As?r YBsracg
of
fTne people
tne Jews
For 2,000 vears,
aet and dar€, in tbe tcucr. Tbere uere
!ame tton€t wltb yet/ow uantt craw/ing over tbem.
Vhter utat lcaAlng fron the ualh and tAcre eltat e serible uencb. I tau' some big ratt, /ihe cbicAeat, tbat rzn
n!6r u!. Vc ccu/d not ,nov€ abast or stand ap. Po/u/t
seuter cleaners broaght at blacA breed and Daddy urried uatcr in c jug in hil tceth. lYbcn rcneone utoatld
/7utb tlte /oi/et, tbe tewer u.,ou/d fll u,itb panid elater.
he ycar l94l saw rhe begin.
n.ing of the most frightful
chaprcr of human history.
Known as rhe Holocaust. it eras the'
culmination of decadcs of harred.
lt
qrrs an explosion o'f
nsanity rhar had bccn build!ng
through all of recorded hisrory, !r
sas the par Nazi Germany began
the mass cxrermination of Jcws.
Based on passages
h{aE
of the wcrld have been the chosen target
of racists. carolvn Parrlsh reports
"lt uat tern'bly
envy and fear.
tsraet tlve on)
of thc Ncs
Tisramenr and rhe teachings of
Popes and sainrs. harrcd ofJews has
bcen accepred and practised for
2.000 years. Some orherwise
respecred historians harrc crncn
painred Jews as wonhy and willing
victims. Few of us can vies such
prolonged suffering, degradarion
and rnisery wirhout arnazement at a
raw abiliry ro survi'rc.
Alben Specr. architect and mun!tions chief for Adolf Hitler said,
"The regime's anti-Semitisrn was
nothing unusual. Hirlcr remained
wirhin rhe norms of Europcan tradition." When did rhis tradirion
bcgin?
uomdn gave birtb to a babl'. lt died and utat tbrou'a
inta tbe riuar I crarcd to msch for t$e sun and fzeth
oir tbat I cznnot descibe it. Ve spent 14 monrbt tbit
aay. On tbe day se r,ncrc freed, my tittlc brotber Pavel
cied and tied to rtlt/rfl lo tha tesen He utat no: ated
to tbe tigbr and u,at afraid of tAe peopte."
A
l,Yarsaut Gb
In rhe period berercen 66 and
A.D.. rhe Rornans occupicd
136
fron
,
\\
9?
U
l
sed1 by Permlss3on
?
rvivor
Palesrinc. They dexrolrd the Temend rheJce'ish starc of Jr.rdca. In Semitisro.
'plc
136
A.D., thcy kiilcd 180,000
Jeurs
and burned 985 tcra'ns. This rnar&ed
rhe beginning of rhc DfsQora
-.1
sc:rrcring of Jcws around rhe eorld
rhar didn's end undl the crcarion of
rhe srare of lsrael in 1948.
Lrkc reponed. "fur there c/ill
b€
grear distrcss orer the land and
wnr!
upcn this pcople. And.rhcy
siJl fall by rh. cJge-of thc seord.
and rhey will be lid aq?y as cap.
dras ro all narions. And Jerusalern
saint John
were acldccl',"Ihe
iilS ::*1t"ifn-"
i?th€r from whom yor.l
srcuo
eas a murdercrin foreign counuic. iir r..rl,y La i,l."-j:-t-t:l jt,
(,od'-'
xolar€
oot
ot
narion.i dignirT gonc. .ice,s be."*e
alieru who li'cd by pl1*i*""1"" ,-^P-:,3::-?ii]if
sealed whcn ihcy "*'
accepred
many lands and culrures
f]lcallv
=
of
Jesus'
tronicauy. rr',, t..t o'i" hometand *'^9.::':i"-:tfld:l
hrs hands anc
Lendless. porertess Jcer
forccc ro cisr as a dioiscd
scsrncd ro'b!nd Je.s,rh cominuniries l::j,':ii'jtll-Yl-t1
rhey mainrained rhe
language and rcnp.ined unique io
on us and our children. A; ,h.y
cusrom, reiiglon end uadirion.
killed F!irn.',
Thcy did not inrermarry or
Early Chrisriaru cornpeted wiElr
]di'?tl;',y
becarne
*.ur"*
i5'ilTr"J,f::;?"T:fiilt;
t/,e rerigion
*LiffiTJrj*'*t#?
l*:l
of Europe in.29i A.D. It bclicecd rian dury. F.'crced baprisms, confrscathcre was. ordy one God and one
don of propcny. mob attacls and
crue rcligion. .{ll ochen lrrrc false *e burnini of'synagogues erere
Canada aad, tbe trHcr3d
\t',q ovember I 985
t to S s
and nor ro bc rolerared. Christians
also uscd Jesus' own words ro con.
dcnon tbc Jcsa and crcuse anr!-
€orDmonPlacc.
4,dapie d
e
g/
6
;f; Lithurnians said thcsc were
gf$s for dcfcnce purposes. As
* rhc jes,s finrshe d rltcir iob
€F *t.
homc. Ar miCni.ghr
ffl: \:D scnt men,
logetl)ct wltn
tajne
'crt wivcs and ch,ildrcn, s.cre lakcn
rhc prrs in the forcst and shot.
'i{ .4, jrcr
thcir gold tccth nrtc ls6ercd.
thrrt bc.rdrcs wcre icft fot the
to dcvout "
q'olvcs
Sonre trred ro hide thc Jen's and
rh:n fcercd for rhcir oq'n livcs.
