Question 2

I believe that their tactics is justifiable when there is war time and there is a risk of survival. I believe that they should only take what is needed. I believe that they should have the right to live even if that means they have to fight to live.

Defiance Question 1

I think it is okay for them to steal because it is the situation that is causing them to do so. I believe that they should do what is necessary to live, in desperate times sometimes you have to do desperate things. The are doing what they can to survive.

Stages of Genocide in the Holocaust

One of the stages of genocide that I saw at the museum was classification. This was evident in the star of David that all Jews were forced to wear. They made them wear them in order to identify which people are Jews, they did this so they would know who to discriminate. I also saw evidence of dehumanization when the Nazis had a sign at the pool that said, " no dogs or Jews." This is an example because it is putting them in the same category as an animal. This would make it easier to kill them because they didn't have rights or anything because they didn't really view them as people.

Picture Comparison

The evidence in the picture to the left that shows they had a normal life because they are getting married which is a common thing for couples to do. Also they are smiling and happy like most people would be when getting married. The one on the left is a picture of someone from my family getting married. The two pictures relate because the two couple are celebrating getting married. They are similar because they both are smiling and happy. They are different because in the modern picture had more people and they are dressed up more formally.

Berlin, Germany

Berlin is the capital of Germany, it was home to 160,000 Jews. The city made up 32% of the countries Jewish population. Because so many Jews lived in Berlin at the time it became the center point of Jewish life and culture. In 1933, Jewish stores and businesses were boycotted and many Jewish employees were fired. During Kristallnacht thousands of Jews were killed and many were arrested and put in concentration camps. Between 1941 and 1943 thousands of Jews were deported to ghettos and extermination camps and all Jewish organizations and offices were disbanded. More than 60,000 Jews were deported from Berlin. Berlin's Jewish population dropped to 80,000 between 1933 and 1939.

Classification & symbolization

Question: If you considered the first and second stages of genocide when do you think they become a problem ?

I think they become a problem when people automatically make assumptions about people based on symbols and classes. I think it is a problem because it is such little information to start putting people in groups based on symbols and classes.

I-witness

Edward bedikian looks serious and mean. He probably feels like he lethe girl down by not protecting her. I think that after he told his story he was not taken away and lived through the genocide. Maybe he was able to escape from the country or he stayed in hiding.

What Causes Genocide?

I believe that genocide is the mass killing of people, that is done by another group of people.

Questions: what are the main casues genocide? Are genocides still going on today?