The Holocaust: Poem

The Holocaust

By:Dhanya Thiyagarajan

There was a time where many people were harassed,

A brutal massacre that would surpass

This was the era, when Hitler reigned in power,

while watching people’s hopes and dreams fall like it was happy hour.

He chose the path of violence towards many Jews,

Not many survived because they were abused.

Overtime, this crime became much worse

loved ones were sent off in all directions,this felt like a curse

A yellow star which was a symbol of their identity,

was a reason for them living independently

If rules were not followed, they were fiercely punished,

For most people it meant that their lives were finished.

Any opinions that had been expressed was taken away,

Some were hiding throughout night and day.

Laws were enforced to be followed by everyone

All of a sudden it seemed like there was no light or sun.

Camps like Auschwitz were soon filled up with slaves,

Jews petrified of being shot into their graves.

Not having room to sleep with everyone crammed together tightly,

Nazi lights were flashing over places very brightly.

Every morning was spent cultivating in the fields,

Every Jew working, but not stopping till Nazi’s say yeild.

Never shown honor or dignified respect,

Feeling burning stings of disdain and neglect.

The people were told that they need to shower

little did they know that they were going to die that hour

They were thrown into gas chambers and died

and Nazis watched them with great pride

Although, the prisoners were stubbornly strong,

Indeed determined to stay alive for long.

So many innocent lives were killed

In order to make Hitler’s plans fulfilled.

The dictator thought that children were important

His belief that they were the future was constant

We must always remember and recall,

The Holocaust that took the breaths of all.

How Could Something Like the Holocaust Happen?

Artifact #1: Hitler Youth

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Artifact #2: Propaganda



Artfact #3:

 First they Came…...
“First they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—
because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for me—
and there was no one left to speak out for me.” -

In Hitler Youth kids from a young age are taught Nazi ideals, to follow Hitler, and to be ready for the war. The youth camps were mandatory after a certain year and were run similarly to a military camp. This was one of the reasons for the Holocaust. Even though the Holocaust was a tragic event causing many to die, Hitler had a master plan in which he had everything very well planned out. He had thought out every step in the process and was able sustain it for a period of time. He had convinced. The purpose of the Hitler Youth was to prepare kids a from a young age to become great leaders. He believed that the kids were leaders of the future generation and he wanted to teach kids his ideologies so they could take over his position once he was gone and so that they could pass it on generation after generation. The kids in Hitler Youth did noy know any better because they were not taught anything else except Nazi ideology. They were manipulated and were told that everything Hitler did was right and was for their own well being. The kids believed it because he was really persuasive in this aspect.



In artifact two,the picture portrays the horror and the hardship that the Jews went through throughout their Holocaust experience. This shows how successful hitler was in making everyone obey to him. He oppressed people and made them do anything they want because every single Jew was his slave. No one spoke an unnecessary word because they were terrified of Hitler. They knew that if they spoke the truth or spoke their opinion they would be punished terribly to the point where they might not even live to see the next day. Hitler made sure that everyone was oppressed to him. Something like the Holocaust could happen because all the Jews were afraid of Hitler and since they did not want to die, they had no choice but to follow his rules.
This poem shows how independent each and every person was during the Holocaust. Families were separated in the beginning and taken away in all different directions. After that the individual would have no clue how they were and even if they were alive or not. This poem also brings back the point where everyone was terrified of Hitler. He was a dictator who killed many innocent people. He made sure that there was no chance of a revolt by the Jews because everyone was scared of him. When the author of the poem says that there was no one left to speak out for him, I think he means that all of family and loved ones were taken away from him. He had no one, and he was left all alone and had to go through the whole Holocaust process indepently.

Relationship Between a Passage in Night and an Artifact

Passage from Night:

“Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed.
Never shall I forget that smoke.
Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky.
Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever
Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live.

Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as

long as God Himself.
Never” (Weisel 34).

This passage in the book Night was written by Elie Wiesel in which he talks about the horrors he went through on his first few days in the concentration camp. This is very emotional because it shows how much Elie has changed from being a very religious person to saying that his God was murdered. He starts to question if god really does exist and why god has not helped them. He had seen many innocent lives get killed which included children. These young infants that had no knowledge of life or experienced it were killed because they were no help to the Nazis. Wiesel had seen these children get thrown into the gas chambers and and witnessed their death. In this passage there is a loss of faith which is reflected throughout the whole book and throughout the Holocaust itself. While reading this passage I could picture the scene in my mind. Its almost like Elie is sat in the middle of a dark room staring at something and everyone listening to him in complete silence. There is a use of personification when he says that the moments murdered his God. The events that took place during the Holocaust caused many people to lose faith in their God. The passage is filled with imagery because he talks about the children’s bodies and how that transformed into smoke under a silent sky. It is also very interesting at how the passage ends with the words never. The never at the end of the excerpt makes it seemed like the whole passage can be summed up into that one word.

