Hatred Against Difference

Hatred Against Difference

Naomi Posinova was a young, bright young girl. When you think of the Holocaust, you may think of Anne Frank, but Anne isn’t the only one who died during this time. She was a victim of the Holocaust. So therefore, I will be discussing how hard her life was, but how she was able to make the best of it. In my first paragraph, I will be talking to you about how her early life was like as a child and also how the other Jew’s life was, in my second paragraph, I am going to talk about how they took her to the concentration camp and the ghetto, and in my third paragraph, I will be sharing how she died.

Naomi Posinova was born on January 4, 1932 to Rachel and Max Posinova. She was an only child. She lived in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Her father was a hat-maker and he mother was a housewife. Once the Nazi’s took over Prague, Jews were banned from their professions, the Nazi’s confiscated their personal property, and thye were prohibited from participating in any religious or cultural activity. I know this because on http://www.graceproducts.com/fmnc/pnaomi.htm , it states,” Jews were banned from mainly everything including: confiscation of personal property, prohibition of any religious, cultural, or any sort of public activity, and they were banned from their professions.” This means, the Jews were banned from all sorts of things. In, The Diary Of A Young Girl, Anne writes, “All Jews must wear a yellow star, they have to turn in bicycles and any type of transportation, Jews are forbidden to drive and banned from any public transportation. “ This means all of the Jews are forbidden to mainly everything and they had to walk instead of driving or going on any sort of public transportation.

Naomi and her parents were sent to the Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia. There, her father worked as a cap maker and her mother worked in a children’s home. I know this because on http://www.graceproducts.com/fmnc/pnaomi.htm , it states,”When they arrived at the ghetto, her father worked as a cap-maker. Her mother worked in a children’s home.” Any children over ten had to work, but somehow, Naomi was still able to continue her education. Conditions in the ghetto were horrible. There was overcrowding, lack of good nutrition, and limited sanitary facilities. I know this because on http://www.graceproducts.com/fmnc/pnaomi.htm , it states,” Conditions were terrible. They had overcrowding, lack of adequate nutrition, and limited primitive sanitary facilities.” This means that the Jews that were sent to these camps were facing horrible conditions. Also, typhus was spreading very quickly and infested the camp. There were daily “selections,” and those chosen were transported to death camps.

In 1944, Naomi and her parents were “selected” for transport to Auschwitz. I know this because on http://www.graceproducts.com/fmnc/pnaomi.htm , it states,” They were selected for transport for the death camp, Auschwitz in 1944.” This means they were selected to go to the death camp. Soon after their arrival, Naomi and her mother were murdered in the gas chambers. Naomi was only twelve years old. I know this because on http://www.graceproducts.com/fmnc/pnaomi.htm , it states,” Naomi was only twelve years old when she was murdered in the gas chamber with her mother.” This means, Naomi died in the gas chamber with her mom. It is very sad to know that young children went through this tough time. Anne once wrote,”The weak fall, but the strong never go under.” This is a very inspirational quote by Anne Frank, because she still has hope although she is a Jew and she knows what is going on.

In conclusion, Naomi Posinova was a strong, intelligent young girl. I find it very sad to know what had happened to her. The Jews were treated unfairly and they deserved better. A famous quote states,”Remember the past to build the future.” This means take what is in the past and make it better. This time was a very rough and sad time.

One Jew, One Law Broken, One Death

One Jew, One Law Broken, One Death

When someone thinks of the children in the Holocaust, they most likely think of Anne Frank. However, what they may not realize is 1.5 million other kids died in the Holocaust too.  Ulrich Wolfgang Arnheim was one of the 1.5 million who died horrifically because of Nazis genocide actions. Today, I will discuss Arnheim’s life, compare his life to my own life, and discuss how we can all learn from his experiences.

