Ellen: I was startled when I heard giant bagging sound from the Nazis at the door. As soon as they came in I felt like i was frozen in a iceberg. I felt this sensation in my body saying don't blow it”. I still felt pain after Annemarie pulled off my necklace but i had to keep low key. I decide in my mind I wasn't going to say anything unless the german soldier ask me a question. Pretending to Annemarie's sister was but still terrifying since one of the german soldier was standing right next to me. When the one of the Nazi was curling my hair I holded my breath as long as I could and made no sudden movement. But since the baby picture of Lise had brown hair when she was younger saved us all. But sadly Lise not alive anymore. I had lots of
Throughout “I Have Lived a Thousand Years”, there is a universal theme that the physical and emotional strength gained from undergoing a tragedy is unbelievable. Elli has gained both, physical and emotional strength throughout her time in the Holocaust. Elli and the other prisoners experienced misery and hardships which made their bodies weary, but gave them the strength to survive. This is present in the following quote when Elli describes the reactions of the girls after being stripped of their clothes and losing their hair, “A burden is lifted. The burden of individuality. The burden of associations. Of identity. The burden of recent past. Girls who had continually wept since the separation from parents, sisters, and brothers, now keep giggling at their friends’ strange appearances—shorn heads, nude bodies, faceless faces” (78). At this point, the girls didn’t have anything else to lose. Finally, they were all equal. Rather than worrying about their appearance, it was an opportunity for them to breathe and come together as a whole. Now, all the girls had to worry about was survival and the other misfortunes they would face along the way.
Corrie ten Boom was a grown woman unlike Ellie Wiesel when the Gestapo took her away to the concentration camps, and due to her age, she was able to learn how to adapt with the pain that comes from l...
Everyone was looking over their shoulder for ground attacks or looking at the sky preparing themselves for surprise bombings. In her book, Ackerman says “Suffering took hold of me like a magic spell abolishing all differences between friends and strangers.” (Ackerman). World War II was a time of hiding in cramped spaces and giving the weakest your last bite and giving up the shirt on your back, it was a time when people didn’t care if they were best friends or strangers before the war because they were all trying to survive. It didn’t matter whether someone was a shop owner or the mayor, because nobody had any power to do anything to help one another. Everyone was an equal while the war was in motion and therefore everyone helped everyone whether they were friends or not. Ackerman says “Germany's crime is the greatest crime the world has ever known, because it is not on the scale of History: it is on the scale of evolution.” (Ackerman), Nazi Germany wasn’t just out to rule all of Europe. They were out to create a whole new perfect population of purely blue-eyed blondes. Over 60 million people were killed during the war, which was about 3% of the world population in 1939. “Every day our life was full of thoughts of the horrible present, and even our own death.” (Ackerman). There was not a day that went by that people were not scared. During this time
In the town of Jenkinsville, Arkansas, twelve-year-old Patty Bergen witnesses Nazis being taken to a prison camp. When she runs off to her family’s store, her father does not seem enthused. Patty’s parents do not treat her the way she wishes to be treated. Still, she tries to show her parents love.
Ellen is also one of the main characters in this book, she’s also the same age as her best friend Annemarie. Even though she is a very shy girl, she wants to be an actress, in order to fulfill this dream she first has to survive the horrible, disgusting holocaust. with the help of her best friend and she may just be able to live her dream. “thats the worst thing in the world..to be dead so young. I wouldn’t want the germans to take my family away to make us live some place else.but still,it wouldn’t be as bad as being dead”.
Create a list of O'Brien's criteria of how to tell a true war story and give an example of each criteria in outline form.
Summer of My German Soldier The novel, Summer of My German Soldier, written by Bette Greene is about a young Jewish girl, Patty, who befriends a Nazi soldier. She confides in him because of the lack of parental love in her life. The Nazi soldier shows Patty that she is a person of value and is important in the world. This is something that her parents have never told her.
