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Examples Of Obstacles Of The Holocaust

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Obstacles of the Holocaust The Holocaust: one of the most brutal genocides of human history. It was the killing of around eleven million people that Hitler believed were “imperfect.” Even the people in concentration and death camps that survived suffered such cruelty and overcame so many obstacles. The stories of people’s lives and challenges through the Holocaust is told in different books and short films, such as, Paper Clips, The Book Thief, some children’s stories, and Milkweed. The short documentary, Paper Clips, is about eighth grade students trying to collect six million paper clips to remember the six million Jews that were killed. When they first started they faced many challenges, such as getting paper clips, and finding a place …show more content…

The book is about a girl named Liesel who is struggling to live a normal life with her foster family in World War ll. But it is very difficult for her to do that in the heart of Germany, and with bombs dropping unexpectedly. But, Liesel overcomes her fear and even helps everyone in a shelter with her. This can be shown with: “The younger kids were soothed by her voice, and everyone else saw visions of the whistler running from the crime scene” (Zusak 381). Liesel used her stolen books to overcome her fear and help others overcome their fear. Even though Liesel was stuck in a basement trying to stay safe from bombs, she still stayed calm and read to help …show more content…

The main character, Misha, faces many obstacles in his everyday life with his not biological little sister, Janina. Janina doesn’t always listen to Misha and picks fights just to have something to do. The author states: “She often played such tricks on me. Once, she tricked me into lending her my yellow stone necklace. She wore it for days. When I asked for it back, she threw it over the wall” (Spinelli 119). Misha has to overcome the obstacle of Janina being difficult and he begins to be more firm with her. Even though this is a small example of Misha overcoming an obstacle, he is forced to do it throughout the

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