Unfinished Film Response

The movie The Unfinished Film is a documentary of staged and accidental un-staged video recordings of life in the Warsaw Ghetto. It was a compilation of videos, never put together, meant for the eyes of the German public only to continue to fuel the German’s systematic destruction of the Jews. This movie had a very great impact on my thoughts on the Holocaust; I have seen many documentaries on the Holocaust and pictures, but to have it put that graphically put it in a very new and very real light. I think that is the way it was for everyone in the classroom. The film shows how the Germans would torture the Jews by starving them, public humiliating them, and starving them. The films would show dead corpses along the side of the road, just lying in the street though there is no were to take the dead bodies, and there is a viedo clip of later on in the stages of the Warsaw Ghetto of the Jews digging a mass grave, and being forced to dump the dead into it, as many as the pit would hold, and the numbers were many. Nearly every single one having died of starvation. I think it is horrible the amount of terror that the Jews were forced to go through during World War I. One survivor who was intervied during the movie who had lived at Warsaw said that her mother had gotten an abortion shortly after the ity was made into a Ghetto, and if she hadn’t then they all would have been  killed because of that baby. I think it is a very sad thing that happened and a very sad movie and I hope the world never sees any thing like this again in our time or ever again.

Free Write 3-20-2013

Faith. What does faith mean to you? To me Faith is to follow someone or something to the very best ability and in the end to have found that you have nothing left. I was never one to be the most faithful growing up, to my parents, to my school work, or even my boyfriends, it seemed like the only thing I was really very faithful to was sports, and living my life basically how I wanted. This is not to say that I did not go to church, or follow the rules of my parents, and try to be a good kid. But I was totally lacking in my faith. Faith in everything, and more importantly God. I knew he was there in my life, and I believed in Him with all of my heart, but I had no Faith in him. Faith that He knew what was best for me, that He had a plan for me, and that I would be all right. No, I thought I am the controller of my own destiny, I make the decisions for my own life, I don't need anyone's help. Well I was terribly wrong, though it is true we do make our own decisions but we do need God's hand in everything that we do, for if we don't how do we expect to manage?

It seems like all when we are trying to blame someone for something or we are mad at someone all we can remember about that person is the bad things they did to us, or the things that they did not give us; and I think we often do this with God as well. We are faithful, and up singing praise, and are happy with God when everything goes our way, but when things don't go our way it is then that we are unhappy with God and decide to take matters into our own hands.How many of you have tried to get your kids into C of O or know some one who has tried?  I can remember, the fall of my Junior year of High School, I was trying to get into College Of the Ozarks, and I was so right with God, I was attending regular church again, and I wasn't just attending church I was leading the life I needed to be living. I felt so right, when I went for my interview, I talked with the interviewer longer than most others, and I felt like it was were I was supposed to be I even met all of the requirements. When it came time to get the letter however, I got those dreaded lines, "We regret to inform you. .". Instead of taking that letter and hanging it up as a way to stay determined to get in, I threw it away, and decided to take matters into my own hands. I stopped praying, and stopped going to church, I began listening to Hard Rock again, and stopped praying. It wasn't until the spring of my Senior year, over a year later that I began to get back on track for real. It had started before that, I just began giving up, I couldn't find a job, I was single, which to a teenage girl seems like the end of the world, and I was stuck in a rut. So I just gave up, but I gave up in a good way, I gave up to God. I gave everything to him, and decided to be patient, whatever he wanted for me, I would accept it gratefully. It wasn't but a short time later, that I got a job, and started going back to church, and then I went to the Marshfield First Baptist, to attend the D-Now, which is short for Discipleship Now. There I rededicated my life to Christ, and gave up everything that was weighing me down. I even met the love of my life and best friend Garrett. God opened so many doors for me, just because I decided to put finally put all of my cards on his table, and he continues to open doors for me everyday!

Jeremiah 29:11
¹¹ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Holocaust Survivor Testimony David Abrams

David Abrams was born David Abraham in Deadash Romania on the twelfth of December of 1928,  his father was Joseph Abraham, and was a professional Baker, his step mother Sarah Goldsteen was a stay at home mom, he had four sisters; Alga, Ettle, Irene, and Lebalmakle, and three younger brothers; Udaria, Zackiel, and Zack. His biological mother died six days after David was born, from child birth complications. He came from a very religious family, and he was a very secular student and began school at age six.

