Revised Research
Monday, December 12, 2011
Final Jessica Elliott
Jessica Elliott
English 102
Mr. Neuburger
12 December 2011
Final
My experience in English 102 has been quite different than any of my other English classes. I have been introduced to new things such as twitter and scribe. I never used any of these cites before this class. The various writings in this class were not too difficult until we came to the research paper. My own writing has improved with the many papers we had to write. My experience with writing research papers was fine, I didn’t care for the writing section but the research part was what I enjoyed most. I liked learning about the Holocaust; there were a lot of things I didn’t know. And the learning of this made me think of things a little differently. I think it’s so sad what has happen to those people.
The impact of technology was a huge factor in everything we did. After we did any assignment we needed to up load it to scribe. All the different cites that was introduced was a bit over whelming at times. I liked that when doing a research paper there is so many ways to organize it. You can use the web and have book marks to help hold information which I thought was exciting. I never liked having to keep together all my information I tend to lose something.
I have learned about writing papers in previous classes but the one thing I had trouble on was the in text citations. It was confusing at times but I think I finally got the hang of it. The comments from my papers were helpful and it helped me with other papers I wrote in class. I liked the different stories we read about and then discussed about in class. I enjoyed it when we got in groups and discussed about the stories we had read. I seem to learn more when I do group projects or settings. I would have liked to of done more group projects to get to know the people in the class a little better. I think I would have felt more comfortable posting my work if I did.
My writing has improved as I said earlier but it still needs a lot of work in my opinion. I’ve learned how to write papers but I was a little rusty since I haven’t written a research paper in a couple of years. I needed the refreshment on things such as MLA format and work cited page and paraphrasing of other authors work. I think over all this semester was good and I came out learning many new and exciting things.
English 102
Mr. Neuburger
12 December 2011
Final
My experience in English 102 has been quite different than any of my other English classes. I have been introduced to new things such as twitter and scribe. I never used any of these cites before this class. The various writings in this class were not too difficult until we came to the research paper. My own writing has improved with the many papers we had to write. My experience with writing research papers was fine, I didn’t care for the writing section but the research part was what I enjoyed most. I liked learning about the Holocaust; there were a lot of things I didn’t know. And the learning of this made me think of things a little differently. I think it’s so sad what has happen to those people.
The impact of technology was a huge factor in everything we did. After we did any assignment we needed to up load it to scribe. All the different cites that was introduced was a bit over whelming at times. I liked that when doing a research paper there is so many ways to organize it. You can use the web and have book marks to help hold information which I thought was exciting. I never liked having to keep together all my information I tend to lose something.
I have learned about writing papers in previous classes but the one thing I had trouble on was the in text citations. It was confusing at times but I think I finally got the hang of it. The comments from my papers were helpful and it helped me with other papers I wrote in class. I liked the different stories we read about and then discussed about in class. I enjoyed it when we got in groups and discussed about the stories we had read. I seem to learn more when I do group projects or settings. I would have liked to of done more group projects to get to know the people in the class a little better. I think I would have felt more comfortable posting my work if I did.
My writing has improved as I said earlier but it still needs a lot of work in my opinion. I’ve learned how to write papers but I was a little rusty since I haven’t written a research paper in a couple of years. I needed the refreshment on things such as MLA format and work cited page and paraphrasing of other authors work. I think over all this semester was good and I came out learning many new and exciting things.
Cody Bareford-Final
Cody Bareford
Larry Neuberger
English Composition 102
Monday, December 12, 2011
Final
In today’s society the importance of furthering ones education past high school is almost required. Recent facts show that college graduates on average make approximately eight hundred thousand more dollars in a lifetime compared to someone with a high school degree or equivalent. Although it may be quite a struggle for some citizens to fund themselves through college at times, the evidence is apparent that in the long run it pays to get an education.
One of the most difficult parts about furthering ones education is choosing what field you would like to major in. Some people follow their life long dreams of becoming doctors or police officers, while others struggle with this decision considering every option of what they can turn themselves into. As long as the person enjoys what they do for a living, which can sometimes be difficult even with a college education, then money shouldn’t necessarily be the main priority in choosing a career, although a little extra money never hurts.
The most important step in continuing your education is to meet an academic advisor to set up an academic plan and begin taking classes, after all, one can’t educate themselves further sitting at home. The next step is to show up, do homework, and pay attention. This can be very difficult at times, especially when work begins to interfere with your school schedule, or family emergencies pop up, but never give up. As long as you keep a positive attitude you can overcome any obstacle and make any dream attainable, even if you have to make multiple attempts.
The most difficult part of having an education can actually come after you earn your degree, finding a job. Today more students are staying in school for longer periods of time due to the simple fact that the job market is becoming very limited because of the recession. With the limited job availability there are many older and more qualified citizens taking over jobs that aren’t directly in their profession to provide for their families, leaving college graduates out of the picture. Although more education is beneficial which allows students to learn more and gain additional experience in their field of study. On the plus side it is practically impossible to be over staffed in the medical field considering how they are often shorthanded.
In the end furthering your education opens many opportunities in a person’s life, for example in the state of Missouri as long as you have sixty two credit hours you can legally be a substitute teacher. Also holding a degree in general opens job opportunities in many fields. Yet the best part is, one can never have too much knowledge one and can always educate themselves further in numerous subjects.
hughes, karen. Benefits of a college degree. N.p., 16 Feb. 2006. Web. 12 Dec. 2011.
Longley, Robert. Lifetime Earnings Soar with Education. N.p., 24 Aug. 2011. Web. 12 Dec. 2011.
Larry Neuberger
English Composition 102
Monday, December 12, 2011
Final
In today’s society the importance of furthering ones education past high school is almost required. Recent facts show that college graduates on average make approximately eight hundred thousand more dollars in a lifetime compared to someone with a high school degree or equivalent. Although it may be quite a struggle for some citizens to fund themselves through college at times, the evidence is apparent that in the long run it pays to get an education.
One of the most difficult parts about furthering ones education is choosing what field you would like to major in. Some people follow their life long dreams of becoming doctors or police officers, while others struggle with this decision considering every option of what they can turn themselves into. As long as the person enjoys what they do for a living, which can sometimes be difficult even with a college education, then money shouldn’t necessarily be the main priority in choosing a career, although a little extra money never hurts.
The most important step in continuing your education is to meet an academic advisor to set up an academic plan and begin taking classes, after all, one can’t educate themselves further sitting at home. The next step is to show up, do homework, and pay attention. This can be very difficult at times, especially when work begins to interfere with your school schedule, or family emergencies pop up, but never give up. As long as you keep a positive attitude you can overcome any obstacle and make any dream attainable, even if you have to make multiple attempts.
The most difficult part of having an education can actually come after you earn your degree, finding a job. Today more students are staying in school for longer periods of time due to the simple fact that the job market is becoming very limited because of the recession. With the limited job availability there are many older and more qualified citizens taking over jobs that aren’t directly in their profession to provide for their families, leaving college graduates out of the picture. Although more education is beneficial which allows students to learn more and gain additional experience in their field of study. On the plus side it is practically impossible to be over staffed in the medical field considering how they are often shorthanded.
In the end furthering your education opens many opportunities in a person’s life, for example in the state of Missouri as long as you have sixty two credit hours you can legally be a substitute teacher. Also holding a degree in general opens job opportunities in many fields. Yet the best part is, one can never have too much knowledge one and can always educate themselves further in numerous subjects.
hughes, karen. Benefits of a college degree. N.p., 16 Feb. 2006. Web. 12 Dec. 2011.
Longley, Robert. Lifetime Earnings Soar with Education. N.p., 24 Aug. 2011. Web. 12 Dec. 2011.
Final Exam
Jason Florez
Mr. Neuburger
12/12/11 Comp II
Final Exam
I’ve always thought I was a pretty good writer for the most part. I have a descent vocabulary and I enjoy reading, so that helps. But one thing I’ve always had trouble with is my thesis statement. I’ve have countless English teachers in my twenty-three years on this earth, none of them gave me a clear precise outline for thesis statements. Mr. Neuburger sat me down a few times one-on-one and explained to me, in detail, what was wrong with my thesis statement and helped me figure out a solution to the problem. You don’t see one-on-one time between professors and students in college very often, but it’s the most important time to learn.
Doing research for papers I have to write I never found enjoyable. It was always work to me. Mainly because it was always for a class assignment, but partially because I wasn’t very good at it. I didn’t know how to tell the difference between a primary, secondary or non-credible source. This semester I learned exactly how to tell the difference between those three and knowing that information has helped me research for my papers this year.
I had never used Twitter before this class and had no idea what it was. We used Twitter several times in class to prove our participation in previous assignments. It was different than any teaching style that I have encountered and I really enjoyed it. Even though I’m somebody who participates in classroom discussions daily, this teaching method made it so the people who normally don’t say a word all year were forced to participate in class discussions. More professors should use Twitter at least some because many people feel much more comfortable chatting online than talking to someone face-to-face.
Bitly really came in handy this year for me. Once again, a tool that I was unaware of its existence that I now use very often. Bitly takes ridiculously, pointlessly long URLs and transforms them into easy to use, short URLs in seconds. This tool has proved to be very useful to me and I’ve used it several times in almost all my classes this semester.
The last thing I learned this semester that I will take with me is Blogger. Blogger is a neat tool because it allowed us to view each other’s work online. The first day of class we all wrote a paragraph about ourselves and posted it on Blogger. Then we commented on what each other had written. I’ve done many different “get to know you” games and exercises but this was by far the most affective. It allowed us to share many things about ourselves and since it was all posted on Blogger we could all give feedback to each other and ask questions without even saying a word. It was much less time consuming and much more informative than most.
