Nearing the end

The Holocaust ended at the end of WWII. The Nazi were defeated due to being defeated in war. They were defeated by Russia and the U.S who were called the allies. The Holocaust ended in certain places when the allies let go of the prisoners in the camps in 1944-1945. After Hitler died in 1945, the Germans decided surrendered and let go of all Jewish prisoners. The allied armies all came into Germany to let go of the concentration camps and people. Hitler committed suicide in his underground bunker.The reading of book made me very suspicious of what is happening now and then

genocide Today!!!!!!

Turkey is the successor state of the Ottoman Empire, and its official policy on the Armenian Genocide is the denial of its occurrence. Whereas the convening of courts-martial to try the Young Turks for war crimes by the post-World War I Ottoman government amounted to an admission of guilt on the part of the state, the Nationalist government based in Ankara rejected Turkish responsibility for the acts committed against the Armenian population. After gaining military mastery over Turkey, the Nationalists, led by Mustafa Kemal, obtained a series of concessions from France and England which absolved Turkey of any further political or material responsibilities the surviving Armenians. These concessions were formalized in the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne which extended international recognition to the Turkish Republic. Turkey immediately turned its attention to the suppression of the kurds, whose language was banned in 1924 and whose ethnic identity was officially denied by the Turkish state until the 1980s.

 By forcefully promoting Turkism, the Ankara government sought to create an ethnically homogeneous state. In the course of the following decades its treatment of the remnant minorities oscillated from neglect to repression. As it remained neutral during World War II and continued trading with Nazi Germany until nearly the end of the war, Turkey used the occasion of the world crisis to impose extraordinary taxes upon Greeks, Jews and Armenians. The discriminatory exactions economically ruined these small minority communities already confined mostly to Istanbul by the 1940s.

NIGHT

From what i believe wiesel's reason for choosing the tittle Night because most of his worst memories were at night. the word night makes me think of darkness and danger. the word night makes me feel worried and like im alone

Meaning of the Nazi symbol

What is it's original meaning?

How and why has the meaning of this symbol changed?

What does the Swastika mean today?

The swastika is an extremely powerful symbol. The Nazis used it to murder millions of people, but for centuries it had positive meanings. What is the history of the swastika? Does it now represent good or evil?

The Original Meaning

The word "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit svastika - "su" meaning "good," "asti" meaning "to be," and "ka" as a suffix.

Until the Nazis used this symbol, the swastika was used by many cultures throughout the past 3,000 years to represent life, sun, power, strength, and good luck.

Even in the early twentieth century, the swastika was still a symbol with positive connotations. For instance, the swastika was a common decoration that often adorned cigarette cases, postcards,, and buildings. During World War I, the swastika could even be found on the shoulder patches of the American 45th Division and on the Finnish air force until after World War II.