Artifact: Poetry
Tale of a Sprinter, in the Winter of 1938 by Sudeep Pagedar

THE PAST -
I am an athlete from Berlin,
my feet are fast and swift.
I can run faster than anyone!
Truly, this is the Lord's gift!

Any race I participate in,

I always come in first,
for I tell myself, "I HAVE to win";
it is like a great thirst.

Even if someone, somehow passes me,
I put on an extra burst of speed
and run past him, leaving him behind;thus, I take the lead.

I once thought, "If I keep running this way,
I might be in the Olympics, some day..."

THE PRESENT -
But now the year is nineteen-thirty-eight
And for my dreams, it's just too late.

My running days are all gone,
I'm not going to see tomorrow's dawn.

Yes, it is true
that I can run very fast;
But it is also true
that I am a Jew...

There's no running, from the Holocaust.

This poem is written by Sudeep Pagedar in which he talks about his life before the Holocaust and then he talks about his present day life. Sudeep explains that he has a strong passion for running. He talks about how he wins his races by always beating the guy who passes him and says that his dream is to one day compete in the Olympics. When the poem fast forwards to the present day, he says that it is too late to go after his dream. He gives up on his running and he is scared. Sudeep is very scared and knows that he is going to die because he says that he will not see tomorrow’s dawn. This shows that once the Holocaust started any dream that anyone had was destroyed immediately. Loss of faith is seen throughout the poem. When he talks about achieving his dreams being too late, and that he is not going to see tomorrow’s dawn he is losing hope in life. In the poem, the writer sums up his piece by stating the fact that the Holocaust cannot be ignored and once you were in it, there was no getting out. 

 

In both scenarios the theme in loss of faith is present. Elie is losing faith because throughout all of their struggles God was never there to help them and save them. He starts to ask himself the question of does God really exist. But even though he starts to lose faith in God he still has respect which can be seen by the fact that he chooses to capitalize the G in God. In Sudeep's case, he loses faith in his dream because he knows that once your pulled into the mess of the Holocaust there is no getting out. He has excepted the fact that he is going to die and there is nothing he could do. If he fought for his life and spoke up he was just going to die earlier. Also in both pieces there is idea of silence present because both of the characters are talkih about how there life changed after the Holocaust.

Conflict with Russia galvanizes Ukraine's identity

Danilova, Maria. "Conflict with Russia Galvanizes Ukraine's Identity." Yahoo! News. Yahoo!, 29 Apr. 0000. Web. 30 Mar. 2014.

When Russia seized control of Crimea, Yevgeny Komarovsky sent this blunt message to the Russian people: We Ukrainians are a nation of our own. The appeal for an independent and united Ukraine by the Russian-speaking Komarovsky underscored Ukraine's distinct national identity, and belied Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim that Ukraine is part of the Russian family. In fact, Russia's invasion (which Putin justifies by saying he needs to protect Russian speakers) has fueled a surge of patriotism among a great many Ukrainians, whatever their language.These feelings of unity are underpinned by a sense of fragility stemming from being a country that has for centuries been dominated by great empires to the east and west. And from folklore to ancestral traditions, Ukraine has shown itself to possess a distinct identity. The Ukrainian national consciousness is steeped in love of one's land and the quest for survival. The challenge simply to stay whole is as acute as ever today after Russia annexed Ukraine's strategic Crimean Peninsula, stoking fears that the Kremlin is planning to invade more Russian-speaking eastern territories. Ukraine, a land the size of France with a population of 46 million, has historically been a massive prize in the heart of Europe. The site of the ancient Slavic state, the Kievan Rus, it was the regional cradle of Orthodox Christianity. Over centuries, parts of Ukraine have belonged to Poland, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Russia and the Soviet Union. The Russian national anthem glorifies Russia's might and grandeur. The Ukrainian anthem dreams of expelling enemies and finally being masters of their own land. In fact the central message of Ukraine's anthem is: Freedom is not dead yet. Some in Ukraine's Russian-speaking east and south do feel nostalgic for the Soviet past. And many cherish ties with Russia, both economic and cultural.