Dr. Fritz A. and Milli Arnheim gave birth to Ulrich Wolfgang Arnheim November 2, 1927 in Berlin, Germany. Ulrich was a good-natured, sensitive and clever child. He studied English at school and was well liked by his classmates. Ulrich was six years old when the Nazis came to power. The Arnheim family tried to get out of Berlin, but they didn’t make it. They were hopelessly trapped after October 1941. At that time, the Germans began deporting Jews to sealed, hunger  and disease-ridden ghettos in eastern Europe. In the poem The Butterfly it says,”Butterflies don’t live in here, in the ghetto.”I can imagine that was how Ulrich felt. After September 1942, they began deporting German Jews directly to death camps. Ulrich and his parents were murdered in the Auschwitz death camp less than a year later.  In Children During The Holocaust it says,”In the ghettos, Jewish children died from starvation, exposure, and lack of adequate clothing or shelter.”This leads me to think that Ulrich probably died because he was already tired from the ghettos.

I was born on June 8, 2004 in Birmingham, Alabama. My parents are Kenneth and Amy Poole. My dad is an engineer and my mom is a occupational therapist. My life has been  pretty easy-going unlike Ulrich. When Ulrich was eight years old, the Nazis came into power and immediately started to make laws against Jews. At the age of eight, I moved to a new state and began making new friends. Ulrich was only thirteen when he was sent to a ghetto. Two years later he died. I could never imagine suffering so much at such a young age. I am so blessed to live in America, land of the free.

There are many things we can learn from Ulrich and the Holocaust. One main point is it is not right to kill people for racial reasons. The whole reason Hitler killed the Jews was because of his personal prejudices. He wanted to take over the world. His desire was for everyone to be German because he thought that Germans were the perfect race. It says in Children During The Holocaust,”The Nazis killed the “unwanted” or “dangerous” groups either as part of the “racial struggle” or as a measure of preventative security.” This confirms he killed the Jews simply for not being like the German race.

Sixty to seventy-five percent of Jews died in the holocaust. Ulrich Wolfgang Arnheim along with many others died a death they should not have died. They tried to stay alive to the best of their abilities but the Nazis cruelty overtook them. We are so blessed to live in America, a free country. I will forever remember you, Ulrich.

The Sad Life of Cary Krell

Who was Cary Krell? Cary Krell was born on January 27, 1936 in Vienna, Austria. Cary Krell was one of 1.5 million children that died during the Holocaust. In the article, “Children During the Holocaust,” it states,”The Germans and their collaborators killed as many as 1.5 million children.” Krell was the daughter of Diana and Willi Krell. Her father was a manager at a knitting factory and was offered a job as a bookkeeper in Poland where her parents were born. After that, Germany invades Poland and things got bad. Cary and her family were caught and sent to concentration camps. Cary died in the concen- tration camps on January 6, 1945.

This is the life of Cary Krell and how she died.

Cary was only five and a half years old when the Germans invaded Poland and that’s when things got bad. Jewish laws were formed and Jews were segregated from other Germans. In the book, The Diary of a Young Girl, it states,”Jews must wear a yellow star. Jews must hand in their bikes and are banned from riding trams and are forbidden to drive.” Jews were treated very poorly and had unfair laws. Jews started to have to work for the Germans and Cary’s dad was forced to be a Jewish administrator. A few years later, in the summer of 1944,Cary and her parents were the only Jews left in town. They were found and put in the lonely and horrible concentration camps. Concentration camps were where Jews were sent because of their religion and they were killed. Jews at concentration camps started out killing people by shooting and burying them, but they started gassing them in gas chambers and burning them. The Krell family was sent to the Plaszow concentration camp.
On October 15, 1944, Cary and her parents were shipped to the Gross-Rosen concentration camp. From there, her mother was sent to Auschwitz and was immediately killed. Cary’s father smuggled her and dressed her up as a boy so that he could keep an eye on her. One day, a boy found out she was a girl and told on them, so Cary was separated from her father. They had stopped the gassings in Auschwitz, but it was dead winter. There was little food, and there was a disease spreading. The disease was typhus and it was deadly. Many died because of typhus. Will Cray survive or will she die like the rest? Cary was weakened by hunger and dehydration. The text states,” There was little food, and horrend- ous sanitary conditions spread disease everywhere.” Cary caught the awful disease typhus. Cary died of typhus on January 6, 1945. It was a few weeks before the concentration camps were liberated Cary was 8, about to turn 9 when she died. These are some sites I used to help me with this paper. http://www.graceproducts.com/fmnc/kcary.htm http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005142 http://www.answers.com/Q/How_did_Cary_Krell_die_during_the_Holocaust