Before this class the longest paper I had ever written was about 5 pages long. This semester a paper with a 10 page minimum was assigned. I had trouble getting starting on it but once I did it turned out to be not quite as difficult as I thought. The most difficult aspect of it that I had to deal with was the fact that it’s very difficult for me to concentrate in class. When there are people around me working, writing, typing, talking, and whatever else might be going on, it’s almost impossible for me to focus. This made it challenging for me to make progression on my paper in class and put more pressure on me to get it done on my own at home. It was good for me and I learned a lot from it.
What I’m most disappointed in myself about this semester is my lack of attendance. I needed this class and the 7 o’clock time slot was the only one that would fit my schedule. I intended to make it to this class as much as my others but it proved to be a very challenging feat. I know I could’ve learned more if my class attendance was higher but I still feel like I grasped the important tools taught in this course. From now on I will definitely make a point to make it to class more often.
The last thing I’m going to say about this course this semester was the professor himself. In college, the course is almost solely dependent on the professor. He or she makes their own outline for the course and has their own teaching methods. Many professors are very bland and boring. This course might not have been the most exciting but the fact that Mr. Neuburger was always here and always happy to be here made every difference in the world. He made us laugh daily along with teaching the material. You don’t find that very often.
Mr. Neuburger
12/12/11 Comp II
Final Exam
I’ve always thought I was a pretty good writer for the most part. I have a descent vocabulary and I enjoy reading, so that helps. But one thing I’ve always had trouble with is my thesis statement. I’ve have countless English teachers in my twenty-three years on this earth, none of them gave me a clear precise outline for thesis statements. Mr. Neuburger sat me down a few times one-on-one and explained to me, in detail, what was wrong with my thesis statement and helped me figure out a solution to the problem. You don’t see one-on-one time between professors and students in college very often, but it’s the most important time to learn.
Doing research for papers I have to write I never found enjoyable. It was always work to me. Mainly because it was always for a class assignment, but partially because I wasn’t very good at it. I didn’t know how to tell the difference between a primary, secondary or non-credible source. This semester I learned exactly how to tell the difference between those three and knowing that information has helped me research for my papers this year.
I had never used Twitter before this class and had no idea what it was. We used Twitter several times in class to prove our participation in previous assignments. It was different than any teaching style that I have encountered and I really enjoyed it. Even though I’m somebody who participates in classroom discussions daily, this teaching method made it so the people who normally don’t say a word all year were forced to participate in class discussions. More professors should use Twitter at least some because many people feel much more comfortable chatting online than talking to someone face-to-face.
Bitly really came in handy this year for me. Once again, a tool that I was unaware of its existence that I now use very often. Bitly takes ridiculously, pointlessly long URLs and transforms them into easy to use, short URLs in seconds. This tool has proved to be very useful to me and I’ve used it several times in almost all my classes this semester.
The last thing I learned this semester that I will take with me is Blogger. Blogger is a neat tool because it allowed us to view each other’s work online. The first day of class we all wrote a paragraph about ourselves and posted it on Blogger. Then we commented on what each other had written. I’ve done many different “get to know you” games and exercises but this was by far the most affective. It allowed us to share many things about ourselves and since it was all posted on Blogger we could all give feedback to each other and ask questions without even saying a word. It was much less time consuming and much more informative than most.
Before this class the longest paper I had ever written was about 5 pages long. This semester a paper with a 10 page minimum was assigned. I had trouble getting starting on it but once I did it turned out to be not quite as difficult as I thought. The most difficult aspect of it that I had to deal with was the fact that it’s very difficult for me to concentrate in class. When there are people around me working, writing, typing, talking, and whatever else might be going on, it’s almost impossible for me to focus. This made it challenging for me to make progression on my paper in class and put more pressure on me to get it done on my own at home. It was good for me and I learned a lot from it.
What I’m most disappointed in myself about this semester is my lack of attendance. I needed this class and the 7 o’clock time slot was the only one that would fit my schedule. I intended to make it to this class as much as my others but it proved to be a very challenging feat. I know I could’ve learned more if my class attendance was higher but I still feel like I grasped the important tools taught in this course. From now on I will definitely make a point to make it to class more often.
The last thing I’m going to say about this course this semester was the professor himself. In college, the course is almost solely dependent on the professor. He or she makes their own outline for the course and has their own teaching methods. Many professors are very bland and boring. This course might not have been the most exciting but the fact that Mr. Neuburger was always here and always happy to be here made every difference in the world. He made us laugh daily along with teaching the material. You don’t find that very often.
Final Exam-Cortney Hazelrigg
Cortney Hazelrigg
Mr. Neuburger
English 102
12 December 2011
English 102 Final
Coming into this English 102 class I was a little on edge, I have heard from many friends that in 102 there is a lot of writing and essays that you do over the semester. I was surprised when we went over the course objectives and through the first two weeks I was feeling much better about this class.
I have learned a lot about academic writing throughout this semester and I have learned much more than any other English class that I have taken before. I have learned the most and the most helpful information has been the researching and citations. Even in high school I have not learned much about either until this class. I believe that the information that I have learned in this class will stay with me and help me out through everything else while going to school.
Writing the research paper I was going into thinking that it would be another horrible experience and writing at the last minute to get in finished, but again I was shocked! It was nice having so much class time to write and do the research during class. I found it very helpful that we could ask any question and could ask in class unlike most times where I would have been at home and waiting for an email. It was also very helpful with all the books and resources that you gave us during class and really made writing the paper so much easier. I wish all teachers would do it this way but that would be too much to ask for.
The short one paragraph essays were extremely helpful too; it really made you think about what to say since we were limited how many words. I enjoyed writing them and found it to be challenging for myself which is good for a person every now and then. I wish that more teachers would do the essays like those because students would be challenging themselves, and over time it is going to make us better writers.
The use of so much technology was a lot of fun, but then became frustrating at the same time. I enjoyed using the twitter because I usually won’t speak up and say what I want to say so that made it nice that we could all talk about a topic and everyone could participate at once. On the other side I can see where it might be a good thing to make students talk out loud and become comfortable with speaking and their class mates. I also really enjoyed blogger I thought it was a really cool way of keeping track of your assignments. Again it did get confusing when we would have to do all the different things with the assignments but it was challenging and taught me that it might take time but it is good to learn new things. I would have to say my favorite project was the video. I use to make videos like the one we had to do in class when I was younger and loved being creative and making a master piece. I never knew how many cool things you could do with it though, like the talking and being able to make different music. I liked how we were able to make the topic anything we wanted and now I have learned a lot more about my grandparents and their lives out in Sparta. For me personally the movie came at a perfect time in my life. It was only a few weeks earlier that I thought Gator was not going to make it, he ended up getting really sick and lost a bunch of weight. He pulled through whatever he was sick with and now is eating and being his grumpy old self again. So being able to make this video and finding all the old pictures of me and him was very special to me and made me realize how many good memories I have with him. I will keep this video forever and I will have it to look back on when he is no longer here with me.
Things that maybe would have enhanced the class was maybe not so much of the online stuff. It is a good thing to being able to talk in front of the class and learn that public speaking is not so rough. Even though I loved how we had so much time and were going step by step on the research paper, I don’t think it is the best to take things in baby steps because it is not how college works and many teachers just expect it to get done and they are not helpful like you are.
Overall this class was a lot of fun, and I did learn a lot about all sorts of different things with writing and using all of the new websites and different ways of communicating. I can only hope that my English classes from now on would be like this class and this much fun, but I am not going to hold my breath for that to happen. Hopefully all the things that I have learned will stick with me through the rest of my schooling and I can remember all the little things that make writing so much easier.
Mr. Neuburger
English 102
12 December 2011
English 102 Final
Coming into this English 102 class I was a little on edge, I have heard from many friends that in 102 there is a lot of writing and essays that you do over the semester. I was surprised when we went over the course objectives and through the first two weeks I was feeling much better about this class.
I have learned a lot about academic writing throughout this semester and I have learned much more than any other English class that I have taken before. I have learned the most and the most helpful information has been the researching and citations. Even in high school I have not learned much about either until this class. I believe that the information that I have learned in this class will stay with me and help me out through everything else while going to school.
Writing the research paper I was going into thinking that it would be another horrible experience and writing at the last minute to get in finished, but again I was shocked! It was nice having so much class time to write and do the research during class. I found it very helpful that we could ask any question and could ask in class unlike most times where I would have been at home and waiting for an email. It was also very helpful with all the books and resources that you gave us during class and really made writing the paper so much easier. I wish all teachers would do it this way but that would be too much to ask for.
The short one paragraph essays were extremely helpful too; it really made you think about what to say since we were limited how many words. I enjoyed writing them and found it to be challenging for myself which is good for a person every now and then. I wish that more teachers would do the essays like those because students would be challenging themselves, and over time it is going to make us better writers.
The use of so much technology was a lot of fun, but then became frustrating at the same time. I enjoyed using the twitter because I usually won’t speak up and say what I want to say so that made it nice that we could all talk about a topic and everyone could participate at once. On the other side I can see where it might be a good thing to make students talk out loud and become comfortable with speaking and their class mates. I also really enjoyed blogger I thought it was a really cool way of keeping track of your assignments. Again it did get confusing when we would have to do all the different things with the assignments but it was challenging and taught me that it might take time but it is good to learn new things. I would have to say my favorite project was the video. I use to make videos like the one we had to do in class when I was younger and loved being creative and making a master piece. I never knew how many cool things you could do with it though, like the talking and being able to make different music. I liked how we were able to make the topic anything we wanted and now I have learned a lot more about my grandparents and their lives out in Sparta. For me personally the movie came at a perfect time in my life. It was only a few weeks earlier that I thought Gator was not going to make it, he ended up getting really sick and lost a bunch of weight. He pulled through whatever he was sick with and now is eating and being his grumpy old self again. So being able to make this video and finding all the old pictures of me and him was very special to me and made me realize how many good memories I have with him. I will keep this video forever and I will have it to look back on when he is no longer here with me.