When Hitler took over his town in 1941, and gave it to Hungary, there was celebration, because the Hungarians were nice to the Jews. But this all changed in 1943 when there were restrictions and there were Jewish Laws. His father could no longer own his business, they were shortly taken to a Ghetto, they could only pack one back-pack and they were given a small patch of ground to live on, and were told they would have to sleep there in the open air for awhile and were helped build a small shelter by their neighbors. They lived in the Ghetto for one month and then were put onto a train, with a 1,000 Jews and were carted to Auschwitz like cattle. While in the Ghetto his father died, and everyone else died in the concentration camps. During Selection, they were asked random questions just to send people to the gas chambers. After four days at Auschwtiz he went to Malhauesn, and was given little food. There they were processed again and sent to work camps, during his stay there he was admitted to the hospital, and it was a blessing because he was given extra food, and was able to rest. During Processing their numbers were put on their prison clothes, and painted triangles were put there also. Yellow for Jews, Red for Political Prisoners, and Green for German Criminals. After he was liberated he went to America.

"The secret weapon of the Jews was Hope"

"Never be complacent, never say it won't happen here, that is what we said in Germany,"

Edith Coliver War Crimes Trials Participant

Edith Coliver was born on July 6, 1922 and was born in Karlsuhe in the State of Barden in Germany. She was born to a middle class family with two little brothers named Harold  and Ernest, her mother Hedwig and father Fritz Simon. Her father was a wealthy bank manager with the Struch and Company. Edith led a very structured childhood she played with a gang of children her age riding bicycles, and climbing buildings. They lived in a large house with two other families, and their school gym teacher on the top floor. In the school they were taught racial classes, and were taught what Aryan was. The schools changed in 1937, and the Jews were no longer allowed to go to school, their teacher went to their mother Hedwig and said that she was not allowed to give them an A, so they would have to leave the school. They were a Jewish household, and their mother kept the house Kosher, they went on many vacations, and went to Holand in the summer and Switzerland in the winter. Once they were forced to leave the school, her father sent her to London to go to school, and she stayed with friends. In 1938, Edith's father called her home, because they were going to America, Edith got a visa luckily because when they went the waiting list was for ten years. Her father had relatives in New York and they stayed ther for five weeks, then arrived in San Francisco in 1938. Edith attended George Washington Highschool and graduated with honors, attended Berckely, she studied Political Science and International affais, and graduated with top honors, and went to D. C to try to get a job, was unable to get one. Edith finally got a job as and worked with the War Information Office as a War Propaganda Analyst, soon after arriving peace broke out and was jobless. Got a job with California Senator, and then worked in Nuremburg as a translator. She helped with the Nuremburg trials and Preliminary trials. Visited many Displacement Person's camp and talked to them, she translated a very, very, important speech by Justice Jackson, and was a translator also for Guring, who had been the number two man in Germany. Guring killed himself with sinoide gas, and there were many theories. Went back to the U.S after the Nuremburg Trials, and began talking about Nuremburg and married a man her parents set up with her. She joined many Asian Foundations, and worked there until she retired, and she had two children Suzi, and Sandy. Her final message, is to stick to something, whatever it is, stick to it and keep at it.

MLA Powerpoint Answers 3-6-2013

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Free Write 3-6-2013

Moira Ellison woke early on the fifth of June with a horrible sense of foreboding, she had no idea why this feeling was upon her, but it was there. Rolling out of bed she pulled on a pair of jeans, boots, and a shirt, and walked to the bathroom. Going through her morning routine she brushed her teeth, added make up, fixed her hair, a messy bun today, she didn't feel like breaking out the heavy machinery and walked downstairs checking her phone, no missed calls or messages.

free write 3-4-2013

I have nothing to write today, my mind is going all over the place, I have math homework that I have to get done and midterms to study for, and work, and financial homework, not to mention trying to catch up on all of this lost sleep that I have been missing out on due to all of the homework I have. I wish it was summer so that I could have more time, only take one or two classes and not have to worry about so much homework, and work more so I can make more money, and save more and try to get ahead in this world. Which this government makes it almost impossible to do with all the money that you have to spend on insurance, rent, gas, food, and taxes, I don't know what to do. It is very discouraging growing up in the world we have today, and my parents not preparing me for the real world. My parents are the best parents in the world, but they fell short in the aspect of money saving, which made me fall short in the aspect of money saving, and being good with my money which is going to make it hard for me to get out of the house, and save money. I am not a natural saver myself, I think it comes from never having any money, and instead of hoarding it from that aspect like some people do, I always spend it because there is always something that I need. New clothes, something has broke on my car, gas, food, something for school. . . the list goes on and on!