Eva Beem

                                                             Eva Beem

                                                     By Brooklyn Roner

      Eva Beem was a bright young girl who lived and died during the Holocaust. She was eleven years old when she died with her older brother, Abraham. In the article, ”Children During The Holocaust” the text states,”The Germans and their collaborators killed as many as 1.5 million children through these ways:Children killed when they arrived in killing centers;children killed immediately after birth or in institutions;children born in ghettos and camps who survived because prisoners hid them;children,usually children over 12,who were used as laborers and as subjects of medical experiments;children killed during reprisal operations or so-called anti-partisan operations.” This shows the many ways that children died including Eva Beem, Anne Frank and many other Jewish children. Eva Beem was born on May 21,1932 in Leeuwarden, Holland. Eva’s parents’ names were Hartog and Rosette Beem. Eva Beem was eight years old when she first went into hiding in fear of the Nazis killing her. Her brother, Abraham Beem, was also in hiding with her. Her parents had the idea of her going into hiding and posing as a Non-Jew in a rural village. The problem was that the Nazis found out about most of the children hiding through people who were given money for telling them about the Jewish children. When Eva was eleven she was denounced as a Jew in February of 1944. Eva and Abraham were departed to a concentration camp and were immediately murdered. Eva Beem and Anne Frank are alike in many ways. Anne lived during the Holocaust and so did Eva.They are both at the age of attending school. Eva went into hiding as a Non-Jew and Anne was in hiding so that nobody would find her, but they both went into hiding. Soon afterward, they both were found. They both died at concentration camps, but in different ways. Anne died of a disease and Eva died of murder at her concentration camp. Eva Beem is like me in a ton of ways. Eva was eleven and I am now eleven. We both went and go to school. Eva doesn’t have a pet and I don’t either. We both were born in May. Not the exact date but we are pretty close. She had a brother and I have a brother. Our parents both worry about their kids, and that is how Eva and I are alike. The lesson that comes out of this is that many children died and they are normal, innocent children that couldn’t live the normal life they would have dreamed about. We should be thankful for what we have and that all children who died during the Holocaust should be honored and loved. Eva, Abraham, and Anne are all examples of children who died and that should be honored.

A Girl With The Odds Stacked Against Her

                                   

                 Eva Beem, a child of the Holocaust. When you think of the Holocaust, you think of Anne Frank, but there are so many more kids we need to acknowledge. One of them is Eva Beem.  She was a little child that was a victim of the Holocaust. Therefore, I will discuss the life of this little girl who went through so much. In my first paragraph, I will discuss  the early life of Eva Beem. The second paragraph, I will share about her time in hiding. In the third paragraph, I will discuss her life in a concentration camp and how she died. Anne Frank once said,” Despite everything, I believe that people are good at heart.”  These children were hurt and through so much, but still people forgave them.

              To begin with, we need to start at the beginning. Eva Beem was born May 21, 1932. She was born in Leeuwarden, Holland.  Eva was the daughter of Hartog and Rosette Beem. She had a younger brother, whose name is, Abraham Beem.  Eva was Jewish and, sadly, killed for her beliefs.  Germans invaded Holland when Eva was eight and her family would soon have to go into hiding.  Corrie ten Boom once stated,” Never be afraid to trust an unknown future.” That is what Eva had to do because she would not know the whole future of her life but she had to trust it.

           When the German’s invaded, the Beem family decided it was time to go into hiding. So they did. Their hiding place was in Amsterdam and it was really tiny. Life changed dramatically for the Beem family. Eva and her brother could no longer go to school and her parents worked for little money, but they had to do what was safe.  Her family lived in the ghetto and it was horrible. She was forced to wear a Star of David, her family was always starving, and it was really cold.  In 1942, Germans invaded the ghetto and her family was captured. She was only ten years of age and was separated from her parents.  She went to a labor camp and her parents were killed at a death camp. Anne Frank once said,” Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” Even though Eva was going to a concentration camp and her parents were sure to die, she still needed to keep her head held high.