Things that maybe would have enhanced the class was maybe not so much of the online stuff. It is a good thing to being able to talk in front of the class and learn that public speaking is not so rough. Even though I loved how we had so much time and were going step by step on the research paper, I don’t think it is the best to take things in baby steps because it is not how college works and many teachers just expect it to get done and they are not helpful like you are.
Overall this class was a lot of fun, and I did learn a lot about all sorts of different things with writing and using all of the new websites and different ways of communicating. I can only hope that my English classes from now on would be like this class and this much fun, but I am not going to hold my breath for that to happen. Hopefully all the things that I have learned will stick with me through the rest of my schooling and I can remember all the little things that make writing so much easier.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Alicia Amlin - Video - "The Tulpa Project"
Okay, just want to say real quick, I'm REALLY proud of the activity in the Security Cam scene (yes, it's very cheap and can always use improvement, but it WORKED!)! I hope everyone enjoys, even if I had to cut out a TON of video in the beginning. It would have been almost an hour long had I not cut out so much!
I do not own the music, but I DO own Jackie!!!
Monday, December 5, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Alicia Amlin - Windows Live Movie Maker Video
I like this one MUCH better! I'm rather skilled with this program; I use it all the time on my laptop.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
Plagiarism
1. Unethical. Using someone else's work as your own without giving them any sort of credit is the same as stealing.
2. Diminishes credibility. If you repeatedly plagiarize than people are going to stop believing that the things you say are your own thoughts and ideas.
3. Serious penalties. Most colleges will give an "F" on an assignment you plagiarize on and many will even expell you from the class. Some even go as far as expelling you from the school altogether.
4. Lost learning opportunity. The time spent on plagiarizing could've been spent on practicing various research methods.
Jason Florez
2. Diminishes credibility. If you repeatedly plagiarize than people are going to stop believing that the things you say are your own thoughts and ideas.
3. Serious penalties. Most colleges will give an "F" on an assignment you plagiarize on and many will even expell you from the class. Some even go as far as expelling you from the school altogether.
4. Lost learning opportunity. The time spent on plagiarizing could've been spent on practicing various research methods.
Jason Florez
Plagiarism
Four reasons why avoiding plagiarism is important is because plagiarism is unethical, your sealing someones work. Another reason is you lose the opportunity to learn about a certain topic. Plagiarism doesn't give you any credit for the work that is being written. And finally plagiarism can result in getting in a lot of trouble with colleges and universities. Plagiarism is a violation of academic honesty and can result to a failing grade.
Why Avoiding Plagiarism Is Important
When writing a paper, it is very important, for one is highly unethical, this means that when one uses information or words and or idea without giving credit to one who actually wrote the idea or information is actually categorized at stealing. As teachers, they assign research projects for their students to gain knowledge about one subject and if we plagiarize we are at a losing battle against education. It won’t make one any smarter, the teacher's goal for the student is to learn or enhance ones knowledge about the subject and researching it with safe ways to cite and write the paper. When one student does cite and research properly, the student will learn way more than that of a student who just plagiarizes the whole paper. When you plagiarize, you are using the information and ideas from another person. When one cites properly it give the paper depth and creditability as well to the original author that you used a phrase or sentence used in your paper. When writing a research paper, it is crucial to mix the information from you and the sources you are getting information from. When we acknowledge the author/ source that we are using our information from, it gives it more creditability, as to where we don't, it would give it less creditability. Plagiarism may also end in serious penalties. At college, under the academic dishonesty, plagiarism a key penalty which can lead the student in to being expelled from the college. To avoid this from happening, crack open your student handbook and read the academic dishonesty section and ask a counselor if you have any questions about the subject or how to further more how to avoid plagiarizing. After college if you did plagiarize, it may have huge negative setbacks towards your career which is a violation and you will have severe legal consequences if the person the person that you copied your work from may in fact sue you for copyright and or misuse of one’s own intellectual property. This could result in very high fines, or doing times in the slammer and like I said before, you can be expelled from school.
Plagiarism, Tiffani Calvisky
pg 378-379
1.) Plagiarism is unethical: Plagiarism is considered an act of stealing when a writer uses someones else's word, thought, or ideas as his own.
2.)Plagiarism means a lost of opportunity: Instructor's use research paper to help the student understand and learn the concepts of research. When you plagiarise you are losing out on needed skills that are important in college and skills in the work place.
3.) Plagiarism diminishes your creditability: When we write it is essential to give credit to the source where we get our ideas and thoughts. Being able to site our sources correctly not only teaches us an important part of research, it also teaches us that our own writing and ideas are more compelling when its properly cited.
4.)Plagiarism may result in serious penalties: Plagiarism is considered a violation of academic honesty and can have serious consequences such as expulsion. There are many different sources to find out what plagiarism is if you don't know. Most colleges have handbooks and strict guidelines students must follow when writing. More importantly, plagiarism can have negative affects after college. In the workplace, if you are caught stealing other peoples work, you can be fired or even sued.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2008. 378-79. Print.
1.) Plagiarism is unethical: Plagiarism is considered an act of stealing when a writer uses someones else's word, thought, or ideas as his own.
2.)Plagiarism means a lost of opportunity: Instructor's use research paper to help the student understand and learn the concepts of research. When you plagiarise you are losing out on needed skills that are important in college and skills in the work place.
3.) Plagiarism diminishes your creditability: When we write it is essential to give credit to the source where we get our ideas and thoughts. Being able to site our sources correctly not only teaches us an important part of research, it also teaches us that our own writing and ideas are more compelling when its properly cited.
4.)Plagiarism may result in serious penalties: Plagiarism is considered a violation of academic honesty and can have serious consequences such as expulsion. There are many different sources to find out what plagiarism is if you don't know. Most colleges have handbooks and strict guidelines students must follow when writing. More importantly, plagiarism can have negative affects after college. In the workplace, if you are caught stealing other peoples work, you can be fired or even sued.
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2008. 378-79. Print.
Response to Plagiarism: Levi Thurman
There are many reasons to avoid plagiarism. The first reason to avoid plagiarism is because it is unethical. When a writer uses someone else's words, information, or ideas and doesn't give them credit by citing their sources it is considered stealing. Another reason one should avoid plagiarism is because every time someone plagiarizes they are losing a learning opportunity. Research projects are assigned to teach students how to research. If students plagiarize then they are not learning how to cite their sources, which is a vital part of doing research. The third reason to avoid plagiarism is because it diminishes one's credibility. Although, it is necessary to use the opinions of experts in research papers, writers need to let readers know where they found their information. A writer loses credibility because plagiarism is basically a form of lying and once someone is caught lying they are not usually trusted very much. The fourth reason one should avoid plagiarism is because it sometimes results in serious penalties. Plagiarism is considered to be academically dishonest at colleges and universities. The punishment for plagiarism can include a variety of penalties, even expulsion. In the workforce, plagiarism can affect your career and your reputation. It can even have legal consequences if the writer of the work that was plagiarized has the work copyrighted. The writer of the work can sue for violation of the copyright or of the misuse of intellectual property.
Plagiarism
1.)Dishonost:when you use someone else's work and do not give them the credit of actually writing that item, then you are taking something that isn't yours or you are stealing. 2.)Lost learning opportunity: When you choose to plagiarize, you are not putting forth any real effort. You are not putting the writing skills, that you have been taught in class, to good use. Although it may seem like you are using your time wisely by not writing your own paper, you are really wasting your and your teacher's time. You are choosing to not do anything of academic importance. 3.)Lack of credibility: when you choose to use someone else's work, it shows your audience that you are unable to do something yourself. When they see that you do not have the skills to write a paper, it will make them question your intellegence and whether or not they can trust you with other things in life. 4.)Serious consequences: if you are caught plagiarizing at school the result may be failing the class or possibly getting kicked out of school. These things can have a serious impact on your future.
Plagiarism
1. Plagiarism is stealing.
When you take another person's ideas, writing or information without giving them credit for their work you are in turn stealing their hard work. Citing is how you would formally give the author the credit they deserve for their work. If one decides to steal another persons information,they are essentially losing the trust of their teacher and piers.
2. Plagiarism defeats the purposes of education.
If you take another persons hard work and never do the work yourself, you will never learn anything. One reason that writing teachers assign research papers or other forms of writing is to help you learn how to become a better writer. Writing is not easy and definitely does not come naturally for many students, that is why you must work hard and learn how to write correctly. If you actually learn how to write papers it will soon be much easier than stealing another authors work. Plus, you can have the pride in knowing that you successfully completed a hard task.
3. Documenting sources responsibly helps writers avoid plagiarism and build credibility.
When citing an expert, it builds credibility in your papers. You would not want to write a research paper based solely on your "speculation". So, it is essential to take words from other authors and put them with your own to create something special. You will feel very accomplished when you successfully write a paper knowing that you gave credit to all members deserving.
4.Plagiarism has serious consequences.
Plagiarism is not something to be played with or messed around with. It is becoming much easier to track plagiarism and it is a rare faction to get away with such a scandal. Unfortunately, many students think it is their ticket through school and actually maintain a habit of stealing the work of others. How would you feel if you were a writer and another person took credit for your hard work? Often times plagiarism is done accidentally, but if students would take the time to learn how to avoid it, it would save them a lot of time and effort.
When you take another person's ideas, writing or information without giving them credit for their work you are in turn stealing their hard work. Citing is how you would formally give the author the credit they deserve for their work. If one decides to steal another persons information,they are essentially losing the trust of their teacher and piers.
2. Plagiarism defeats the purposes of education.
If you take another persons hard work and never do the work yourself, you will never learn anything. One reason that writing teachers assign research papers or other forms of writing is to help you learn how to become a better writer. Writing is not easy and definitely does not come naturally for many students, that is why you must work hard and learn how to write correctly. If you actually learn how to write papers it will soon be much easier than stealing another authors work. Plus, you can have the pride in knowing that you successfully completed a hard task.
