Wednesday, January 4, 2012

For Research 170 #3

I watched a video about an 83 year old man who was fighting for his life at the age of thirteen. He said that he use to have visions of his mom holding his hand and taking care of him while he was in the camp. Sol Laufer never got to celebrate his bar mitzvah on his thirteenth birthday because of the Holocaust. He is the only remaining member of his family. Mr. Laufer goes on to say that he will celebrate his bar mitzvah in order to 'say' to his parents' killers that he has not won. This video takes account of how emotional it was for him. It has more of an impact on the audience than a written document because a person can see their facial expressions and hear the tone of their voices.

For Research 164 #2

Civil Rights vs. Human Rights: Civil rights are rights that every member of society should have (like voting). Human Rights are rights that every human should have (freedom and justice). Civil rights do not have to be given to you if you are not a citizen of that place, however, human rights should belong to everyone no matter what that person belongs to.
Citation:Encarta World English Dictionary

Monday, January 2, 2012

For Research 148 #2

Citation: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/nurem-laws.htm

The Nuremburg Laws of 1935 demoted Jews to the status of 'subjects'. They could not marry or have relations with Aryans and they could not employ Aryan women these laws were named "The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor" and "The Reich Citizenship Law". These laws were followed by a number of Nazi programs in order to completely de-citizenize Jews all together.