Adam Czerniaków (30 November 1880 – 23 July 1942) was a Polish-Jewish engineer and senator. He committed suicide in the Warsaw Ghetto on 23 July 1942 by swallowing a cyanide pill, a day after the commencement of mass extermination of Jews known as the Grossaktion Warsaw. He was born on 30 November 1880 in Warsaw, Poland. Czerniaków studied engineering in Warsaw and Dresden and taught in the Jewish community's vocational school in Warsaw. From 1927 to 1934 he served as member of the Warsaw Municipal Council, and in May 1930 was elected to the Polish Senate.
For many, the serial number (located on the forearm) is the most unforgettable image of the Holocaust. Having come to symbolize the brutality, and dehumanization attempt of the Nazis, most of what is known about them stem from personal accounts of Jewish survivors. Initially, the main method of identifying the Jewish population was through the use badges. Reinhard Heydrich was the first to recommend that Jews be forced to wear badges following the Kristallnacht in November 1938. The German government made badges mandatory in Poland in November 1939.
The Decree Excluding Jews from German Economic Life prevented Jews from running businesses. Also, decrees excluding Jews from public places were made, with all Jewish pupils becoming ecpelled (15th Nov 1938). Also, a collective fine of 1 billion marks was levied on the Jewish community for the Paris murder, meaning 30000 Jewish men were rounded up and sent to concentration camps. The Consequences of 'Anschluss' The levels of violence in Austria against the Jews were far worse than in Germany. Vienna's 180000 Jews were the targets of regular attacks.
Holocaust The Holocaust is the name given to the murder of millions of Jews, Gypsies etc. by the Nazis Turing World War II. "Holocaust" is a word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by fire." The Nazis including Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933 and ended in 1945 when the Nazis were defeated by the Allied powers. In 1933, the Jewish population of Europe stood at over nine million.
Viktor E. Frankl Man’s Search for Meaning Psychology – Jan Belcher Christopher Chileshe 09/29/2006 Table of Contents Introduction 2 The Development of logotherapy 2 Empathy to Viktor Frankl 4 Conclusion 6 Bibliography 9 Introduction Viktor E. Frankl born in Vienna in 1905 was a psychiatrist who lived through the First and Second World War. During the Second World War, when he was approximately aged 35-40; he was separated from his family and taken to a concentration by the Nazis. In December 1941, he married Tilly Grosser. In1943 the Nazis took his wife and his parents. Shortly after in1944 he was transported to Auschwitz and later to Kaufering and Türkheim, He was liberated on April 27th 1945 by the US Army.
Chastain Sarabia Contemporary History 10/15/10 The Holocaust Devry University Abstract This paper discusses The Holocaust along with how, why, and when it took place. It also talks about those who believe it never really happened. The paper starts off by giving a brief history of the event such as where the word was derived from how it was organized and when it came it action. It then focuses on one man in particular giving the history and view point of Adolf Hitler the man who was the voice behind the conflict. After it stems off into descriptive details of what the families had to endure during the time of prosecution.
Brett Sheehan Mrs. Panasuk Language Arts 12 April 8th 2013 The Shindlers list. The Transformation of Oskar Shindler. Oskar Schindler born April 28 1908, was an German industrialist, German spy, and member of the Nazi party who is credited with saving the lives of over 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by having them employed in his enamelware factories, which were located in Poland. He was, again, part of the Nazi party, and the Nazis, under Hitlers rule, were trying to erase all Jewish background, by putting them in camps and taking over any jewish owned businesses. But later on in the war, Oskar didn’t see the jews as a flith to mankind, he seen them as someone, something, that needed help, and that’s when he decided to take a stand
Fdsfsadf sdWHEREAS the media uses the historically erroneous terms "Polish concentration camp" and "Polish death camp" to describe Auschwitz and other Nazi extermination camps built by the Germans during World War II, which confuses impressionable and undereducated readers, leading them to believe that the Holocaust was executed by Poland, rather than Nazi Germany, WHEREAS these phrases are Holocaust revisionism that desecrate the memories of six million Jews from 27 countries who were murdered by Nazi Germany, WHEREAS Poland was the first country invaded by Germany, and the only country whose citizens suffered the death penalty for rescuing Jews, yet never surrendered during six years of German occupation, even though one-sixth of its population was killed in the war, approximately half of which was Christian,
Conclusion The Warsaw Ghetto As the World War II began, the Nazis invaded Poland in September of 1939. By October of 1940, nearly 400,000 Jews were confined into a 3.5 mile are of Warsaw, Poland. The Warsaw ghetto was the largest of the Jewish ghettos with terrible living conditions, over population, starvation and disease. On November 16, 1940 the Nazis closed off the ghetto to the outside world by building a wall 10 feet high. The brick wall was patrolled by armed guards and gun towers; if anyone tried to leave they were shot.
The campaign began with German Jews having their rights taken away, and ended with the death of six million Jews. This attempt to annihilate the Jewish population from Europe is seen as the biggest act of genocide in the world. In January 1945 before the Soviets arrived at Auschwitz, the SS marched 60,000 prisoners 36 miles away. This last march being Germany’s last attempt to exterminate the Jewish