"!';eck. and nronths 2n6l 1's315 n'cnl
n' r^,.1 61,'..161r h"nnCnCd. And
I
When I grri rrur- rhe orher children
l:ugfred ar nlc.
Onc o[ rhc Rr,mrn C.rrholics.*.]ro
hclpcd sas Angclo Roncalli. rlho
larer bccame Popc John XXlll. Hc
issued thousands of Chrisrian b:p. r jsmal ccrrificarcs to Jews and savcd
man)' as a resulr. Heroic srories sur.
faced afrcl rhc war bur thc grearcsr
sharnc was thar rhc Chrisrian world
ignorcd rhc srories of what uns hap.
pening unril ir R'aJ (oo larc. AII rhar
rcmained of six millron Jcws ezs
nrass gra\cs. ashes znd crushc&
lai erthcr rn r cupboard or under
ii-.t bcd Ir s'ls thrcc or fout )'cars
anrj I haCn'r gonc oul of docrs.
bone.
Canada welcomcd thc Jers aftcr
thr war. The vicrorious Al,lics pur
thc Nazis rhey could catch on rrial
ar Nurembcrg. Tlrc world gave rhc
Jrws Isracl as a roken of irrguik.
Alrhough many escapcd. war
crjminals are srill being hunred.
I
E?! sevcn vcars old and didn't know
hoe ro ezlk. N{r' lcgs '*'ere crooked
and mr lect *'cte tsisrcd brckuerds.
Adolf Eichmann. who was rricd and
DeSEnEe!CIs?s
)er: one of thc Hebreu or Jewish
pcoPtc-
in isracl in 1962. oncc
kiiicd and burncd 18,000 Jews per
day. Afrcr his trial hc sas srill
proud of his accompl,ishmenu: "l
can joyously jump inro my gra!€.
Gcncile: P€rtan aot of ieutisn
g,lcil-J
R:ce: 4 gmsP co?zfiecied b1 com'
*o" atitr"i: boute, familY' tibe
'
knowing my mission has b'ccn
tgltttlLq.
rgca.
Hebrcs: lsraclite, Jeu'; tanguage
c{ ascicst Iews.
i 7or* of
',i'iaa;rn,
r'trh uordt bormwcd flm
otd Gerr'an
wan'J
EurcPcaa longaages; s|o6en b7
Je-i l"
execured
or
frotz ccrrff*t as,d
attt€Tn furoPe.
E)izspoca: disPerszon ofJeu ta
a!/ p:an of fie t:,orld.
Zoaisro:. rv o?etnctTt rcsaltie;g in
ihe re'eitoblitArncat of a ieuri:b
a:tian in
PsJe$;dc.
"
The sysrcrnaric arremprs ro desrroy
Je*'s as a culrural. nrdonal and
rcligicus group havc failcd. Despire.
or bccausc of. their lack of
a
homcland and rhcir pctsc{utrort.
hcy sr.r n ivcd
t&jrrh lbrmal Chrisrran rcligions
losing rhcir h,rltJ. nq.'xssflrl rimcs rrc
rccomplrrhing l.rr rrrort rlrlrr 1.000
vc:lrs ol' srrric tlrd (.:rrr.rrlr:rrr Jcu,s
t
cnrr(iI ouI iulrutc. c,lnsrstcntlr, cx.
tclling irr lrs. nr(.dr(In(. busincss.
rhe rrts and p,rlrur,r l'hcl arc rrorv I
rcligruur and crhni. group rarher
.rhan a "re(c. lrl;rnr h,rvc losr thcir
abilirv ro rpeak llehrrt or Yiddish
and fct^ rrc Orrh,rdor. ,l\l,rrc erc in.
rcrmarrving and :rs.rmilaring.
The lasr s.ord gocs ro Hannah
Arendr. Jcs.ish phrlosophcr, "Everv
human carries u,irhrn him rhe
porcnrial for corruprion and rhc
abiliry ro commir unspeakable
arrocirics. !r. is simpll a qucsrion of
hisrorl' rhar deterrn,inel n'ho murdcrs
and who is rnurdcrcd."
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BITHE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL LIVE ONU'
I'A},T YISRABL }IAI*
Read the articl-e,
questions:
nAlE YisraeL Hais and answer the fo}lowing
1.
Define racism"
2.
Def,ixEe
3.
) exarnpXes i.n
towards Jer*s Prro:E to 1941-
ant,i-seraitisn-
Cite tteree
(3
Fristsoz-y
of violerrce and hat'red
&o
t€
4.
Def ine sldiasPorail
t
-
j-ne the Lern ilscagreEoatn
5
-
Def
5
"
F;hat event were the Jews bl;"med that tool< place
"
from 1347-1350?
Here Jerss given the vot'e in Canada?
7.
When
8.
Fron 1933 to 1g3g one million Jess flec persecution in Europe.
EIcw nany Jews were alLowed t'o enter Carcada bef,ore ECWfI?
against Jews people-
Give a Canadian example of discrinination
9-
10- E{hat did our Canadian Prine Hinistern HcKenzie King say about
the Jewish PeoPle?
L1. Ffhat inaEe energed to sterotype Jewish
the Great DePression?
bus j-nessmen durj-ng
the titte of, the book that Hi-tler srrote that outLined
*fina1
soluLionil to the Jewish probl-en?
I:.is
l.2.
What was
13.
Hos rnany children d'ied in the Holocaust?
14. Wtrat heroic act did Pope John >C{III perform?
F{aziis were hunted down and brought to trial15. After ehe war,
FEatr
crimes tribunalF'
Haue fanous
t
How lrave Canadian Jews
l-6
-
3-7
. Def,ine "Zionisu* '
enriched our culture?