Examples Of Nazi Oppression During Ww2

The Nazi Oppression during WWII

In 1939, WWII began when the Nazi Party invaded Poland, causing six to nine million Jewish people to fear for their lives. This fear began when citizens had to register within the government, and Jews had to wear the Star of David; a sacred symbol to the Jewish. In addition, the Jews were forced into ghettos. After they were taken to the ghettos, they were forced into the concentration and death camps, most to be executed in the gas chambers. For example, in “The Diary of Anne Frank”, “Violins of Hope”, we see different ways of actively and passively resisting Nazi oppression. People can best respond to conflict by passively resisting because it helps to maintain hope to ensure survival, preserve tradition

For example, when Otto Frank, Anne’s father, returns from Amsterdam to see Miep Gies, he reads about how Anne, despite having a tough life believes people can be good deep down; “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart” (Frank 352). In this quotation Otto see’s that being able to keep hope in such a tragedy, is a form of resistance itself. Anne knew that the Nazi’s were trying to rob them of all hope, but Anne stood faithful in such an atrocity. This hope is what got her through being a victim of one of the most infamous events to ever occur in human history. However, some may argue that hope will not stop the Nazi regime and they will continue with their genocide of all Jews until countered by force. Adversaries of passive resistance cease to understand that even if the Nazi’s are met with violent force, they are doomed to fail unless the individuals fighting have the hope they might bring a change. Anne understood that being hopeful and optimistic is a power and resistance in

In “Violins of Hope”, we read about Amon Weinstein who preserves the Jewish culture by keeping and restoring violins from the death and concentration camp known as Auschwitz. For example, Rose states,”The Violins of Hope are Weinstein’s resistance”. In this quotation, we can see that Weinstein didn’t used armed force to resist the Nazi’s, but used something more powerful, keeping Jewish culture and tradition alive. This is a more powerful form of resistance because, the Nazi’s wanted to destroy everything the Jewish had, and if the Jewish culture or tradition had been destroyed, the Nazi’s would have been successful in what they were trying to achieve. However, some may argue that keeping a tradition alive would have never stopped the Nazi regime. But, what they do not understand that what the Nazi’s tried to do was to derive the Jewish of everything that was important to them and reduce them to nothing, and keeping the Jewish culture tradition alive is a resistance to just that. That is why every time one of the violins from Auschwitz are played, it shows that the Jewish and their culture are still alive till today and the Nazi’s did not succeed in their