3. Documenting sources responsibly helps writers avoid plagiarism and build credibility.
When citing an expert, it builds credibility in your papers. You would not want to write a research paper based solely on your "speculation". So, it is essential to take words from other authors and put them with your own to create something special. You will feel very accomplished when you successfully write a paper knowing that you gave credit to all members deserving.
4.Plagiarism has serious consequences.
Plagiarism is not something to be played with or messed around with. It is becoming much easier to track plagiarism and it is a rare faction to get away with such a scandal. Unfortunately, many students think it is their ticket through school and actually maintain a habit of stealing the work of others. How would you feel if you were a writer and another person took credit for your hard work? Often times plagiarism is done accidentally, but if students would take the time to learn how to avoid it, it would save them a lot of time and effort.
Plagiarism-Cody Bareford
Avoiding plagiarism is important because it's unethical; it is equivalent to stealing just in the form of words instead of material objects. Not only is it stealing, it's a lost opportunity to learn how to conduct research and use information that has been gathered in research. Plagiarism also diminishes your credibility due to the fact that trust has been lost either from a teacher or in the work environment. Finally, plagiarism can result in severe penalties such as expulsion, and one could even be sued if the writer has his work copyrighted or for misuse of intellectual property.
Plagiarism
Avoiding plagiarism is important to avoid because it is unethical. It is considered stealing the work of someone else. It is also important to avoid because you don't actually learn what you have copied down. Most research papers are assigned to help you learn on the topic and to also help you in a workplace when you get out of college. If you plagiarize you lose the chance to make your researching skills better. Another reason avoiding plagiarism is important is because it diminishes your credibility. When you cite credible sources you are citing the opinions and ideas of the experts. Many people will believe the experts over a college student any day. Also, if you get caught plagiarizing you lose peoples trust. Plagiarism can also cause you major penalties. It is an act of violation of academic honesty. If the author or person you stole the work from decided to sue you he or she would have the right to do so.
Plagiarism
* Unethical- it is unethical because it does not use the writers own words and is mainly due to rush jobs.
*A lost learning opportunity- the writer doesn't read the research and learn about the topic, therefore does not gain the information that the teacher wanted them to learn.
*Diminishes credibility- being able to cite credible writers and understand what they wrote will allow the writer to understand the information better, and become a better writer themselves.
*Serious penalties- it may result in expulsion in college, and later in life ruin a career or reputation, and may even cause someone to sue the writer for not using there own work, because it may go against a copyright.
Work Cited
Harris, Muriel, and Kunka,Jennifer . Prentice Hall Reference Guide. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2008. Print
*A lost learning opportunity- the writer doesn't read the research and learn about the topic, therefore does not gain the information that the teacher wanted them to learn.
*Diminishes credibility- being able to cite credible writers and understand what they wrote will allow the writer to understand the information better, and become a better writer themselves.
*Serious penalties- it may result in expulsion in college, and later in life ruin a career or reputation, and may even cause someone to sue the writer for not using there own work, because it may go against a copyright.
Work Cited
Harris, Muriel, and Kunka,Jennifer . Prentice Hall Reference Guide. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2008. Print
Plagiarism - Dane Wommack
There are a few major reasons why one should avoid plagiarism.
Plagiarism is stealing
The biggest reason is that it's stealing someone elses work and is a federal offense. Going to jail or getting sued as a college student is not the way you want to start your life at such a young age.
You don't learn anything
Through plagiarism, you're not gaining anything for the class you're paying for! When you just copy and paste something off the Internet for a class assignment, you're cheating the class and not learning anything. There's a lot of thought and brainstorming that goes into the writing process, and this can help you establish your ideas and who you are (since as young people, will all really don't know who we are yet). This helps us establish opinions and figure out the world around us. College classes aren't cheap and you want to get the most out of them!
You lose an incredible amount of credibility
"Citing expert sources helps build both our credibility and the persuasiveness of our arguments, but we do have to let readers know where we found those words, ideas, and information during our research." (279) However, not giving credit to the original authors of such ideas can result in a lack of trust between the reader and writer. When you lose that trust the first time, you've hurt your reputation as a writer for a very long time, maybe even for the rest of your life.
Plagiarism can get you into trouble
As mentioned above, plagiarism is a federal crime and the owners of the copyrighted material could sue you for stealing their work. There are a lot of bad ways your life could go for breaking a federal law and once you've established yourself as a criminal, it follows you for the rest of your life.
Harris, Muriel. Prentice Hall Reference Guide with MLA Updates. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2008. Print.
Plagiarism is stealing
The biggest reason is that it's stealing someone elses work and is a federal offense. Going to jail or getting sued as a college student is not the way you want to start your life at such a young age.
You don't learn anything
Through plagiarism, you're not gaining anything for the class you're paying for! When you just copy and paste something off the Internet for a class assignment, you're cheating the class and not learning anything. There's a lot of thought and brainstorming that goes into the writing process, and this can help you establish your ideas and who you are (since as young people, will all really don't know who we are yet). This helps us establish opinions and figure out the world around us. College classes aren't cheap and you want to get the most out of them!
You lose an incredible amount of credibility
"Citing expert sources helps build both our credibility and the persuasiveness of our arguments, but we do have to let readers know where we found those words, ideas, and information during our research." (279) However, not giving credit to the original authors of such ideas can result in a lack of trust between the reader and writer. When you lose that trust the first time, you've hurt your reputation as a writer for a very long time, maybe even for the rest of your life.
Plagiarism can get you into trouble
As mentioned above, plagiarism is a federal crime and the owners of the copyrighted material could sue you for stealing their work. There are a lot of bad ways your life could go for breaking a federal law and once you've established yourself as a criminal, it follows you for the rest of your life.
Harris, Muriel. Prentice Hall Reference Guide with MLA Updates. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2008. Print.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism in Unethical-If a someone uses another persons writing and does not give that person credit for doing the work then they are cheating.
Plagiarism means a lost learning opportunity- When a writers work is stolen and turned in by someone else, the person turning in that work is missing the chance to learn about that topic, and is losing the chance to get really good practice at researching a topic and citing the information found.
Plagiarism diminishes your credibility-Taking credit for something that you did not do can drastically harm your credibility. When adding our research citations to our topics we are adding knowledge to this topic to share with the world.
Plagiarism may result in serious penalties-To quote the actor Tommy Lee Jones from the movie "Man of the House"...'Plagiarism is an academic crime, punished by academic death...' If you were to use another persons work without giving them credit for their work and research then you can be punished in a variety with penalties, including expulsion.
Reference:
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. Prentice Hall Reference Guide. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2011. Print. pages 378-379.
Plagiarism means a lost learning opportunity- When a writers work is stolen and turned in by someone else, the person turning in that work is missing the chance to learn about that topic, and is losing the chance to get really good practice at researching a topic and citing the information found.
Plagiarism diminishes your credibility-Taking credit for something that you did not do can drastically harm your credibility. When adding our research citations to our topics we are adding knowledge to this topic to share with the world.
Plagiarism may result in serious penalties-To quote the actor Tommy Lee Jones from the movie "Man of the House"...'Plagiarism is an academic crime, punished by academic death...' If you were to use another persons work without giving them credit for their work and research then you can be punished in a variety with penalties, including expulsion.
Reference:
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. Prentice Hall Reference Guide. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2011. Print. pages 378-379.
Alicia Amlin - Plagiarism
1. Plagiarism is a form of theft, and theft is *still* illegal.
2. Plagiarism takes away from education. Stealing the work or information from someone else keeps you from being able to learn the process or information yourself.
3. Plagiarism can make you lose your credibility. There is no shame in telling people where your information came from, but not citing your information is basically pretending that you knew it all along.
4. The original author may sue you, schools might expel you, and you're not learning anything at all. In short, the consequences for plagiarism can be very dire.
Works Cited:
Harris, Muriel. "Using Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. Seventh ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2008. 378-81. Print.
2. Plagiarism takes away from education. Stealing the work or information from someone else keeps you from being able to learn the process or information yourself.
3. Plagiarism can make you lose your credibility. There is no shame in telling people where your information came from, but not citing your information is basically pretending that you knew it all along.
4. The original author may sue you, schools might expel you, and you're not learning anything at all. In short, the consequences for plagiarism can be very dire.
Works Cited:
Harris, Muriel. "Using Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. Seventh ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2008. 378-81. Print.
Plagiarism
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Monday, October 17, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Cortney Hazelrigg
The movie that I watched was Ursula Levy, she was born in 1935. Ursula doesn’t not remember too much from when she was real young. Ursula lived a very normal life her family owned a textile company and had been in her family for generations. Her uncle and father ended up passing away in 1939 from gang-green in their legs. After the two deaths Ursula’s mother contacted another uncle who at the time was in the United States asking if he knew of anyone who could help and protect her two young children. Ursula’s mother ended up sending the two young children Ursula and her brother George who was five years older to Holland. Ursula’s memories start here when she is on the train to Holland. A funny thing was when she was on the train she was afraid to flush the toilet so she mad her brother go with her to help her flush the toilet. Ursula and her brother were sent to the constanration camps in 1943. There were five children that were sent to the camps and only her and her brother survived. In 1940 Ursula heard planes flying over she said she was excited, but had no idea what it meant. She later went on to talk about when the Germans took over all the little towns in Holland and a Nazi was put in charge of the towns and learned that there were Jewish children living in the towns. The first two children were sent away in 1940 and then the third little girl in 41 and then Ursula and her brother in 1943. The first camp Ursula was sent to was Verst or something like that. She talked about how her and her brother were separated from one another. She also talked about how they were made to take their clothes off and wear something else so they would all match. Ursula also mentioned the Nazi guards and how they would beat people for really no reason at all. Ursula and her brother were saved by Mr. Vansenberg when he came to visit Ursula on her birthday and was talking to the Nazi guard and basically told him that the kids don’t look Jewish at all because their father was catholic and lived in America. This lie was what saved Ursula and her brother from dying at the camp. Ursula and her brother were sent to a house that were all the diamond cutters that were Jewish lived because the Germans wanted to keep them alive to learn the trait so they could cut diamonds. Ursula talked about how the women in her camp were starving to death but how when she would be eating they would never take her food, they would never be mean to her, that they protected her and watched after her and how amazed she was that these poor women who were dying were so nice to her. At the end of the war Ursula was put on a train that would run circles for 13 days. She remembered how at the point they could escape because the train would stop for days, but they all lost the ways to reason and plan things out. What I find so amazing about this story is her attitude she always was talking about the good times, how pretty it was during the spring, and that she always believed they would be free at last. She went through hell and still thought that the experience taught her so much and learned so many life lessons. This is a true story that will touch your heart and makes you feel so grateful for the things we are blessed with everyday.