             At the labor camp, Eva had to cut her hair and had to wear the same clothes as everyone. She was given little food and had to work hard every day. A person once said,” There is nothing that compares to the Holocaust.” That’s the truest statement ever said.  The Holocaust was horrible. The Germans were so cruel to the Jews, with no exception to Eva. They thought that Jews were evil, but they weren’t.  After working in the labor camp, she was sent to a death camp in Germany.  She worked there but was too weak. So the Germans sent her to the gas chambers to be killed. She was one of the 1.5 million kids that died in the Holocaust.

            In conclusion, Eva Beem was an innocent child who died in the Holocaust. There is a famous quote that states,” Remember the past to build the future.” The Holocaust was such a terrible time in history, but in order to learn from our mistakes we have to mess up. The Holocaust was a total mess up, but we learned to never do it again.  No person deserved to die in the Holocaust, especially, Eva Beem.

Five Years to Live

During World War II, Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi party, was taking Jews from their home and sending them to concentration camps. This was called the Holocaust. Concentration camps are pretty much death camps. All that you d there is work pretty much until you die. Hitler would only take Jews from their home and send them to concentration camps. Anne Frank was a young girl with big dreams and thoughts that she wanted to put into writing. In the book, The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne states on page two, ”I want to bring out all the thoughts and feelings buried deep within my soul.” This shows that Anne has thoughts within her soul because expressed freely in this book. Anne was taken by Nazis and sent to a concentration camp, because she was Jewish. Sadly, her father, Otto Frank, was the only Frank family member who survived. Now, when you think of the Holocaust, do you only think of Anne Frank? Wrong. There were 1.5 million other children who were killed during the time of the Holocaust. Overall, there were 6 million people that were killed in the Holocaust. In the article,”The Children of Holocaust” it states,” The Germans killed as many as 1.5 million children.” This shows that there were many children killed during the Holocaust. One child named, Alfred Kristeller, was sent to a concentration camp with his parents. As soon as they stepped off the train that brought them to the concentration camp, they were sent to a gas chamber and immediately murdered. Alfred was only five years old. This makes me very sad. Alfred only lived for five years. Think about this, would you only want to live a life for five years or a long life for seventy-three years. Alfred didn’t have that choice, thanks to Adolf Hitler. In the poem,”The Butterfly,” the poet states,” I never saw another butterfly again.” Imagine you never seeing a butterfly again. That probably happened to Alfred, too. This writing is dedicated to the memory of all the children who died during the Holocaust, just like Alfred Kristeller or Anne Frank. In conclusion, let’s continue to honor their memory by informing others that there were more children that died during the Holocaust than they might think.

The Children of the Holocaust

A Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank resonates with many as a heroic tale of a young girl growing up, who never knew that millions of people would one day read and study her most intimate thoughts. She states in her novel, A Diary of a Young Girl, "I don't intend to show this cardboard-covered notebook, bearing the proud name of "diary" to anyone, unless I find a real friend, boy or girl, probably nobody cares." The funny part is we do care, Anne. We care so much for you and all the other young lives that were taken tragically during the Holocaust. In some ways, it seems so long ago, but it happened less than eighty years ago, just a few of generations ago, but still within reach. 

In honor of Anne's tragic loss of life along with over 1.5 million other children, my students are researching one special child, outside of the Frank family, who also lost his life. The purpose is to understand the full scope of this tragedy, the frailty of human life, and a deeper understanding of why the novel is a precious gift to us all. 

My students and I will write and research in order to remember, in order to understand, and also to ensure that we treat each other with dignity, kindness, and empathy. We were all brought into this world with a purpose, and it is up to us to ensure that we can live out that purpose without fear of prejudice, hate, or worry. 

I look forward to reading all of my students' work, as we remember the children of the Holocaust.