Andre Schwarz-Bart's "The Last Of The Just"
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6 pages in length. Andre Schwarz-Bart's "The Last of the Just: A Novel" eloquently and sensitively spells out the historical struggles Jews have faced throughout the centuries. Presented as neither a cult of martyrdom nor a collection of religious saints, Schwarz-Bart portrays the Jews and their myriad social, political and economic challenges as a reflection upon what it means to be the "chosen ones." Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TLCandre.rtf

Andre Trocme and the Heroic People of Le Chambon
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A 5 page paper on this brave French Protestant pastor who led his entire village in opposing the Nazi-led Vichy government of France, and in the process saved thousand of Jews from death; this story is detailed in Philip Hallie's 'Lest Innocent Blood be Shed.' The paper debates whether Trocme's actions were humanitarian or religious, and concludes that they were religious because he saw Christ in the victimization of the innocent Jews. Bibliography lists two sources.
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Anne Frank: Growth and Maturity
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A 6 page paper which discusses how Anne Frank, in "The Diary of Anne Frank," demonstrates growth and maturity as the text progresses. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
Filename: RAanne.rtf

Anne Michaels/'Fugitive Pieces'
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A 4 page research paper and analysis of Anne Michaels' novel 'Fugitive Pieces.' This compelling story concerns the lives of two men who are affected by the Holocaust and the transformational power of love. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: 00fugpie.rtf

Anti-Civilization Which Emerges During Times of War
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A 5 page paper which discusses how Primo Levi illustrates a sort of anti-civilization which emerges during times of war. This concept is discussed as it involves two works of Levi, that being "Survival in Auschwitz" and "Collected Poetry." The paper also discusses how this works in relationship to John Stuart Mill's book "On Liberty." No additional sources cited.
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Anti-Semitic Policies in Nazi Germany, Nazi Austria and Nazi Poland
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This 5 page paper looks at the way in which the Third Reich Nazi policies were similar and different in these three countries. Each country is considered in the way the policies were implemented and the effects that they had on the country. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEnaziap.wps

Anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany
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A 3 page paper which examines anti-Semitic policies in the Nazi state in detail, including 1938’s Kristallnacht. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TGkrisnact.rtf

Armenia, Genocide & Meaning
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A 30 page research paper that discusses genocide, focusing primarily on the details of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and Peter Balakian's book on this subject, The Burning Tigris (2003). Balakian's analysis of the Armenian Genocide addresses several pertinent themes that are applicable to the overall topic of genocide. Therefore, this examination of the Armenian Genocide, concentrating on the history and analysis offered by Balakian, also extends his points, where applicable, to the topic of genocide in general. It attempts to discern the pattern of genocide and how this has been replicated in other genocidal campaigns, as well as the fundamental causes behind genocide and tragedy, which relate the discussion to the causes of human aggression and violence. Bibliography lists 19 sources.
Filename: kharmbal.rtf

Balancing Survival & Sanity - Living Through the Atrocities of Auschwitz
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A 7 page interpretive essay that strives to answer the question of how one would survive, both physically and emotionally, the atrocities of Auschwitz. Included is a discussion of accounts and emotions presented in Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chamber, a book written by Auschwitz survivor Filip Muller. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: LCsanity.doc

Bioethics And Nazi Human Experimentation
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A 26 page paper. Four questions were posed for this paper; the responses to those questions are embedded in the text. Those questions are: Is it morally acceptable to use data obtained in Nazi Germany during World War II? Is the data so valuable that we should allow its use for treatments, etc.? By using the data, are we complicit or condoning the data procurement? Is the Jewish Community taking a unique stand, regarding their position? A lot of background is needed before addressing these issues. The paper first explains what bioethics is and identifies some of the issues in bioethics. The paper discusses the long history of medical experiments on humans. This moves the discussion into the human experiments conducted in the Nazi concentration camps. The next section provides some background on Jewish bioethics and comments on other religious groups who share the same opinions. Bioethical dilemmas directly related to the questions are discussed. The last section responds directly to the initial questions. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
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Book Analysis / Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
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A 15 page critique of Shirer's book. The critique considers Shirer's use of his own personal experiences, Nazi documentation and visual representation of their own operations in support of an argument in support of the work as a good representation of historical fact. The argument is contrasted to arguments against the validity of most written history. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Thirdr.wps