Thousands in Taiwan protest China trade deal

Tsai, Gladys. "Thousands in Taiwan Protest China Trade Deal." Yahoo! News. Yahoo!, 29 Apr. 0000. Web. 30 Mar. 2014. http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-taiwan-protest-china-trade-deal-124304655.html?vp=1

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in the streets around Taiwan's Parliament on Sunday to voice their opposition to a trade pact with China, part of a nearly 2-week-old protest that is challenging the president's policy of moving the democratic island economically closer to China. 500,000 people had turned out in the biggest demonstration since the movement started. An Associated Press estimate put the number at more than 200,000, and a police estimate at more than 100,000. Several hundred mainly student protesters have been occupying Taiwan's legislature since March 18, supported by thousands outside the building. They are protesting President Ma Ying-jeou's intention to enact a trade deal that would allow Taiwanese and Chinese service sector companies in businesses ranging from banking to beauty parlors to open up branches or shops in the other's territory. The action was sparked by the decision by a lawmaker from Ma's ruling Nationalist Party to renege on a promised clause-by-clause review of the trade deal, which was signed by both sides last year but is awaiting ratification by Taiwan's Parliament. Opponents of the pact say it would cost Taiwan tens of thousands of jobs because small businesses on the island will be unable to compete with cash-rich, mostly state-run Chinese companies intent on investing in Taiwan. They also say it would give a big boost to China's efforts to bring the island, which split from the mainland 65 years ago, under its control.The protest is the most serious challenge to Ma's signature policy of moving Taiwan ever closer to China by tying their economies together. Since he took office in May 2008, he has superintended a drastic upsurge in the number of cross-strait flights, and pushed through more than a dozen commercial agreements with China, including a partial free trade deal that slashed tariffs on scores of items in 2010.

US, Dutch try to deposit billions in fake bonds in Vatican bank

"US, Dutch Try to Deposit Billions in Fake Bonds in Vatican Bank." Yahoo! News. Yahoo!, 18 Jan. 0000. Web. 30 Mar. 2014. http://news.yahoo.com/us-dutch-try-deposit-billions-fake-bonds-vatican-215356468.html


Vatican police on Saturday apprehended an American and a Dutch man who were trying to deposit billions of euros and US dollars in fake bonds in the Vatican bank.The bonds were discovered in a briefcase they were carrying and the men were handed over to Italy's financial police, who found false passports and other fake documents in their hotel rooms. The haul came a day after Italian prosecutors said two former top executives at the Vatican bank will go on trial for money laundering in a case that led to the seizure of 23 million euros ($32 million). The bank, which handles the accounts of Catholic clerics and congregations around the world, has a murky reputation but the Vatican has vowed to clean it up and bring it in line with international laws. Lombardi said Saturday's episode shows the controls are working. But he doesn't think they're talking about a plot by criminal masterminds if they managed to get caught at the first hurdle.

Officials: About 18 missing in Washington mudslide

DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP and CHRIS GRYGIEL. "Officials: About 18 Missing in Washington Mudslide." Yahoo! News. Yahoo!, 30 Mar. 0000. Web. 23 Mar. 2014. http://news.yahoo.com/officials-18-missing-washington-mudslide-172803804.html

About 18 people are still unaccounted for after a massive mudslide in rural northwest Washington state killed at least three people and forced evacuations because of fears of flooding, authorities said Sunday. Searchers in helicopters will be flying over the area of the square-mile mudslide Sunday to find people who may have been able to get out on their own, as well as look for other signs of life. Several people were critically injured and as many as 30 houses were destroyed. The slide wiped out one neighborhood, where there were about 28 to 30 homes. Rescuers couldn't hear any signs of life once they got closer, and the decision was made to back out due to safety reasons. The slide blocked the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River, which prompted an evacuation notice because water was rising rapidly behind the debris. Authorities worried about severe downstream flooding if water suddenly broke through the debris. Authorities believe the slide was caused by groundwater saturation from recent heavy rainfall.

Most cigarettes sold in New York were smuggled out of state to avoid taxes

Pfeiffer, Eric. "Most Cigarettes Sold in New York Were Smuggled out of State to Avoid Taxes." Yahoo! News. Yahoo!, 19 Jan. 0000. Web. 23 Mar. 2014. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/most-cigarettes-sold-in-new-york-were-smuggled-out-of-state-to-avoid-taxes-201147004.html

