Decree of May 27th ordered from June 7th every Jew of the occupied area, older than six years of age should wear a yellow star, the word Jew in black letters on the center sewn up to the left side of his clothes.
We, my mom and I went to collect the stars for our family near the Samaritan the Department Store. Three stars for each one they gave us, is to say 12 stars. Mother had to pay something of money. Thereafter the Jews must travel in the last car in the metro. At this office, we found Aunt Sarah, and her sisters. Furthermore, they gave the yellow stars for their families. Moses our cousin passed the demarcation line, Aunt Sara told mom. He stayed in an Agriculture school of a Jewish organization in the South of France.
The star sewed up to the clothes’ left side. Almost the entire afternoon mom spent stitching the stars in her clothing, the grandfather’s Jacob’s, and mines. Leah is under six years and not wear the yellow star.
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I note quite a few of my friends from school and classmates watching the star, to my surprise, other children who also wore the star sewed on their shirts. In class, the teacher would not let myself sit in my usual place. However, ordered to sit at the last row of the class with the other classmates who wearing the star. Since that day, to my teacher, I turned invisible and not allowed nevermore to take part in the class.
Returning home, friends with whom I make the way back home, they turned away and no one, of them spoke. For the first time during my life, I felt the tears gathering in my eyes. My friend Gilbert approached and put an arm around my shoulders; his gesture touched
Number The Stars In 1943, Annemarie, Kriste and Ellen were running down a street in Copenhagen and Annemarie bumped into a soldier and the soldier screamed “Halte,” Why are you running.” Mama told Annemarie to go to Mrs.Hirsch’s store because Kirsti’s coat button had broken but it was closed when they went so she went home and told her mama that the store was closed, mama rushed to the Rosens. It was the New Years for the jews and the Rosens were going to Synagogue. The Rabbi told the congregation that the Nazis have taken the Synagogue lists of all the jews,so the Johansens had to act like Ellen was apart of their family.
By wearing the yellow star the Nazi are taking away
Oh well, what of it? You don't die of it....'". Here he is referencing the yellow star the jews were forced to wear so they could be easily identified by the germans that had invaded. This violates 7th article of the UDHR. This states that all are equal before the law and are entitled without discrimination to protection of the law.
Not only that, but the Jews were also forced to wear a star to show their separation from the rest of society. Plus, when the Jews were forced into ghettos, they were so far alienated that they believed that living in these horrible living conditions was a good thing. (Wiesel 10-11). Similarly, the alienation of specific groups of people in the Cambodian genocide was extremely harsh. Pol Pot, a leader in the Cambodian genocide that is similar to Hitler in the Holocaust, filled the people with hate of those “tainted with non-Khmer traits,” such as having an education, speaking a different tongue, or having a minority background (Bergin 33-34).
At first the Germans were kind to the townspeople and shared pleasantries with them. Soon though the Jews of Sighet were told that they must wear the yellow star of David to identify them as Jews. Once identified the Germans pushed for the Jews to be brought into ghettos leaving their homes behind. For a while the Jews stayed in the ghettos with little idea as to what would follow. In may of 1944 German officers came to Jewish ghettos and began the process of loading people into cattle cars to be taken to concentration camps.
“Under A Cruel Star” despite being an excellent book to read was not credible or believable as compared to Kevin McDermott’s scholarly article. Heda Kovaly depicts popular opinion under Communist dictatorship as being controlled by terror of the government. She states that popular opinion no longer comprised morals or humanity, but instead was uttered by fear and doubts of the consequences of their actions and the domination of the government. This significance of life can be explored and tested against details found in secondary sources. “Under A Cruel Star”, a primary source, provides personal experiences through the political difficulties of Jews while secondary source in Kevin McDermott’s article provides accurate facts of events that
Marianne put pieces of the previous items into a quilt. The quilt held significance for holding items representing all the different family members and ancestors in the family. Sadie tells Marianne then “you wrap yourself in it and remember how the old people love you.” Then Sadie tells Marianne that Marianne should take that quilt with here everywhere to feel the love of her ancestors because “that’s all you got in this world.”
People always gain valuable personalities and qualities in tough environments whether mentally or physically. In the book The Chosen written by Chaim Potok, Danny Saunders who is son of a prestigious Hasidic Rabbi bears numerous pressures and restrictions. Because of the succeed tradition of Hasidic Rabbi, Danny has to become a Rabbi when he grew up and take his father’s place and responsibility. However, Danny dissatisfies with only learning Talmud. He longs for the outside world and secular knowledge.
But to Mama these quilts hold a significance importance and have more practical use to it than giving it to Dee. On the other hand, Maggie and Mama shares the same value and hold the same culture that been passing downed to them by their family. We can see that Mama is closed with Maggie more than Dee, as Dee was away, and Maggie did not changed her name and take on another new culture. Mama and Maggie are now the gatekeeper of the culture that been passed down to her, and she rejected and mad at Dee for her rejection of this
Casper had such a strict religious conscious, that when he was in line with the Jews, he decided to put on one of their yellow stars, in my opinion to symbolize that everyone’s the same. Another person that had such a big impact in this movie was Betsie ten Boom. Betsie was the sister of Corrie, and she played a major role in hiding the Jews from the Nazis. The ten Boom family always talked about how their doors will be open for who ever god sends. Jews began to hear about what the ten Boom family was offering, and began to move in one by one.
Then, after taking a deeper look at the stars, soldiers appeared with guns. A few of them don’t have guns and appear to be surrendering to the soldiers with guns. The stars cracked and dotted with red. Some stars appear bigger than the other stars. There happens to be only 30 stars,
In that moment the Jews became slaves and they lost their identity. They wear yellow stars and they are forbidden to posses of anything and lost their freedom
The five points of the star represent the characteristics of a good citizen which consist of fortitude, loyalty, righteousness, prudence, and broadmindedness. What citizen would not be proud of such
The situation is becoming very serious…” (Night, Wiesel, 9). Soon after they were prohibited from owning gold, jewelry or any valuables and prohibited from being anywhere after six o’clock, both of these edicts came with the penalty of death if not followed. Jews had lost the basic right of freedom and religious freedom, one night referred to as as Kristallnacht where German forces and civilians smashed the windows of Jewish owned stores, buildings, and synagogues. Many died and were incarcerated in labor camps on this
Then came the ghettos.” Elie Wiesel wrote. The separation of jews started and the racism starts but nobody realizes it. “Three days later, a new decree: every jew had to wear a yellow star. Some prominent members of the community came to consult with my father, who had connections at the upper levels of the Hungarian police; they wanted to know what he thought of the situation.