Events that occur in the world around us shape our personalities. The experiences that a person lives through, both good and bad, have a direct relationship to that person’s growth as an individual. It could be argued that a person is the sum of their experiences, or more accurately the sum of their memories of those experiences. The memory of an experience does not always reflect the literal truth of what occurred, rather it will reflect how the experience affected the person who remembers it. Two different people who have the same experience can remember it in two very different ways. The differences in their memories will show how the experience affected them differently. An experience as large and life-changing as living through a war will affect a large number of people, who will each remember it and be changed by it in their own way. Literature written about such events will reflect the affected individuals and societies. Some of the effects of World War II on the average German person can be seen through an analysis of the different memories and experiences of the war represented in a selection of post World War II German literature including Gregor von Rezzori’s Memoirs of an Anti-Semite and Heinrich Böll’s And Where Were You, Adam?.
Bette Evensky Greene was born to Arthur and Sadie Steinberg Evenksy, on June 28, 1934 in Memphis, Tennessee. The family owned their own store, Evensky’s Dry Goods, in Parkin, a town thirty-five miles from Memphis. With her family spending a lot of time at the store, she was primarily raised by Ruth, her family’s African-American housekeeper. They also were the only Jewish family who lived in Parkin, Tennessee. At nine years old, Greene claims she became a professional writer. She wrote a news story about a Parkin barn fire and sold it to the Memphis daily newspaper, Commercial Appeal. Before high school the Greene family moved to Memphis. In high school, Bette again worked with Commercial Appeal along with other newspapers and even won a local essay contest. However, she received poor English grades due to difficulties with spelling and punctuation. In 1952, Bette Greene graduated from Central High School in Memphis and began attending the University of Alabama. Although she earned no degree, he then went on and continued with courses that dealing with creative writing at Memphis State University, Alliance Francaise in Paris, France, Columbia University, and Harvard University.
In Joseph Plumb Martin’s account of his experiences in the Revolutionary War he offers unique insight into the perspective of a regular soldier, which differs from the views of generals and leaders such as popular characters like George Washington. Martin’s narrative is an asset to historical scholarship as a primary source that gives an in-depth look at how life in the army was for many young men during the War for Independence. He described the tremendous suffering he experienced like starvation and privation. He did not shy away from describing his criticism of the government who he believes did not adequately care for the soldiers during and after the war. While he may be biased because of his personal involvement as a soldier, he seems to relate accounts that are plausible without embellishment or self-aggrandizement. Overall, “A Narrative of A Revolutionary Soldier” is a rich source of information providing an overview of military experience during the war.
It's been about 168 hours, which would mark a full week since I left my home and Mother to fight for my country. The year is 1914 and it is the 28th of september it has been about two months since the the Great War started. Back home in Loudon all the old timers think this is the war that will end all wars. Me personally I don't know if it will end any conflict, I do hope it does though. I haven’t even seen any major battles yet but as my battalion and I keep moving to the front lines we see the destruction, the death, the chaos that this war has inflicted upon all of Europe. Just yesterday as my battalion which is 2nd battalion and another battalion which is 4th battalion were moving east to support the troops on the front lines we saw it.
Dear Diary I have been in the trenches all day, I watched a lot of companions die from being sniped or up close in battle. We fought nearly the whole day and I can still hear gunfire and bombs. I tried to stay back as much as I could but I also had to fight. I don’t exactly know how many people I killed or wounded today but I know it was a numerous amount! The enemies were coming from all directions. We pushed until there wasn't any more enemies. I don’t have any grenades left I used them all in about the first 10 minutes of battle. Today was probably the scariest time of my life. The first time I have seen battle, the first time I was in battle.
It all started off with us being in Warsaw, Poland 1946. That was where we had trained to get prepared for war against the Nazis. I met Ben by partnering up with him from a unit. I still remember the experiences that I went through with Ben and how we both saved each other lives once in the woods.
I, Molly Katherine Meyer, would consider it a privilege and an honor if I was able to participate in the wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, at the tomb of the unknown soldier. I personally don’t think I deserve to take part in such a special thing, but I would be humbled if I was able to do such a thing. It would be amazing if I was able to pay my respect to this hero and the thousands of heroes he represents.
Assuming this scenario takes place in modern times, I am prepared to help as best I can without putting myself at risk. The given situation has clear parallels to that of Nazi Germany, where religious and ethnic minorities faces massive persecution by the authoritarian government, culminating in most heinous a genocide to ever occur in human history. It would seem that in the scenario history is repeating itself.