If you’re a cigarette smoker in New York, odds are your purchase was illegally smuggled in from another state to avoid paying taxes. A new study by the conservative Tax Foundation claims that 56.9 percent of all cigarettes sold in New York were illegally imported from out of state sources. The foundation’s report says the surge in cigarette smuggling is directly correlated to New York’s tax of $4.35 per pack sold, the highest cigarette tax in the nation. As recently as 2006, New York had only the fifth-highest smuggling rate. But in recent years, the state cigarette tax has jumped 190 percent. Conversely, smuggling rates have jumped by 59 percent during the same period. And despite the study’s numbers, it is difficult to place all of the blame for smuggling rates on taxes. Arizona is less than five percent behind New York in smuggling percentages but the state’s $2.00 per pack tax is tied for 12th highest in the nation. New York is also an international trading hub, arguably giving smugglers more opportunities and potential buyers, for their product. In the U.S., New Hampshire has the lowest inbound smuggling percentage in the nation (24.2 percent) but its $1.78 tax per pack places it near the middle on the scale. Yet New Hampshire also smuggles out the highest percentage of cigarette packs (24.2 percent), according to the Tax Foundation study.

Malaysia: France has images of possible jet debris

McDONALD, ROB GRIFFITH and SCOTT. "Malaysia: France Has Images of Possible Jet Debris." Yahoo! News. Yahoo!, 29 Apr. 0000. Web. 23 Mar. 2014. http://news.yahoo.com/malaysia-france-images-possible-jet-debris-100413872--finance.html

France on Sunday provided Malaysia with satellite images of objects that could be from a passenger jet that has been missing for more than two weeks. The image shows objects in the southern corridors. That is thought to be close to areas of the Indian Ocean where previous satellite images released by Australia and China showed objects that could be debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which went missing over the Gulf of Thailand on March 8 with 239 people on board. The images could be another clue in the growing mystery over Flight 370. The search has moved from seas off Vietnam when the plane first went missing to areas not far from the Antarctica, where planes and a ship were scrambling Sunday looking for a pallet and other debris spotted by a search plane to determine whether they were from the missing jet. The southern Indian Ocean is thought to be a potential area to find the jet because Malaysian authorities have said pings sent by the Boeing 777-200 for several hours after it disappeared indicated that the plane ended up in one of two huge arcs: a northern corridor stretching from Malaysia to Central Asia, or a southern corridor that stretches toward Antarctica. Authorities are considering the possibilities of hijacking, sabotage, terrorism or issues related to the mental health of the pilots or anyone else on board.

Wireless electricity may soon power cell phones, cars and even heart pumps

Pfeiffer, Eric. "Wireless Electricity May Soon Power Cell Phones, Cars and Even Heart Pumps." Yahoo! News. Yahoo!, 15 Mar. 2014. Web. 16 Mar. 2014. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/wireless-electricity-may-soon-power-cell-phones--cars-and-even-heart-pumps-215915863.html


The chief technology officer of WiTricity told CNN that they are going to transfer power without any kinds of wire, its going to be completely wireless. A team of MIT professors then developed what they call " resonant power transfer," in which a power coil is able to wirelessly transfer electricity to another device containing a similar coil set to the same frequency. They not actually putting electricity in the air. What they are doing is putting a magnetic field in the air. When you bring a device into that magnetic field, it induces a current in the device, and by that you're able to transfer power. Wireless electricity is widely considered to be safe, but WiTricity and other companies developing similar technology are still trying to find effective ways to efficiently transfer electricity over longer distances. Giles says that if the hurdle of transferring electricity over greater physical distances can be crossed, then wireless electricity would quickly replace the world of cables. And after the technology is in place, manufacturers would then have to install the equipment allowing for the wireless electric transfer to take place. It would not only free up literal space but could potentially reduce pollution, eliminating the need for disposable batteries.

Seoul: NKorea test-fires 18 short-range rockets

"Seoul: NKorea Test-fires 18 Short-range Rockets." Yahoo! News. Yahoo!, 29 Sept. 0000. Web. 16 Mar. 2014. http://news.yahoo.com/seoul-nkorea-test-fires-18-short-range-rockets-125126674.html


North Korea fired 18 short-range rockets into the sea off its east coast Sunday, South Korean officials said, in an apparent continuation of protests against ongoing U.S.-South Korean military drills. North Korea says the drills are preparation for an invasion. The allies say the exercises, which last year prompted North Korean threats of nuclear war against the South and the United States, are routine and defensive in nature. Outside analysts say the North is taking a softer stance toward the U.S.-South Korean military drills this year because it wants better ties with the outside world to revive its struggling economy. North Korea's weeks-long tirade of war rhetoric against Washington and Seoul last spring followed international condemnation of its third nuclear test, in February 2013. South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said the type of rockets North Korea launched Sunday wasn't yet clear. Earlier this month, Seoul said a North Korean artillery launch happened minutes before a Chinese commercial plane reportedly carrying 202 people flew in the same area.

