... . For days they stayed in these trains with approximately 120 people per box car with one pail for a bathroom and no food or water. The odor was horrible and it was very dark. Once they reached their destination, doors opened. The Jews were blinded by the sudden light, they had fresh air, and their hopes were high that they would be fed and given ... water and the chance to use a bathroom. But they had not reached a vineyard. They had come to the definition of hell--a Nazi concentration camp. There, they would be killed immediately, worked to death (or close to), experimented upon, and w...

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... as slavery, a practice which places one person superior to another for specific reasons. In this case it was because blacks were inferior to their masters because of the color of their skin. It was believed that blacks were slow-witted and ignorant, much like the derogatory stigmas that Nazi's attached to all non-Aryans. These stereotypes are still predominate in our society. Whites are still ... with slanted eyes. America also introduced jellied gasoline, known as napalm, and weed killers like Agent Orange. The everlasting effects of the chemical warfare in this Southeast Asian country...

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... human. Hate crimes have also evolved over the years, from Hitler's persecution of the Jews to today's targeting of "different" people. We call this a hate crime "or any of various crimes (as assault or defacement of property) when motivated by hostility to the victim as a member of a group (as one based on color, creed, gender, or sexual orientation). Adolf Hitler undoubtedly committed the most ruthless hate crimes in his attempt ... races, religions, and any other person who was imperfect in his eyes. During the Jews imprisonment they were subjected to some of the most gruesome torture...

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... is all about despair, and what happened during the Holocaust. It has many detailed accounts of what was going on around that time. This book is famous around the world for the impact that it makes in people's lives. Informing them of true life and the events that took place. Everyone is a person and we all bleed the same color, so why would we turn against each other ... nation coming together while going through a tragic event would be the September 11th attacks. As I finished reading this book, I cannot think of a worse scenario. Staying up for hours, days, and even weeks without know...

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