A University Student Sued the School Violated the Freedom of Speech”, and “Global Press Freedoms Weakening, Group Warns” written by Kevin Drew. … Read more
Join the army to support the Nazis in the war or they went on spirit rallies to rouse up Germany’s spirits and remind everyone of the Nazi’s goal: punish the Jews. Before all of this, Jews living in Germany were peaceful with the Germans. Jews were law-abiding citizens and were having a decent life. Until … Read more
The Second World War was an international war that took place from 1939 to 1945, a lot of countries participated in the war (including the great powers) and formed two alliances: the Axis (Germany, Italy and Japan) and the Allies (the “Big Three Leaders” were the United Kingdom, the United States of America and the … Read more
In the speech, “Perils of Indifference,” Elie Wiesel, the author of Night, conveys his message that indifference entices inhumanity as a lack of acknowledgement to one’s suffering is advantageous to an assailant and provides “no elicit response. ” Therefore, the individual with a sense of indifference is a determining factor in others’ distress for the … Read more
Donald L. Niewyk’s fifth and sixth chapters both deal more with outside perspectives and outside reactions than it does with those who were persecuted. The fifth chapter, “Bystander Reactions,” offers four different arguments as to why bystanders acted they way they did during the Holocaust. The sixth chapter, “Possibilities of Rescue,” discusses three different viewpoints … Read more
“I remember: it happened yesterday, or eternities ago… It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed” -Elie Wiesel. Millions of heads were enforced in the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel was one … Read more
Elie Wiesel states “For in the end, it is all about memory, its sources and its magnitude, and, of course, its consequences. ” The holocaust was the discrimination against the Jews from separation from their families to persecution to murder. This event happened during World War 2 around 1933 to 1945, in western Asia. Hitler … Read more
“The most tragic of all prisoners were the “Muselmanner,” as they were called. Wrapped in their torn blankets, they would sit or lie on the ground, staring vacantly into space, unaware of who or where they were, strangers to their surroundings. ” This quote from Elie Wiesel’s speech “The Perils of Indifference,” shows that indifference … Read more
The Holocaust is one of the most known mass murders of the human race. Before the Holocaust, mass murder had never been given a name. Hitler and his Nazi army led to the destruction of the many races in most areas of Europe. Hitler believed that if were not born German and if were born … Read more
“If an institution is to be an institution, it must to some extent break with the past, keep the memory of the past, while inaugurating something absolutely new” (Caputo 6). In this quote from Jacques Derrida’s 1994 conversation Deconstruction in a Nutshell, Derrida’s submits that the use of deconstruction within literature should facilitate fluidity between … Read more
Day 1: As we entered the busses outside of the airport, we were told to sit quietly and be patient for our visit to the Smithsonian was an air and space museum containing many planes and scientific evidence of a space shuttle such as Sputnik and the v-2 Rocket. Then, we were to go back … Read more
Throughout history, music has played a significant role in every culture. Since the beginning, humans have used music to express themselves and their surroundings. What began as simple tribal rhythms, music has slowly evolved into complex styles, such as classical, jazz, rap, and rock. While these styles are all unique and different, they are all … Read more
Raif Badawi was sentenced to 10 years in jail, 1000 lashes and a 10 year ban on appearing in media outlets. What for you ask? Simply for criticising Islam. Raif started up a website promoting women’s rights and critiqueuing the state religion. As he is a vocal atheist, Raif is now threatened with a beheading … Read more