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Cortney Hazelrigg
The video I watched was Malka Baran. She was born in Warsaw in 1927. Her family consisted of four people and they lived in a small apartment house. Her father owned a printing shop when she was young. When she was in school she attended a private school. Once in the camp she talks about how sick she had gotten and almost died. In the camp she worked as a laborer doing different work with other women. She talks about how that there were no real young children and no women over the age of 30 because older people either died of disease or didn’t work fast enough. When she was sick she thought that it would be easier to die, and she never thought of her parents during the time she was sick because she didn’t want to think of dying and her parents living through the war. She was saved when she was sent to Israel and then lived there for several years. She talks about how the people who think that the war never happened and that these people did not go through hell during the time, she wants them to know that even through this horrible time that the people never lost hope they always believed that they would live through it and be with their families again. After watching these two videos it makes me thankful for the country we live in and the freedom that we have. I know I take for granted the things that would mean so much if we were put in a situation like the people lived like for many years. The videos show a great insight into the lives that the people lived and makes everything you have heard about real.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Ursula Levy-Jason Florez
Jason Florez
Comp-102 10/11/11
Larry Neuburger
Ursula Levy
Ursula Levy was born May 11th, 1935 in Osnabruck, Germany. Her father and uncle were sent to a concentration camp and then died shortly after being released. When she was about 4 her mother wrote to another uncle who lived in America desperately seeking a safe place to send her children. Her uncle wrote back speaking of a connection he had in Holland. So her mother sent her and her brother George who was 5 years older to a convent for undernourished children in Holland. She spent approximately 4 years there and was eventually sent to a concentration camp. For the next couple years she bounced around to 4 or 5 different camps. At one camp a man named Mr. Van Mecklenburg came and visited her on her birthday. He told the Nazis in charge that her father was Catholic and lived in America, which of course was a lie. But this lie was one of the best things that could happen to her because it placed her in a part of the camp for privileged Jews who were treated better than the rest. She explained how one camp was surrounded by electric, barbed wire fences and men with large rifles stood on the inside and outside of these fences all around. She spoke of how she tried to keep to herself and maintain a low profile at these camps, which is one reason she think she survived them. Finally, on April 10th, 1945 she was put on a train in which she spent 13 days on. The train would stop for sometimes days but the Jewish children would always come back to the train, it wouldn’t even cross their mind to escape even though they probably could have if they tried. And then one day she heard someone shouting, “We’re free, we’re free.” At first no one really paid any attention. Then she saw Russian soldiers taking the German soldiers hostage, that’s when she knew the war was over. But she would still have to live with the atrocities she endured during the 2 years she was in centration camps. And now that she was free, she was alone, no friends or family left. She was happy to be free but sad to have nothing and nothing to look forward to. It was as if she was beginning a new life.
“Walking around in a striped suit completely depersonalizes you.”
“A crumb of bread meant the difference between life and death.”
Comp-102 10/11/11
Larry Neuburger
Ursula Levy
Ursula Levy was born May 11th, 1935 in Osnabruck, Germany. Her father and uncle were sent to a concentration camp and then died shortly after being released. When she was about 4 her mother wrote to another uncle who lived in America desperately seeking a safe place to send her children. Her uncle wrote back speaking of a connection he had in Holland. So her mother sent her and her brother George who was 5 years older to a convent for undernourished children in Holland. She spent approximately 4 years there and was eventually sent to a concentration camp. For the next couple years she bounced around to 4 or 5 different camps. At one camp a man named Mr. Van Mecklenburg came and visited her on her birthday. He told the Nazis in charge that her father was Catholic and lived in America, which of course was a lie. But this lie was one of the best things that could happen to her because it placed her in a part of the camp for privileged Jews who were treated better than the rest. She explained how one camp was surrounded by electric, barbed wire fences and men with large rifles stood on the inside and outside of these fences all around. She spoke of how she tried to keep to herself and maintain a low profile at these camps, which is one reason she think she survived them. Finally, on April 10th, 1945 she was put on a train in which she spent 13 days on. The train would stop for sometimes days but the Jewish children would always come back to the train, it wouldn’t even cross their mind to escape even though they probably could have if they tried. And then one day she heard someone shouting, “We’re free, we’re free.” At first no one really paid any attention. Then she saw Russian soldiers taking the German soldiers hostage, that’s when she knew the war was over. But she would still have to live with the atrocities she endured during the 2 years she was in centration camps. And now that she was free, she was alone, no friends or family left. She was happy to be free but sad to have nothing and nothing to look forward to. It was as if she was beginning a new life.
“Walking around in a striped suit completely depersonalizes you.”
“A crumb of bread meant the difference between life and death.”
Testimony 2-Cody Bareford
Ursula Levy was born in Osnabruck, Germany on May 11, 1935. Ursula and her brother, George, lived with their parents until their father was taken to a concentration camp. Ursula's mother began worrying for her children's life and decided to send them to a catholic camp in Holland. While at the camp the priest took a liking to Ursula and her brother and even converted them to Catholic and baptized them with their mother’s permission. The priest also covered for Ursula and her brother by telling others that her father was a Catholic from America. Luckily Ursula was with her brother a majority of the time, although not all the camps she visited allowed males and females together. At one of the last camps she visited she was allowed to be in the male barracks with her brother. Ursula went into detail about her time spent at camps, although she was a rather fortunate Jew compared to most. She describes how she was never abused in any way whatsoever, and nobody ever stole her food, even though it would have been very easy to. She states, “A crumb of bread was the difference between life and death.” In 1945 she was finally freed and went on to do great things with her life. She talked about how she resumed school after being free and eventually went to nursing school in Chicago which took her ten years to complete due to her marriage and having children. Despite the atrocities she faced, Ursula overcame the odds and did great things.
A Film Unfinished
Jason Florez
Larry Neuburger
Comp 102 10/1/11
A Film Unfinished
The way Jews were treated during this time was horrible. Many of them starved to death, others from sickness because they couldn’t afford medical attention. Germans would beat them for unjustified reasons and sometimes just because the person was Jewish. One woman said, “People would throw garbage out their windows because they were too weak to go downstairs.” This really portrays how poor, sick and weak these people were. They didn’t even have enough strength to take their trash out, so there would be piles and piles of trash everywhere outside people’s windows. The woman spoke of other instances, “My mother would send me to the Warsaw Municipal garbage dump, and when I returned home I saw how they were eating what I had brought.” This little girl was going to a garbage dump to pick out trash to bring back to her family because they had nothing else. Her family would eat the old trash that she would rummage through and pick out. This is an excellent depiction of how little Jewish people had. They were forced to live off the leftovers of the people in classes above them. In one scene some German Policemen were pulling all kinds of vegetables and fruits out from under the clothes of Jewish children. The children were attempting to smuggle food in to their starving families. Some of the children caught were taken out and shot and killed.
The way the film staged the scenes with the wealthy Jews and made it look like they were treated like royalty is not surprising. Germans knew that what was happening in Germany would eventually reach the interest of the rest of the world and they anticipated the reaction of those people which is why they made this film. They wanted evidence that Jews were treated not just as well as Germans, but better. It’s a brilliant scheme. It seems there were many secrets even within the German government which is one of the reasons why it fell apart and was eventually taken over. But no punishment would make up for the damage and pain unjustly inflicted on the Jews.
Larry Neuburger
Comp 102 10/1/11
A Film Unfinished
The way Jews were treated during this time was horrible. Many of them starved to death, others from sickness because they couldn’t afford medical attention. Germans would beat them for unjustified reasons and sometimes just because the person was Jewish. One woman said, “People would throw garbage out their windows because they were too weak to go downstairs.” This really portrays how poor, sick and weak these people were. They didn’t even have enough strength to take their trash out, so there would be piles and piles of trash everywhere outside people’s windows. The woman spoke of other instances, “My mother would send me to the Warsaw Municipal garbage dump, and when I returned home I saw how they were eating what I had brought.” This little girl was going to a garbage dump to pick out trash to bring back to her family because they had nothing else. Her family would eat the old trash that she would rummage through and pick out. This is an excellent depiction of how little Jewish people had. They were forced to live off the leftovers of the people in classes above them. In one scene some German Policemen were pulling all kinds of vegetables and fruits out from under the clothes of Jewish children. The children were attempting to smuggle food in to their starving families. Some of the children caught were taken out and shot and killed.
The way the film staged the scenes with the wealthy Jews and made it look like they were treated like royalty is not surprising. Germans knew that what was happening in Germany would eventually reach the interest of the rest of the world and they anticipated the reaction of those people which is why they made this film. They wanted evidence that Jews were treated not just as well as Germans, but better. It’s a brilliant scheme. It seems there were many secrets even within the German government which is one of the reasons why it fell apart and was eventually taken over. But no punishment would make up for the damage and pain unjustly inflicted on the Jews.
