HOLOCAUST
1938 - 1942
BY: JOJO KASERMAN
THE TOPICS YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT IN THIS MAGAZINE IS, WHERE DID THE HOLOCAUST TAKE PLACE, WHO WAS IN THE HOLOCAUST AND WHEN THE HOLOCAUST BEGAN.
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THE HOLOCAUST This is called the Jewish Star of David because it represents the shape of king Davids shield.
WHEN DID THE HOLOCAUST BEGIN? The Holocaust was a
time as the Holocaust. The
horrible time in European history when Germans mass murdered the jewish people and nonChristians because Adolf Hitler wanted a one of a kind race.
Holocaust didn't happen just out of the blue it was the end of a long process of AntiSemitism. The Nazis had come to power in 1933, and used
The Holocaust began on January 30, 1933 and it lasted 12 years, the end date was May 8, 1945. When the Holocaust began, World War II
propaganda and terror to enforce their Anti-Semitic policies. There were laws passed by the Nazis, they were the Nuremberg Laws. The laws
was going on around the same
took away all the human rights
Definition Box: Propaganda:The deliberate spreading of information such as rumors.
Anti-Semitism:
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WHO WAS IN THE HOLOCAUST? This is a Holocaust memorial in Boston and each tower id filled with on the walls all the names of people that died in the Holocaust.
Who was in the Holocaust? The president of Germany
Gypsies, Pole and other slaves,
named Hindberg appointed Adolf Hitler who was the chancellor of Germany in 1933. This means that President Hindberg names Adolf Hitler
They also targeted people with mental and physical disabilities. The Jews were invaded by the Nazis and nine million of them lived in the twenty one countries
leader of the national scholastic German Workers party as chancellor of Germany. Other people in the war were the Nazis. They victimized millions
that were invaded during the Holocaust war.
Six Million Jews Died, Three million survived the Holocaust war.
of people including Jews
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LETTER:
Dear Tovah,
I am so happy to be writing to you from America. I hope you are doing well and are very healthy. I have heard that the war has calmed down a little. I cant believe that you are a 16 year old now. I am sorry i haven't written to you for a while, but everything here in america is going well. Father got a job at the local store and mama is home working around the house and helping out a couple of neighbors that are elderly. I hope to hear from you soon! From Rifka Dear Rifka, I have been so busy lately with things going on at home, I have not gotten any letters from you and i thought that you were busy to so I didn't mind to right to you because i didn't want to be a bother. I am so happy that you are happy in America, I am well here. Yes i cant believe that i am sixteen years old either but just to warn you that i have been 16 for 3/4 a year now i am going to turn 17 soon. The crazy thing to think about is how you are turning 13 in a few weeks, Last i saw you was when you where just a little girl f i remember correct you were 8 or 9 years old. I am so happy to here from you i hope you get this letter. Lots of love sincerely, Tovah
Where did the Holocaust take place? The Holocaust was taken
Denmark April 1940, The
place after years of Nazi’s ruling in Germany, during this Jews were repeatedly targeted because of their religious beliefs, Hitler's “final solution� as
Netherlands May 1940, Belgium May 1940, Yugoslavia April 1941, Greece April 1941 and Italy September 1943. The Holocaust not taken place in just
he called it. It is now known to be called the Holocaust.This took place in the concentration camps of occupied Poland. The Holocaust took place in 15
one spot but it did mostly happened in Nazi occupied Poland and other countries in Eastern Europe. We have learned from the Holocaust that
different countries. To name a few of the countries that it took place in is Norway April 1940,
having different race is not a bad thing.
The Holocaust story has been told and re- told so many times
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Works Cited "Adolf Hitler Is Named Chancellor of Germany." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2015. Bachrach, Susan D. Tell Them We Remember: The Story of the Holocaust. Boston: Little, Brown, 1994. Print. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2015. Hesse, Karen. Letters from Rifka. New York: H. Holt, 1992. Print. "The Holocaust and World War II: Timeline." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 20 June 2014. Web. 14 Apr. 2015. "Why+did+the+Holocaust+begin - Google Search." Why+did+the+Holocaust+begin - Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2015.
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Anew
adverb
start over again
Berdichev
NOUN
A city in west central At the very best we would be in Ukraine that filthy prison in Berdichev.
BOX CAR
NOUN
An enclosed railroad When the sun rose above the This was meaning trees at the train station in because we don't berdichev, I stood alone outside these today. a box car, My heart knocking against my ribs
Czarina
Noun
a wife of a russian empress
Deportation
noun
the lawful expulsion Mr. Fargate lifted the stamp, the i used this word of an undesired deportation stamp. because i didn't k alien or other person what it meant. from a state.
Descending
verb
to go or pass from a
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He had his back to me, and
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clouds of white paper were flew over his head as if some great white bird were descending on him
because i have hear it before but i wasn't sure what the exact meaning was.
Distress
Noun
great pain, anxiety, or sorrow
Our ship has sent out a distress i used this word call. because i have hear it before but i wasn't sure what the exact meaning was.
Imprisoned
Verb
to confine in or as if in a prison.
I thought the americans had stolen them and imprisoned them so i would never see them again
Modesty
Noun
The quality of being modest.
I lowered my eyes for modesty's i used this word sake. because i didn't know what it meant.
Mitzvah
NOUN
A commandment
Still, girl or not, I think god will want me to have a mitzvah
Plastered
Noun
a solid or spread His hair lay plastered against i used this word upon cloth, plastic, his head and water stream from because i didn't know or other material and his storm clothes. what it meant. applied to the body
Plummeted
noun
a piece of lead or some other weight
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The ship plummeted from beneath me and i hit my head
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Pogrom
Noun
an organized massacre
The storm frightened me like it was a pogrom
Pushkin
noun
a town in Russia
If i sit down on one of these I used it because i didn chairs with our Pushkin, Pieter get understand it mean rushes over and tucks a blanket around my legs.
RUCKSACK
NOUN
A bag with shoulder straps that allows it to be carried on someone's back
Behind me, in a dusty corner of a boxcar, sat on my own rucksack
This was meaningful because most people don't use these today and i didn't know what the work meant.
TALLIS
NOUN
A fringed shawl
Papa gave me his tillis, HIs precious prayer shawl
This is meaningful because tallis was her dad's prayer shawl so he felt nice with it.
Typhus
Noun
infectious disease Her mother died of typhus caused by several species of Rickettsia
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Warsaw
Noun
a large grouper found in the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
I am older in many ways since you have left me as a warsaw.
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Yeasty
adjective
containing, or resembling yeast.
Today i will see my mama and smell her yeasty smell.
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