Role of Ordinary Germans in Holocaust
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A 40 page research paper that discusses in detail the theories that have been formulated to explain the participation of the ordinary German soldier in the Holocaust, the extent of this participation and the possible reasons that have been proposed to explain the willingness of ordinary Germans to follow the orders that resulted in genocide. In particular, the writer focuses on the work of Christopher Browning (Ordinary Men,1992) and D.J. Goldhagen (Hitler's Willing Executioners, 1996). Bibliography lists 19 sources.
Filename: khordgem.rtf

Schindler's List
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A 5 page paper. What motivated Oskar Schindler to save so many Jews? This paper explores this question by discussing how Schindler came to be operating a factory and highlights of the events that transpired during the war. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Sereny/Into that Darkness
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A 5 page essay that looks at Gitta Sereny's text Into That Darkness, From Mercy Killing to Mass Murder (1974), which is an account of the life and choices of Franz Stangl, commandant of the Nazi death camps, Sobibor and Treblinka. Told largely in Stangl's own words, this is a highly intimate portrait of a mass murderer. The writer discusses the choices that Stangl made which led him down this path. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khitd.rtf

SLAVE LABOR DURING THE HOLOCAUST/WORLD WAR II
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This 6 page paper discusses the use of forced labor in the war factories by the Germans during WWII. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MBslablor.rtf

Spender's The Temple
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This 8 page paper explores Stephen Spender's reflections of nazi persecution of homosexuals in his book, The Temple. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Spirituality and Compassion in Wiesel and Day
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A five page paper comparing the similar urges on the part of Catholic lay worker Dorothy Day and Jewish Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel to help others. The paper identifies this characteristic, together with achieving a moral center, as fundamental to religious faith. Bibliography lists five sources.
Filename: KBwies3.wps

Survival Strategies For Jewish Youth
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12 pages in length. The Jews have, perhaps, been one of the most persecuted of all peoples throughout history. Their pursuits to survive as both a people and a religion have been paved with pits and valleys from the time they began the struggle to reclaim what has been lost to political and social strife. Jewish youth are no less affected by these survival efforts, forced to often find their own strategies of endurance. The writer discusses various ways Jewish youth have survived throughout the twentieth century, as well as addresses what impediments have fallen in their paths. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Jewshyth.wps

Surviving The Holocaust / Book Review
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Author's own 5 page reaction to the book "Surviving the Holocaust : The Kovno Ghetto Diary of Avraham Tory."
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The Anger and Bewilderment of Holocaust Survivors
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A 10 page paper that examines the displacement, mental anguish, and rage against a perceived uncaring world experienced by survivors of the Holocaust after their liberation in the spring of 1945 as well as the years following. Included are the comments of survivors who are grateful to their liberators, but also bewildered and confused regarding a world that allowed such atrocities to continue for such an extended period of time. Also included are survivor reactions to allegations that the Holocaust was an imagined experience. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: LCHolcst.doc

The Armenian Genocide
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This 5 page paper argues that the Armenian Genocide (1915-1917) may have served as a model for the Nazi extermination of the Jews three decades later. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVArmeni.rtf