My Reaction to Holocaust Survivors

The University of Southern California (USC) maintains the Shoah Foundation. The Shoah Foundation has digitized hours of footage of the testimony from Holocaust survivors. View the footage of George Gottlieb.mp4 from the Shoah collection. Also view one more video on the Shoah website and write a reaction statement about the clips - your reaction statement should include your feelings after viewing the pieces.

This video shocked me on how people were kept and how a beautiful women was beat up and her hair had been cut off. Was a very sad moment for him and his mother as it was the last time he ever saw his mother. I can't even begin to imagine the feeling and emotions going through George's head. Seeing that his mother was beaten and abused that bad would have made me very angry and could not of helped but of reacted in a bad manner towards the Germans. He was given food and a pocket knife when he entered the women's concentration camp and I'm not quite sure why. George must have a strong boy same with his brother so they were chosen for work. My reaction this video was very sad and almost made me cry. After watching the second video my reaction was that anybody even related to jews was considered a jew which was not right and makes me think that the Germans wanted to chill a lot of people. From the story of Alex Chevion a jewish holocaust survivor explains that he was first moved to the ghettos which was camps before the final solution. The Germans just did not care about who they were killing or hurting, the goal was to destroy these people mentally and emotionally.

German Gun Holster

Ebay has everything... including artifacts from World War II. For this blog post we are going kindergarten and you will conduct a virtual show and tell. Find an artifact from World War II on ebay that peaks your interest. Then on your blog show and tell about your artifact. Your readers will want to know what your item is and why this item is significant.

For my show and tell World War II artifact i have picked a German Gun Holster used in World War II priced at $300. The Holster was used to hold a pistol on the belt of a German soldier or officer. It was used before World War II started and during the War. Made in 1937 by Karl Barth Waldbrohl Rheinland. It had to be easy to open so that the pistol could be used in action fast and so it was facing the right way. It is attached to your belt, which I'm sure would not be very comfortable. This item is significant because you can not find many German Gun Holster left today in the world as they were all destroyed after the war as evidence. This Holster especial is significant because its one of the last of its kind. Black leather Holster's are very rare to find from World War II and not many are left. This must have been the Holster for a high ranking Nazi official.

To get an idea for which regions of the world are currently threatened by genocide, check out the United States Holocaust Museum's "Who's at Risk?" page. After reading through the breif on each of the countries, discuss whether countries like the US should get involved in interventions related to these countries. Also, head on over to my blog and vote in the poll that is related to this question.

Governments and other political parties have been attack civilians all throughout history and is still happening today. I believe the United States should get involved in these conflicts because the United States is a world power and should be helping other countries. Examples of the United States helping would be World War I and World War II. If countries like the United States did not get involved in these conflicts the genocide would continue to get worse and elevate. Many problems related to the economy of these countries would occur which would eventually effect the world. Genocide is the mass extinction of a race or religion. Which is very bad but happens all over the world and we must fight to stop it. It is not right. I know that the United States is geographically on the other side of the globe, but other countries such as Great Britain and Russia could also get involved as are closer to the rest of the world. The United States and other countries should get involved because its unfair on the people who live in the countries and the people that the genocide is effecting. They need to be helped because they can't fight for themselves against a country.

James J Braddock Famous 5 Boxing Matches

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Cinderella Man Outline

After screening Cinderella Man in class this week, create and outline of the film and post it to your blog. Since Cinderella Man is based on a true story, your outline should include at least three links (in text) that take readers to primary sources that relate to topics in the film. (Mandatory).

