This is a map of Germany today. As you can see Germany has changed between the Holocaust and today. This is a map of Germany during the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a horrible time that lasted from 1933-1945 and during this time Germany was trying to take over all of Europe. To do this Hitler was killing all the Jews. The book I am reading “Is it Night or Day?” is centered around this topic. A twelve year old Jewish girl named Edith is living with her parents and her friend that her family is taking care of in Stockstadt am Rhein, Germany. Their whole family is Jewish. Things start to get bad for Jews when Hitler becomes the leader and wants to abolish all the Jews in Germany. Edith’s parents decide to send her to America to live in Chicago with her uncle and aunt. Edith gets on a ship with no one she knows and leaves her family behind to live in a world that will accept Jews. She has to adapt to this different lifestyle and country. The topic of the Holocaust was a terrible event that happened in the world’s history. This has changed how Germany is today because after the Holocaust many Jews feared to return to their homes in Germany. This left many of the Jews finding new homes in different countries. This is how the Jewish population is spread out in many different nations. Before the Holocaust and World War II the Jews were mostly in Germany, but things changed after the Holocaust. With many Jews coming from Germany many immigration problems arose in the United States. Because of the Holocaust today the international protection of human rights expanded. In the historical fiction novel “Is it Night or Day?” Edith is in the immigration process because she is coming from Germany to live in a better life for a Jew in America with her aunt and uncle. This was established by the United Nations. This is how the Holocaust impacted today’s society.
Source: https://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/special-focus/aftermath
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Emily DeRonja
4/26/2018 05:48:21 pm
I think you did a great job of summarizing your book because I understand what is going on. Does your author have a connection to the Holocast?
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Ann Frances
4/26/2018 07:50:12 pm
Yes. The author of my book's was in the Holocaust and was rescued by a children's service project in America. I think that it is very cool how the author wrote this book based on her mothers story.
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