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Adriana Petitti March 2, 2011 at 10:10 am

After reading the articles “Dictatorship Under the Third Reich,” “Early Stages of
Persecution,” and “The First Concentration Camps” I learned a lot about what Hitler’s beliefs were and his reasoning for trying to get rid of the Jews. Some things that I found interesting were that Hitler wanted as many “racialy pure” women to bare as many “Aryan” children as possible. In relation to this I saw a picture of babies being looked over to see who would be adopted to be raised as a German based off of their “Aryan” features. What I also found interesting was that in 1936, when the Olympic games were being held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Berlin, the Nazi’s made it look as though nothing was going on there. They “paused” their activities so that their government would not be criticized and would not take away from bringing in international tourists for the Games and for it to be moved to another country due to their doings. One of the final things that I learned and found interesting was that Hitler had established concentration camps even before the Nazi’s came into power. For him to be able to do this even before having full power is mind blowing to me, along with everything else that he was able to do while he had full power.

In the 1939-1945 category I read “Ghettos”, “Killing Centers” and “Rescues”. In “Ghettos”, it talks about how the Nazi’s enclosed the Jews in these “ghettos”, forcing them to live in miserable conditions. There were 1,000 ghettos created by the Nazi’s. Some only existed for days, while others lasted for months and even years. Three types of ghettos existed among these; there were closed, open, and destruction ghettos. All of these ghettos were what aided the Nazi’s ability to take control, dehumanitize, and kill a mass number of Jews. “Killing Centers” talks about how the Nazi’s killed over 2,700,000 Jews in their so called “killing centers”. These killing centers were also known as “extermination camps” and “death camps”. The largest killing center was Aushchwitz-Birkenau, which consisted of four gas chambers. Over 6,000 Jews were killed each day in the gas chambers. They were to be kept secret and were camouflaged in order to disguise the millions that were murdered there. Finally, “Rescues” talks about how the Jews were rescued and how many people from every European country risked their lives in order to save the Jews from Hitler and the Nazi’s. One of the most famous rescues is one where 7,200 Jews were brought to Sweden by Danish fisherman who brought them to safety in small fishing boats. Rescuers came from every religious background, class, and the U.S. Though even with all of those who tried to save the Jews there were still millions killed in this mass murder. After reading all three of these articles I am in shock to how much Hitler was able to get away with and how much planning he was able to do in order to make it all be possible. I feel so sorry for the Jews who had to live through what they did and I still do not understand how so many people could have no problem killing another human being in all of the ways that they did.

After reading about the “Postwar Trials”, I learned that trials were held by the Allied powers to punish all of the war criminals and all who committed crimes against Jews. During these trials, the Allied powers charged all war criminals with “charges of crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, and conspiracy to commit such crimes.” Some were sentenced to death while others were sentenced to life in prison and anywhere from 10 to 20 years in prison. I believe in the case of the Holocaust that people should be held accountable for their actions taken during war. People should not be able to kill and enslave just because of a person’s religion and beliefs.

Mage Bailey March 26, 2011 at 4:51 am

Absolutely fascinating stuff. Thank you so much for posting the photos and history of these great work boats. What great lines. We have two charming small fishing boats, not listed on the museum site, at our maritime museum, and my favorite workboat here is our city’s old pilot boat. If you ever come this way, you will enjoy these.

Adam April 12, 2011 at 3:30 am

I have gone to a lumber yard that has a small pond that has "NO" fish in it and for being "NO" fish there I never catch 7 to 10 inch gills and 3 to 5 lb bass in it either,lol!
These little honey holes are super to fish in and the fish almost beg you to catch them too! I got to fish one a few years ago that was so starved and with super sized bass and gills that all I needed to do was toss grass clippings in the water and they got hit.So I asked to see if owner would let me put minnows in to feed the fish and he said go ahead but I dont think there are many in there.The first feeding was 5lbs of small fathead minnows that I dont think 1 made it to cover.After the feedings over a 6 week period the owner now says well I thank you but I dont allow anymore fishing at the pond,I asked if I did something wrong he just said no it is an insurance thing I said cool and thanks for the time I had!
A week or so later I drive by to see all these other ppl fishing the pond it is now family only,lol!

SO KEEP THEM A SECRET!