Alicia Appleman-Jurman: Alicia: My Story
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(5 pp) When the Holocaust began, Alicia Jurman was a young Jewish girl growing up in the southeastern Polish city of Buczacz. In that city, about a third of the population was Jewish. Even though there was anti-Semitism in Poland, as there was anti-Semitism nearly everywhere in Europe, Alicia with her parents and four brothers led relatively peaceful lives. This all changed with Germany's invasion of Poland.. the infamous blitzkrieg of September 1, 1939 - Alicia was only 9 years old at the time. Alicia tells her amazing and powerful tale of holocaust survival from the eyes of a young girl with the wisdom of an adult. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BBalicia.rtf

Although History Repeats Itself, It Never Repeats Itself Exactly
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7 pages in length. History has long had a tendency to repeat itself, particularly with regard to war. While this phenomenon never ceases to replicate the past, there are always enough subtle nuances of change that prevent history from repeating itself exactly as before. Two books that address this occurrence are My Lai : A Brief History With Documents by James Stuart Olson & Randy W. Roberts and Douglas V. Porpora's How Holocausts Happen : The United States in Central America, both delving deeply within the psychological basis upon which selective extermination exists and why it has been allowed to continue throughout the years. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCmylai.wps

America's Reluctance to Act During he Holocaust
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This 10 page paper examines what went on in Nazi Germany, who in the U.S. knew about it when, and why it took so long for the U.S. to act. A couple of theories are examined and it is argued that the U.S. hesitancy is attributable primarily to economic interests. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: SA524iso.rtf

American History of Anti-Semitism
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A 5 page discussion of the depths that anti-Semitism sometimes flow in our own country. While acknowledging this hatred and bias that has been constructed against Jews, the author of this paper denounces the growing tendency to indict the Roosevelt administration as anti-Semitic. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Analysis of Sascha Goluboff's, "Jewish Russians: Upheavals in a Moscow Synagogue":
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This 4 page paper summarizes this book as well as providing an anlysis of the content. This paper highlights the transformations that occured within the synagogue community, thereby supporting the viewpoint of the author. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: GSJewRus.rtf