Blog 1: Part 1 Reflection

What portion of Part I stood out to you in your reading? Provide a page number and short analysis of the excerpt.

The portion that stood out to me is when Mr. Berkenwald erased Riva's name from list to go to the camp in chapter eighteen, page 106. He plays the role of "God" by erasing Riva's name. He says he did it because she is really a mother to her younger siblings. She is only a teenager in years not. Mr. Berkenwald did it to save three lives. It was very touching to me because of all the crying at the end of the chapter.

Blog 15: Holocaust Topics and The Cage

In your groups, take some time to collect information and provide each topic below with a thorough explanation. This may be a definition or a small summary of the event.

You are encouraged to include quotations and facts from other websites, provided that you cite them correctly. Try to be as detailed as possible, (i.e. include dates, famous people, etc.).

a. The Jewish Holocaust- 1933- 45; The Genocide of nearly 6 million Jews during WWII. The genocide was led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party.  

b. The Nazi Party- a group which was a political party that was led by Adolf Hitler. They believed in racial purity for the German people.

c. Ruth Minsky Sender- The author of "The Cage" which was published in 1986. She was a Holocaust survivor. She survived the camp of Auschwitz.  She was freed from Mittelsteine and was separated from her brothers.

d. Auschwitz, Mittelsteine, Grafenort-They were the major Concentration Camps that all of the victems of the Holocaust were sent to and many were abused, tortured, and killed. The camps ended after the Holocaust ended. These were three of the most deadly camps.

e. personal memoir- a story of someone's life written by that person.