Testimony 1-Cody Bareford
David Abrams is a Holocaust survivor from multiple Nazi concentration camps. Mr. Abrams was born on December 8, 1928 in Dej-Romania. Abrams led a fairly normal Jewish life for the most part until he was fifteen. Soon after his bar mitzvah his father passed away, and just a few months later he was taken to the Ghetto. His Ghetto was in a field and families were required to build their own shelter during their stay there. After a month the Jews were quickly rounded up and sent to Auschwitz where they began being separated. People were separated by their ability to work, if they weren’t able to work they were sent to the gas chambers. Mr. Abrams stayed in Auschwitz for approximately a month and was shipped to Mauthausen. He received the number 71,701 after steeping off the train, which was used to identify them. During his time in Mauthausen he began witnessing people stealing from one another and even witnessed a few eating the dead to survive. While being forced to work in Mauthausen David got an infection on the heel of his foot, at first he was skeptical to go get examined, but when he decided he was most likely going to die anyways he went and got checked out by an SS doctor. After seeing David was healthier than most he was admitted to the hospital where he spent two weeks eating and sleeping, which ultimately saved his life. David said he prayed every day at camp asking God that today be his last day at camp and stated, “That was the only thing that kept me going, my faith.”
Alfred Caro
Jason Florez
Comp-102 10/11/11
Larry Neuburger
Alfred Caro
Alfred Caro was born in Sumter, Berlin. He lived a relatively good life up until the early 1930’s. One day he came home and his mother told him that the German police had come there asking questions mainly pertaining to the number of males that were in their family and that one of the males needed to go with the police as part of a political investigation. This obviously frightened Alfred so he hid for a few days with his aunt and another couple days with a close friend. After those few days of hiding he came back home to his family and told his mother and father that he would be the one to go with the German police. This showed great courage and leadership of his family. First they took him to a regular building in Berlin and simply asked him several personal questions. Then after a couple hours they took him and hundreds of other Jewish people to a facility surrounded by fences. He mentioned how he could tell there was no sign of good in the face of the Nazis. Hatred and evil was all he could sense from them. While he was in the “camp” people were being beaten, hit and kicked all around him, but nobody fought back. They were given minimal nutrition such as watery soup and sometimes stale bread. At night they all slept on the floor. He spent approximately 6 weeks in this place. He kept his head down and obeyed orders, never speaking out of line. And then one day, just like that they let him go and told him he was free. He explained how extremely lucky he was to be one of the few to be released. Soon after he returned home he was given a chance to leave Berlin and go to Belgium by train, he took it. He doesn’t know exactly why he was given this chance yet no one else in this family was, but he concluded that it had to have been the fact that he had spent time in a concentration camp and the German government didn’t want him telling people of the atrocities that went on there. He had to say goodbye to his family and friends and wasn’t given much time to do so. Before he knew it, he was alone on his way to a place he knew nothing about.
“The Nazis had so much power and so much madness in them that they were breaking in houses and stealing things and pretending this was all a political investigation.”
“Life in the camp, you had nothing.”
Comp-102 10/11/11
Larry Neuburger
Alfred Caro
Alfred Caro was born in Sumter, Berlin. He lived a relatively good life up until the early 1930’s. One day he came home and his mother told him that the German police had come there asking questions mainly pertaining to the number of males that were in their family and that one of the males needed to go with the police as part of a political investigation. This obviously frightened Alfred so he hid for a few days with his aunt and another couple days with a close friend. After those few days of hiding he came back home to his family and told his mother and father that he would be the one to go with the German police. This showed great courage and leadership of his family. First they took him to a regular building in Berlin and simply asked him several personal questions. Then after a couple hours they took him and hundreds of other Jewish people to a facility surrounded by fences. He mentioned how he could tell there was no sign of good in the face of the Nazis. Hatred and evil was all he could sense from them. While he was in the “camp” people were being beaten, hit and kicked all around him, but nobody fought back. They were given minimal nutrition such as watery soup and sometimes stale bread. At night they all slept on the floor. He spent approximately 6 weeks in this place. He kept his head down and obeyed orders, never speaking out of line. And then one day, just like that they let him go and told him he was free. He explained how extremely lucky he was to be one of the few to be released. Soon after he returned home he was given a chance to leave Berlin and go to Belgium by train, he took it. He doesn’t know exactly why he was given this chance yet no one else in this family was, but he concluded that it had to have been the fact that he had spent time in a concentration camp and the German government didn’t want him telling people of the atrocities that went on there. He had to say goodbye to his family and friends and wasn’t given much time to do so. Before he knew it, he was alone on his way to a place he knew nothing about.
“The Nazis had so much power and so much madness in them that they were breaking in houses and stealing things and pretending this was all a political investigation.”
“Life in the camp, you had nothing.”
Holocaust Testimony #2
The second interview that I listened to was by a man named William McKinney. He was interviewed on 31 March 1997. William was 74 years old at the time he was interviewed. He grew up in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He born in Union town, Pennsylvania. WIlliam McKinney was in the U.S. Army. He was a Sergeant for the army. His duty was to learn Morris code. He was sent to basic and spent most of his days just spending time learning Morris code, drilling over that. William didn’t have one said job, he was a combat supply and did a lot with weapons. One thing that the interviewer spent a lot of time asking about was how William McKinney was treated because he was black. William would travel from city to city in France. He said that the U.S. had a 205 mm that shoot accurately for 23 miles. It was very nerve racking for him knowing the weapon advances and being close to these weapon coming from the other side. When he was in Germany he went to the concentration camps and saw all of the things that were going on first hand. He saw where they would stand the jews on the hillside and shoot them to fall into the pits. There were thousands of Jewish refugees in these concentration camps. In the concentration camps he saw lampshades of human skin. He saw all sorts of people that were dying because of starvation. They were told not to give them K-Rations because they hadn’t had anything solid in so long that if an undernourished person ate it, it would kill them. McKinney saw two boys digging in the trash, he gave them food and they stuck to him for the two days that he was there. William said, “I wanted to adopt them.” They had orphanages prepared for them. The war finally ended on May 8th. When it did he said, “ I felt very exhilarated that the war had ended.”
Quotation: “I saw lampshades made of human skin.” “I felt very exhilarated that the war had ended.”
Quotation: “I saw lampshades made of human skin.” “I felt very exhilarated that the war had ended.”
Eric Wood-Holocaust Testimonies
Interview 1-Alfred Caro
Alfred Caro was born in 1911 in a town named Sampta. Sampta is a small town near Germany’s capital of Berlin. After living in Sampta for a few years, Caro, his parents, and his six siblings moved into Berlin. Caro grew up in Berlin and went to school there. The school that Caro went to for elementary school didn’t split up Jews and gentiles. Caro said that he had Jewish and non-Jewish friends. The only difference in classes between the two groups was that Jews had religious classes. Other than that, Caro said nobody treated him any different than the gentiles. Caro’s family was conservative and regularly attended synagogue early in his life. As the years went by though, the family went less and less. Caro’s dad owned a butcher store, which helped to support the family. Caro was a very active child and participated in boxing and track. All was well in life until 1933 when Hitler came into power. Soon after this occurred, Caro felt uneasiness building toward himself and other Jews. In 1937, Caro was gathered and sent to Sachsenhosen camp. While there, Caro worked and had a rough time. He felt that the number one way he survived, was luck. Caro spoke of times where officers would randomly pick out a few Jews and shoot them. After a long year, Caro was free in July of 1938. However, life did not go back to how it was before camp life. Things continued to worsen and were topped off on Kristallnacht. On “the night of broken glass”, many Jewish businesses had their stores broken into, including the family butcher shop. It was at this point that Caro determined that he had to leave. He moved to Colombia in South America, living there for 16 years. He established a butcher shop in honor of his father. After a few years living in other South American countries, he moved to the United States where his middle sister had escaped to.
“If you weren’t lucky, you were dead”
“Life was never the same after Sachsenhosen”
Interview 2-Henry Laurant
Henry Laurant was born in 1925 in the city of Koenigsberg. Koenigsberg was a city in the eastern portion of Prussia. Laurant grew up in an apartment with his parents and one sister. Laurant’s father was a pediatrician while his mother stayed home with the children. Henry and his sister shared a very close relationship at this time. Laurant had his first Anti-Semitic experience while in kindergarten. After school on his way home, a few kids insulted him because he was Jewish. Laurant was shocked that such young kids could have such hatred. Henry’s father told him that these things would pass over. Unfortunately for Henry, this was not the case. At the age of nine, Henry had to go to the hospital due to illness. Many kids were in the waiting room and after finding out Henry was a Jew, the room erupted with insults. At first doctors tried to calm the situation, but after realizing Henry was a Jew, they let it go. Later that year, Henry and his family moved to Berlin to help his father get more business. In 1938, Kristallnacht occurred and alarmed the family. The day after this event occurred, the family went into hiding down the road at a family friend’s house. Life was not the same as they had to sneak around whenever they had to go somewhere. Henry spoke of days when S.S. officers would march down the streets and require the citizens along the street to give the Hitler salute. Anybody who did not would be beat. Henry refused to give the salute so he would always hide when he heard the chants of the soldiers. A plan was soon hatched to get Henry out of the country. His parents and sister would not be coming along however, as his sister had schooling to finish. Henry spoke about a bad feeling he had that he would never see them again, but remained optimistic. At age 14, Henry obtained a passport and immigrated to England. He never saw his family again. In 1972, he was finally able to make it back to Berlin where he learned of his parents fate through old friends. As they tried to escape, they were captured and taken to Auschwitz, where it was determined that they died.
