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Alicia Appleman-Jurman: Alicia: My Story
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(5 pp) When the Holocaust began, Alicia Jurman was a young Jewish girl growing up in the southeastern Polish city of Buczacz. In that city, about a third of the population was Jewish. Even though there was anti-Semitism in Poland, as there was anti-Semitism nearly everywhere in Europe, Alicia with her parents and four brothers led relatively peaceful lives. This all changed with Germany's invasion of Poland.. the infamous blitzkrieg of September 1, 1939 - Alicia was only 9 years old at the time. Alicia tells her amazing and powerful tale of holocaust survival from the eyes of a young girl with the wisdom of an adult. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Although History Repeats Itself, It Never Repeats Itself Exactly
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7 pages in length. History has long had a tendency to repeat itself, particularly with regard to war. While this phenomenon never ceases to replicate the past, there are always enough subtle nuances of change that prevent history from repeating itself exactly as before. Two books that address this occurrence are My Lai : A Brief History With Documents by James Stuart Olson & Randy W. Roberts and Douglas V. Porpora's How Holocausts Happen : The United States in Central America, both delving deeply within the psychological basis upon which selective extermination exists and why it has been allowed to continue throughout the years. No additional sources cited.
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America's Reluctance to Act During he Holocaust
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This 10 page paper examines what went on in Nazi Germany, who in the U.S. knew about it when, and why it took so long for the U.S. to act. A couple of theories are examined and it is argued that the U.S. hesitancy is attributable primarily to economic interests. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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American History of Anti-Semitism
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A 5 page discussion of the depths that anti-Semitism sometimes flow in our own country. While acknowledging this hatred and bias that has been constructed against Jews, the author of this paper denounces the growing tendency to indict the Roosevelt administration as anti-Semitic. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Analysis of Sascha Goluboff's, "Jewish Russians: Upheavals in a Moscow Synagogue":
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This 4 page paper summarizes this book as well as providing an anlysis of the content. This paper highlights the transformations that occured within the synagogue community, thereby supporting the viewpoint of the author. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Andre Schwarz-Bart's "The Last Of The Just"
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6 pages in length. Andre Schwarz-Bart's "The Last of the Just: A Novel" eloquently and sensitively spells out the historical struggles Jews have faced throughout the centuries. Presented as neither a cult of martyrdom nor a collection of religious saints, Schwarz-Bart portrays the Jews and their myriad social, political and economic challenges as a reflection upon what it means to be the "chosen ones." Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Andre Trocme and the Heroic People of Le Chambon
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A 5 page paper on this brave French Protestant pastor who led his entire village in opposing the Nazi-led Vichy government of France, and in the process saved thousand of Jews from death; this story is detailed in Philip Hallie's 'Lest Innocent Blood be Shed.' The paper debates whether Trocme's actions were humanitarian or religious, and concludes that they were religious because he saw Christ in the victimization of the innocent Jews. Bibliography lists two sources.
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Anne Frank: Growth and Maturity
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A 6 page paper which discusses how Anne Frank, in "The Diary of Anne Frank," demonstrates growth and maturity as the text progresses. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
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Anne Michaels/'Fugitive Pieces'
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A 4 page research paper and analysis of Anne Michaels' novel 'Fugitive Pieces.' This compelling story concerns the lives of two men who are affected by the Holocaust and the transformational power of love. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: 00fugpie.rtf

Anti-Civilization Which Emerges During Times of War
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A 5 page paper which discusses how Primo Levi illustrates a sort of anti-civilization which emerges during times of war. This concept is discussed as it involves two works of Levi, that being "Survival in Auschwitz" and "Collected Poetry." The paper also discusses how this works in relationship to John Stuart Mill's book "On Liberty." No additional sources cited.
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