Ozick's The Shawl
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When one sits down to read the novella, The Shawl, by Cynthia Ozick, it is difficult to know in advance the amount of emotional investment one is likely to make, however, reader: be warned, this is a story that will grip your heart and not let go. This 5 page paper explores the metaphors and symbols of the story in an effort to understand the greater meaning meant by the author. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KTshawlz.wps

Polish Anger & The Holocaust
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A 5 page paper on the writings of Polish Holocaust survivor Tadeusz Borowski in his book 'This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen.' The paper concludes that Borowski's refusal to separate the prisoners and captors into victims and villains has to do with his own sense of shame as a non-Jew as well as his sense of Jews as 'outsiders'. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Polisang.wps

Pressures Applied To German Jews
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4 pages in length. The pressures applied to German Jews were many and varied; the extent to which they were forced to suffer demands put upon by such entities as Nuremberg, the Evian Conference, Kristallnacht and the SS St. Louis are both grand and far-reaching; that options were also open to them by virtue of going into hiding, Danish Jews and Sobibor speak to some of the opportunities available to them. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCGermJwPrs.rtf

Primo Levi's 'Survival in Auschwitz' / Literature of a Witness
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A 6 page essay that explores why Primo Levi chose to write Survival in Auschwitz using literary techniques instead of writing it as a strictly journalistic account.
Filename: Levi.wps

Primo Levi/Survival in Auschwitz
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A 6 page analysis of the Primo Levi's autobiographical account of his experience at Auschwitz. With the calm voice of witness, Levi relates what surviving Nazi oppression was like for the inmates of Auschwitz. Also, the writer speculates on how the Holocaust fits into the overall scheme of Western civilization. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 99levi.wps

Questions and Answers about Postwar Germany
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This 6 page paper provides answers to questions posed by a student regarding the role of Chancellor Adenauer in postwar Germany. His opposition to Naziism is noted as well as many other attributes. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA318Ger.rtf

Raul Wallenberg / Saving Jewish Lives
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A 4 page overview of the accomplishments of Raul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Jewish lives, in World War II. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Raulwall.wps

Reasons for the Holocaust and Jewish Indifference to It
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This 6 page paper discusses some of the reasons for the Holocaust as well as the surprising Jewish indifference to it. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVJewInd.rtf

Response to a Study of the Holocaust
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This 14 page paper is a reaction to the study of the Holocaust, and surveys various materials used to describe it. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: HVRspHol.rtf

Richard III, Hitler and Mussolini
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This 8 page paper argues that Richard III, Hitler and Mussolini were all desperately ill, but not delusional; they knew what they were doing and felt no remorse for it. That is, they knew moral right from wrong and chose to act immorally. It also argues that the driving force behind the three was substantially different in each case. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: HVTyrant.rtf