“When Jewish blood splashes from the knife, things go twice as well” (a chant the S.S. officers echoed as they went down the streets)
“After Kristallnacht, life was pure Hell”
Alfred Caro was born in 1911 in a town named Sampta. Sampta is a small town near Germany’s capital of Berlin. After living in Sampta for a few years, Caro, his parents, and his six siblings moved into Berlin. Caro grew up in Berlin and went to school there. The school that Caro went to for elementary school didn’t split up Jews and gentiles. Caro said that he had Jewish and non-Jewish friends. The only difference in classes between the two groups was that Jews had religious classes. Other than that, Caro said nobody treated him any different than the gentiles. Caro’s family was conservative and regularly attended synagogue early in his life. As the years went by though, the family went less and less. Caro’s dad owned a butcher store, which helped to support the family. Caro was a very active child and participated in boxing and track. All was well in life until 1933 when Hitler came into power. Soon after this occurred, Caro felt uneasiness building toward himself and other Jews. In 1937, Caro was gathered and sent to Sachsenhosen camp. While there, Caro worked and had a rough time. He felt that the number one way he survived, was luck. Caro spoke of times where officers would randomly pick out a few Jews and shoot them. After a long year, Caro was free in July of 1938. However, life did not go back to how it was before camp life. Things continued to worsen and were topped off on Kristallnacht. On “the night of broken glass”, many Jewish businesses had their stores broken into, including the family butcher shop. It was at this point that Caro determined that he had to leave. He moved to Colombia in South America, living there for 16 years. He established a butcher shop in honor of his father. After a few years living in other South American countries, he moved to the United States where his middle sister had escaped to.
“If you weren’t lucky, you were dead”
“Life was never the same after Sachsenhosen”
Interview 2-Henry Laurant
Henry Laurant was born in 1925 in the city of Koenigsberg. Koenigsberg was a city in the eastern portion of Prussia. Laurant grew up in an apartment with his parents and one sister. Laurant’s father was a pediatrician while his mother stayed home with the children. Henry and his sister shared a very close relationship at this time. Laurant had his first Anti-Semitic experience while in kindergarten. After school on his way home, a few kids insulted him because he was Jewish. Laurant was shocked that such young kids could have such hatred. Henry’s father told him that these things would pass over. Unfortunately for Henry, this was not the case. At the age of nine, Henry had to go to the hospital due to illness. Many kids were in the waiting room and after finding out Henry was a Jew, the room erupted with insults. At first doctors tried to calm the situation, but after realizing Henry was a Jew, they let it go. Later that year, Henry and his family moved to Berlin to help his father get more business. In 1938, Kristallnacht occurred and alarmed the family. The day after this event occurred, the family went into hiding down the road at a family friend’s house. Life was not the same as they had to sneak around whenever they had to go somewhere. Henry spoke of days when S.S. officers would march down the streets and require the citizens along the street to give the Hitler salute. Anybody who did not would be beat. Henry refused to give the salute so he would always hide when he heard the chants of the soldiers. A plan was soon hatched to get Henry out of the country. His parents and sister would not be coming along however, as his sister had schooling to finish. Henry spoke about a bad feeling he had that he would never see them again, but remained optimistic. At age 14, Henry obtained a passport and immigrated to England. He never saw his family again. In 1972, he was finally able to make it back to Berlin where he learned of his parents fate through old friends. As they tried to escape, they were captured and taken to Auschwitz, where it was determined that they died.
“When Jewish blood splashes from the knife, things go twice as well” (a chant the S.S. officers echoed as they went down the streets)
“After Kristallnacht, life was pure Hell”
Holocaust Testimony
The first interview that I listened to was by a lady named, Ursula Levy. At the time she was giving the interview she was living in Beverly Hills, California. Ursula was originally from a place in Germany called Asnapahook. She was one of the Holocaust survivors. She has some really interesting stories on what had happened to her, it is amazing that she is still alive. In the beginning she started off talking about her family and her first memories. Her first memory was of her dad being in the hospital, she was about three and a half years old. Her father had gangrene of the legs due to the torture he was put through while he was in a concentration camp. He had been exposed to too much cold. While he was in the hospital Ursula said that her father would even look at them. She believes that he was in a state of unconsciousness. He had passed away due to the gangrene. Ursula was very close to her brother. At first she was separated from her brother in their first camp. Then later they were put back together in the camp. She didn’t know how it happened but her and her brother George were made to sleep in the boys barracks. Ursula had survived the holocaust, on one of the trains she heard someone shouting, “We are free! We are free!” She said that originally nobody had listened to them. Once someone did finally look, they saw the Russians taking the Germans prisoner. They knew at that moment, they were really free. About one-fourth of the people that were on the train actually lived. But, once she did get off the trian her and her brother George got typhus. She said, “it was a miracle that we survived.”
Quotation: “We are free! We are free!” “It was a miracle that we survived.”
Quotation: “We are free! We are free!” “It was a miracle that we survived.”
Holocaust Testimony
Ursula Levy was born in 1935 in Osnabruck, Germany. Her first memory was of her father returning from a concentration camp and that he died in 1939 from gangrene in both legs. Ursula’s mother made the attempt to get Ursula and her brother George out of Germany and to their aunt and uncle in Chicago, IL. A Couple in Holland helped children escape the Holocaust and Ursula and George were hidden in a Dutch Convent in Eersel, Holland. The convent’s purpose was to house malnourished children for six weeks to help them become healthy before they were released again. Ursula, her brother, and three other Jewish children were hidden in the numbers of the Dutch children and lived in the convent. The Germans conquered Holland and replaced all government officials with Nazi officials in 1940. Because of this, the children were discovered and sent a few at a time to concentration camps. Of the five children hidden in the convent only Ursula and her brother survived. In April of 1943 Ursula and her brother were taken to the Vught concentration camp. They were separated for the first time and Ursula was very depressed. George would visit her on Sundays. Ursula described the living conditions as being indescribable and mentioned the brutality of the German guards. At one point she was called to the Commandant’s office and said, “On my eighth birthday we were called to the Commandant’s office, and I thought we were going to be beaten.” They were not, however, and the man that had arranged for them to be placed in the convent was there to visit them. This man told the Commandant a lie stating that they had a Catholic father in Chicago. She described the concentration camps as a place of brutal starvation, disease, and emotional distress. Ursula and her brother were sent to Westerbock Concentration camp in October of 1943-February of 1944 and after that they were sent to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp where they lived in the orphan’s barracks. There she described the starvation and disease but also described the dead being carted away in open trucks. “Every day I saw open wagons piled high with corpses with just their arms and legs dangling over the side without any dignity.” In the spring of 1945 they were given an immunization shot and put on a train. The train circled for 13 days because of the fighting nearby. She did not remember eating and that they drank from puddles whenever they could. Eventually the Russian soldiers overtook the German soldiers and the train. They took the corpses off of the train and piled the bodies beside the tracks. Of 2,600 people on the train only 600 survived. More died from typhus and typhoid after they were freed and sent to an abandoned town. After spending two months with the Stern family they finally returned to the man who had originally helped them hide in the convent and had told the lie to save their lives. Two years after this they were finally sent to live with their aunt and uncle in Chicago, Illinois. Ursula became a nurse later on, married and had two children.
1. “On my eighth birthday we were called to the Commandant’s office, and I thought we were going to be beaten.”
2. “Every day I saw open wagons piled high with corpses with just their arms and legs dangling over the side without any dignity.”
1. “On my eighth birthday we were called to the Commandant’s office, and I thought we were going to be beaten.”
2. “Every day I saw open wagons piled high with corpses with just their arms and legs dangling over the side without any dignity.”
Holocaust Testimony
Brigitte Altman was born in 1924, and in Memel, Lithuania. Her family was very wealthy in the 1900’s but the village they lived in was burned down during WWI and the family lost everything. She was a much pampered child before WWII. She described a very classic idea of Christmas Sleigh rides before the war. She said that she had a very happy childhood. They were on the list to get out of their country, but it was a very long list and unlikely that they would be able to leave. When the Germans occupied Memel in 1939, they left to stay with her gr4andmother in her village. They left everything they owned behind except for some things that they had shipped to her grandmother’s village, but the container caught on fire. They stayed there a month or two and then relocated to a town where she could go to school and her parents could get visas for their family to go to the United States. The soviets took over her country in 1940; her family had already lost all of their financial wealth which was a good thing because the Russians shipped off other wealthy Jewish families to Siberia. They had an opportunity to escape to Canada but could not do it because her mother had a stroke and was to sick to make the trip. When the Germans invaded Kovno the Russians were panicked and left quickly. She said “At least when we lived under the Soviets we knew that our lives were safe but rumors were going around about the German slave and death camps”. At this time they had to wear the Star of David on the sleeves and were not aloud to walk on the sidewalks. She described the Jewish ghetto as very poor, the families often lived in one room. They had nothing to trade for a place to stay; they lived only on the kindness of strangers and finally found an attic space to live in. She worked in a labor brigade; it was assigned to her to work in a green house that catered to high ranking German soldiers. Other work groups had worse conditions. October of 1941 10000 were taken from the ghetto. She remembered waiting in review for the German S.S. sergeant in the square in her father’s work groups that built the airport with her mother and father. “He yielded enormous power, the power over life and death”. She described him eating a sandwich as he separated those who would live and who would die. She talks about after liberation living on a farm with the family of a Russian soldier and that he had tried to rape her many times but each time she was able to fight him off. She remembers a Russian office named Ficelli that became her protector and would not let any harm come to her. He was named as a Russian commandant and left the farm. Two women that knew how good he was to her gave her all the food and drink that they could spare, and set her up with a horse and drive and helped her to get away.