Indian Ocean poses daunting challenge in search for missing Malaysia plane

Wardell, Jane. "Indian Ocean Poses Daunting Challenge in Search for Missing Malaysia Plane." Yahoo! News. Yahoo!, 30 Oct. 0000. Web. 16 Mar. 2014. http://news.yahoo.com/indian-ocean-poses-daunting-challenge-search-missing-malaysia-031223287--sector.html;_ylt=AwrBEiJMLSZTBDcABRvQtDMD


The southern Indian Ocean, where investigators suspect missing Malaysia airline flight MH370 may have come down, is one place where a commercial airliner can crash without a ship spotting it, a radar plotting it or even a satellite picking it up. So far, search operations by navies and aircraft from more than a dozen nations have failed to find even a trace of Flight MH370, which went missing a week ago after taking off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing and diverting from its intended flight path. With an estimated four hours fuel left when last spotted by radar off Malaysia's northwest coast, the plane could have flown a further 2,200 miles or so, assuming normal cruising speed and altitude. A potential crash site around 1,600 km (1,000 miles) northwest or west of the Australian coast would be well within the search and rescue area of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), one of the largest in the world. An AMSA spokesman said no request for assistance had been received from Malaysia as of Sunday.

Obama's foreign policy a target of opportunity for CPAC speakers

Davidsen, Dana. "Obama's Foreign Policy a Target of Opportunity for CPAC Speakers."CNN Political Ticker RSS. CNN, 07 Mar. 2014. Web. 08 Mar. 2014. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/06/obamas-foreign-policy-a-target-of-opportunity-for-cpac-speakers/?hpt=po_c2


Conservatives contend a weak foreign policy under President Barack Obama emboldened Russia to intervene militarily in Ukraine. Putin would not be acting with this level of aggression if it were not for the consistent weakness and appeasement of our enemies of President Obama. They were relying on Obama's global star power to influence international relations. Obama does not understand that a weak America leads to instability and doesn't seem to understand that our allies, our enemies alike need and want a strong America. They need to make sure that they say they are for America being a leader in the world. And they are for a strong national defense, not one that allows other countries to run them over all over the world. We see today in the Ukraine where Vladmir Putin has a strategy while Obama has nothing. Putin has a growing defense budget and The United States is sinking. Obama has called Putin's incursion into Ukraine a violation of international law, and says the Ukrainian people should determine their own destiny.

Vietnam spots oil slicks in hunt for missing jet

BRUMMITT, EILEEN NG and CHRIS. "Vietnam Spots Oil Slicks in Hunt for Missing Jet."Yahoo! News. Yahoo!, 30 Jan. 0000. Web. 08 Mar. 2014. http://news.yahoo.com/vietnam-spots-oil-slicks-hunt-missing-jet-124630545--finance.html

Vietnamese air force planes on Saturday spotted two large oil slicks in the area where a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 disappeared earlier in the day, the first sign that the aircraft carrying 239 people on board had crashed. A Vietnamese government statement said the slicks were spotted late Saturday off the southern tip of Vietnam and were ten and fifteen kilometers away from each other. There was no confirmation that the slicks were related to the missing plane. Two-thirds of the missing plane's passengers were from China, while others were from elsewhere in Asia, North America and Europe. The plane lost all contact and radar signal one minute before it entered Vietnam's air traffic control. The flight data and the cockpit voice recorders are equipped with pingers that emit ultrasonic signals that can be detected underwater. Under good conditions, the signals can be detected from several hundred miles away.

Ukraine? Or the Ukraine?

Stableford, Dylan. "Ukraine or The Ukraine? Leaders, media put it both ways." Yahoo News. (March 5, 2014): n. page. Web. 6 Mar. 2014. http://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-vs-the-ukraine-164351828.html.

This article is about whether Ukraine deserves to be called Ukraine or should be called The Ukraine. Ukraine was given the name 'The Ukraine' during the soviet union because that is how the Russians would refer to them. The people of Ukraine are currently fighting for freedom, democracy, and not be governed by a tyrant who puts their political opposition in jail. Russian president Vladmir Putin refered to Ukraine as The Ukraine while condemning "neo-Nazis, Nazis and anti-Semites in some part of The Ukraine including Kiev." To foreigners outside the Ukraine it may seem like something only linguistics care about but to Ukraine it is such a big deal. When they hear The Ukraine they fume because it denies their independence, and denies their sovereignty.