Elie's father did not want him to study this Jewish text until he was older. Make sure you understand the meaning of this quote. The villainy you teach me I will execute-and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction." -Shylock in the Merchant of Venice (by Shakespeare) We reviewed this section of this play in class over two days and it was quoted in The Pianist. If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example? Why, revenge. If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? Revenge. "And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. The short-answer section of the test will focus on this poem we reviewed in class over two days. Rudolf Hoess Primo Levi An italian Jew who survived Auschwitz and later wrote the poem "Shema" which curses any man who remains apathetic to the suffering of those were oppressed in the Holocaust. He was later hung for his trials at Auschwitz. The SS Commandant of Aushwitz who was imprisoned and tried for his "crimes against humanity" at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Zyklon B The main focus of the BBC documentary "Auschwitz" we watched in class. This pesticide is thought to have killed 1.2 million people during the Holocaust. After 20 minutes, the people in the chambers would die. Ghettos This cyanide-based pesticide was poured into the gas-chambers by the Nazis. The first of these was created on "Serpent Street" where the Wiesel family lived, so they were allowed to remain in their home. Nuremberg Laws Two of these were created in Sighet after Passover. This set of rules created in 1935 banned Jews, "Gypsies, Negroes and their bastard offspring" from public places, businesses, citizenship and marriage to pure Germans.
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