The movie Cinderella Man starts off with a boxing match which James J. Braddock is in. The boxing match is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. James wins the boxing match and after the match he takes a taxi home with his agent or friend. He earns a lot of money that night which is need because of the great depression. This movie is set 4 years into the great depression. When he gets home his wife and kids are there to congratulated him on his victory. That morning there is no milk at the front door and not much food to go around. James gives up his meat for his son. Breakfast is small because times are hard. He goes to see if he gets picked for work today since they don't need that many people helping at the dock. He is not picked but his friend is. Only 7 out of around 30 are picked for jobs in the great depression period. When he gets home his son has brought home a big piece of meat and not saying where he got it from. So James takes him back to the butcher store and gives the butcher the meet back. He promises his son he will never have to leave his home because of the great depression. The next day a boxing match. Into the match fans start to boo as it is not entertaining enough. James hits hard with his right and breaks his hand. Fans boo and after the match James license to fight is revoked as he is injured. A quote from the movie as his agent tells him to go home James says "Go home with what". No money and James hand broken in two places. This time at the dock 5 get picked. James is one of them, he is doing good at the job until a worker asks what's wrong with your hand. He says nothing and goes to have a drink with his new friend at the bar, they talk about stocks. December 1933 electric gets turned off in the apartment or house. James gets wood for the fire and kids are sick. They have to be sent away. James is very sad and angry at himself for breaking his promise. Next day he gets a boat to the City and walks into Madison Square Garden, a lot of rich men talking, smoking and drinking. James makes a speech and begs for money to turn his power back on. He gets it and goes home very happy. Family is back and family is happy again. Birthday party next day and gets in a fight with his friend for fighting with his wife. Agent calls up and says you have a one deal fight for $250 he takes it. This is on June 14, 1934 Braddock vs Griffin. Everyone says he is going to get beat. He wins the fight and shocks the world. After this James starts to train again and gets back into fighting. He wins the next couple of fights and due to me being absent i did not see the last part of the movie. Im guessing he wins the heavy weight championship and makes history. Making his family very proud and very rich.

Concept Guide

Scopes Trial- creationism vs evolution, man was teaching creationism in school and had to go to court because of it.

Prohibition- January 1920, it went into effect in the United States of America, means not to do something. Alcohol was illegal to to create but was not illegal to transport it, have it on you or drink it. The IRS enforced these laws and women wanted it banned because of too much drinking and men get angry.

Flappers- Women in the 1920 with short hair, lots of makeup, smokes tobacco, shoulders and knees exposed.

Economic Issues-Consumer demand, credit was no available to the consumers, low interest rates and introduction to the installment plan.

Dust Bowl-Poverty rates were very high in the Great Plains during the 1920's. Drout, over farming, roating fields and machines doing the harvest all caused the dust bowl. Where wind picks up dead land or sand into the air and destroy houses, farms and burys lots of things with sand.

Agriculture Issues-Too much farming in the Great Plains and not roation of the fields were great agricultural problems during the 1920's.

Immigration Policies- Only let a certain amount of people from each country into the United States. If it went over the number no more people were allowed in. Asians were ban. United States could thrive without immigrants. A quoter was introduced and said that 20% of immigrants form 1890 were allowed in, if it went over this no more were allowed in. United States were isolationist's.

Nativism- U.S is the best we don't need anyone else. U.S scared from anything not American.

Literacy Works- Jacbo A. Ribs, Upton Sinclair wrote the Jungle, and Ralph Mader all famous writers about the times of 1920's or in the 1920's.

Great Migration- African Americans moved from the rural south to the industrial city north. Caused lots of racial tensions between African Americans and Whites. African Americans began to celebrate and this caused the Harlem Renaissance.

Harlem Renaissance- African American culture thrived in the 1920's due to the Great Migration. Songs, music, poems, literacy work, jazz and a big celebration of culture.

Sacco and Vanzetti- were anarchist's which means that they were against the government. Both Italian's which were trailed for robbery and murder in Braintree, Massachusetts. Killed by the elcetric chair and did not know if they were gulity only thought they were.

Labor Issues- Soldiers came back from WWI had no jobs. All their jobs had been taken either by women or by other men. This created a large problem and provety rates also. They also started drinking a lot because they came back from war.

Red Scare- Bolshevik Revolution occurs during WWI. Lenin Comes to power in Russia/USSR. Communist dictator, the United States was scared of Communism. Americans were scared of anything not American. Palmer Raids happened were people who were un American were arrested because of their acts. No defense and espionage and sedition acts came into play.

Schneck Vs. U.S-created Patriot acts, sedition acts, and espionage acts. That were pro-American. Quotas system also came into play.

Acrostic Poem

Protests happen across the United States.
Roaring Twenties are awesome and is a great part of United States history.
Outcome is that Alochol is banned during this time period.
Home use of Alochol and bootleg products.
Illegal use of Alochol.
The jails were getting filled, caused by the prohibition.
In United States Alochol was illegal at this time.
Old Americans were bible bashers.
Not many people were for prohitbition.

Red Scare, scares United States.
Outcome of products because the Aclohol was ban.
Angry people protest in the streets.
Roading Twenties was after WWI.
Income in the United States of consumer goods.
Night clubs were poping and more bars where opening.
Got to leave this country.
The WWII was about to begin.
When this occured, the KKK started to decline.
Every soldier come back from the WWI.
Noooo Aclohol can not be banned.
Twenites was the best time period.
I love the twenties!
Everyone was inlisted for the next WWII.
Seletive Service.