1. “At least when we lived under the Soviets we knew that our lives were safe but rumors were going around about the German slave and death camps”
2. “He yielded enormous power, the power over life and death”
1. “At least when we lived under the Soviets we knew that our lives were safe but rumors were going around about the German slave and death camps”
2. “He yielded enormous power, the power over life and death”
Survivor Testimony #2 - Coy Draheim
Survivor Testimony 2
Coy Draheim
Alfred Caro’s story starts like many other stories for Jews in the 1930’s. He was born in what started as Sampter, Poland but would soon be under German rule and considered part of Germany. Born to a tight knit family of 6 kids, Alfred’s father was a butcher and his mother was a stay at home mom. Unlike most Jews, Alfred led a really good life growing up and never experienced much anti-Semitism. He lived a typical teenage life going to dances playing sports, his favorite being boxing, and going to school. As far as religion went their family was conservative and believed but really only celebrated on the major Jewish holidays. The good life would quickly change however for Alfred in 1933 as the Reistacht was burned by the Nazis and Hitler’s rise to power would begin. Alfred and his family like many Jewish families had no idea of how bad things would truly get. Shortly after Alfred’s father would lose his business and the Nuremberg laws would be instated. Caro would hear of things getting worse for Jews like them being arrested and beaten around this time but not too much attention was paid to it. Shortly after however in his home town Alfred would be arrested and sent to the Zachzenhausen work camp. “So I was perplexed,” is how Alfred would describe being snatched up and taken here. Like many others he felt he had done nothing wrong and was wondering why the Germans were forcing him here. His time in the camp would go from bad to worse quickly. Like many other German work camps starvation was rampant and Alfred would describe the living conditions as horrible. Alfred said that you might get a piece of bread a day with some water, you would sleep on the floor, and the bathrooms or lack thereof were unsanitary. The fence surrounding the camp was used as a boundary and any Jew getting close to it was shot on spot. Alfred would describe the German guards as trained murderers. “Who was friend, who was enemy,” is how Caro would talk about the people inside the camp. With Germans and Jews fighting for survival one would have to watch their back in the camp. Alfred unlike many Jews was lucky though and only in the camp for six weeks. He was released and quickly went to Belgium. Unfortunately for Alfred he had to leave his family and this would be the last time he would see many of them again. He was forced to France shortly after on the run from the Germans and eventually would end up in Columbia, South America where he found a job working for a gold company. Unlike some Alfred kept his conservative faith throughout his life and would attend synagogue during major holidays. He moved to N.Y. City and was married with kids. Sadly for Alfred though he would never receive any news from his family.
Coy Draheim
Alfred Caro’s story starts like many other stories for Jews in the 1930’s. He was born in what started as Sampter, Poland but would soon be under German rule and considered part of Germany. Born to a tight knit family of 6 kids, Alfred’s father was a butcher and his mother was a stay at home mom. Unlike most Jews, Alfred led a really good life growing up and never experienced much anti-Semitism. He lived a typical teenage life going to dances playing sports, his favorite being boxing, and going to school. As far as religion went their family was conservative and believed but really only celebrated on the major Jewish holidays. The good life would quickly change however for Alfred in 1933 as the Reistacht was burned by the Nazis and Hitler’s rise to power would begin. Alfred and his family like many Jewish families had no idea of how bad things would truly get. Shortly after Alfred’s father would lose his business and the Nuremberg laws would be instated. Caro would hear of things getting worse for Jews like them being arrested and beaten around this time but not too much attention was paid to it. Shortly after however in his home town Alfred would be arrested and sent to the Zachzenhausen work camp. “So I was perplexed,” is how Alfred would describe being snatched up and taken here. Like many others he felt he had done nothing wrong and was wondering why the Germans were forcing him here. His time in the camp would go from bad to worse quickly. Like many other German work camps starvation was rampant and Alfred would describe the living conditions as horrible. Alfred said that you might get a piece of bread a day with some water, you would sleep on the floor, and the bathrooms or lack thereof were unsanitary. The fence surrounding the camp was used as a boundary and any Jew getting close to it was shot on spot. Alfred would describe the German guards as trained murderers. “Who was friend, who was enemy,” is how Caro would talk about the people inside the camp. With Germans and Jews fighting for survival one would have to watch their back in the camp. Alfred unlike many Jews was lucky though and only in the camp for six weeks. He was released and quickly went to Belgium. Unfortunately for Alfred he had to leave his family and this would be the last time he would see many of them again. He was forced to France shortly after on the run from the Germans and eventually would end up in Columbia, South America where he found a job working for a gold company. Unlike some Alfred kept his conservative faith throughout his life and would attend synagogue during major holidays. He moved to N.Y. City and was married with kids. Sadly for Alfred though he would never receive any news from his family.
Survivor Testimony #1- Coy Draheim
Survivor Testimony 1
Coy Draheim
WWII changed many things for the Jewish people including the birth name of Joseph Morton. Born Joseph Markowitz in Lodz, Poland, Joseph wanted to leave behind any trace or reminder of the war. Joseph’s story like many other Jew’s was one of growing up in a smaller town in Europe and doing many ordinary things as a child. Joseph had five brothers and one sister, a father working as a tailor, and a stay at home mother. Joseph like many others had suffered small instances of anti-Semitism early on and even heard little bits of Hitler’s rise to power. He never knew how bad it would truly get. “One ear in, the other one out,” is a quote from Joseph when he describes hearing about Hitler’s rise. It was true that many Jews never knew how bad it would get and simply brushed off the news about the Nazis. Joseph’s town was one of the earliest towns in Poland to be occupied, with the war starting on a Wednesday and the Germans invading their town two days later on Friday. Things got bad quickly for Joseph and the Jews in Lodz. They were put to work early as kids cleaning floors and shortly after the occupation a ghetto was established. Life in the ghetto was miserable as one would imagine with starvation rampant. Jews were killed and hung in the market to give a warning to others that their invaders were serious. School was cancelled and wire walls were built to keep them in. This was paradise in fact for Joseph though; he had no idea of what his future would hold. Auschwitz did not exist in his world but it would soon become a reality. “We would kill ourselves before getting to the place,” is what Joseph had to say about his time right before Auschwitz if he would have known how bad it would become. Like many others after him Joseph was loaded onto a cattle car with around fifty other Jews and shipped to Auschwitz. He went through selection like many others and this would be the last time he would see his mother and most siblings. Joseph, his father, and one brother were chosen as acceptable to work and the rest of his family he would never see again as they were taken to their deaths by gas or furnace. Auschwitz was a short stay for Joseph as he was shipped to a German work camp Darkow. He was in good physical shape and could work which allowed him to stay alive. Near the end of his stay he fell ill with typhus and luckily for him the camp was liberated shortly after. Joseph said that if he would have had to go a few more days he would not be here today. Joseph’s experience not only shook his faith in people but his faith in God also. His faith has never gotten back to how it was before the war and probably never will. He moved to the U.S. where he works as a barber and enjoys his life with his wife and 3 kids.
Coy Draheim
WWII changed many things for the Jewish people including the birth name of Joseph Morton. Born Joseph Markowitz in Lodz, Poland, Joseph wanted to leave behind any trace or reminder of the war. Joseph’s story like many other Jew’s was one of growing up in a smaller town in Europe and doing many ordinary things as a child. Joseph had five brothers and one sister, a father working as a tailor, and a stay at home mother. Joseph like many others had suffered small instances of anti-Semitism early on and even heard little bits of Hitler’s rise to power. He never knew how bad it would truly get. “One ear in, the other one out,” is a quote from Joseph when he describes hearing about Hitler’s rise. It was true that many Jews never knew how bad it would get and simply brushed off the news about the Nazis. Joseph’s town was one of the earliest towns in Poland to be occupied, with the war starting on a Wednesday and the Germans invading their town two days later on Friday. Things got bad quickly for Joseph and the Jews in Lodz. They were put to work early as kids cleaning floors and shortly after the occupation a ghetto was established. Life in the ghetto was miserable as one would imagine with starvation rampant. Jews were killed and hung in the market to give a warning to others that their invaders were serious. School was cancelled and wire walls were built to keep them in. This was paradise in fact for Joseph though; he had no idea of what his future would hold. Auschwitz did not exist in his world but it would soon become a reality. “We would kill ourselves before getting to the place,” is what Joseph had to say about his time right before Auschwitz if he would have known how bad it would become. Like many others after him Joseph was loaded onto a cattle car with around fifty other Jews and shipped to Auschwitz. He went through selection like many others and this would be the last time he would see his mother and most siblings. Joseph, his father, and one brother were chosen as acceptable to work and the rest of his family he would never see again as they were taken to their deaths by gas or furnace. Auschwitz was a short stay for Joseph as he was shipped to a German work camp Darkow. He was in good physical shape and could work which allowed him to stay alive. Near the end of his stay he fell ill with typhus and luckily for him the camp was liberated shortly after. Joseph said that if he would have had to go a few more days he would not be here today. Joseph’s experience not only shook his faith in people but his faith in God also. His faith has never gotten back to how it was before the war and probably never will. He moved to the U.S. where he works as a barber and enjoys his life with his wife and 3 kids.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Taylor Graves #2 Survivor Testimony
Henry Mikols was born and raised in Poland. He grew up as a Roman Catholic. Henry grew up in a poor family, as his father was in the silent movie business. Henry had big dreams, weather it was going to America and see all of the movies as he was influenced by great actors at the time such as Charlie Chaplin and Woodrow Wilson, this is why Henry wants to come to the Americas. Henry and his father liked watching the Polish Air force fly their planes doing all of these fancy acrobatic moves. On day, Henry and his father went to the top of the roof to watch the planes to the tricks, all of the German planes fly by making these gigantic noises, both of them saw that the Germans were bombing the field that was by their house. As the Germans took over his town, they took over his house as well and they were told to move out to his father’s sister’s house. From there he went to the store to get some groceries for his family when he had been stopped by a German officer and took henry to a train station to a farm, this would be the last time he would see any of his family. While on the farm, he was being mistreated by being hit and yelled at. From there, he was sent to Brukenvar, one of many concentration camps, because he was taken by German officers for talking poorly about the German government. In the experiments he was involved with the typhoid pills. The German scientists would slip them the pills in their lunch which would be a thick potato salad. Many of the kids in this experiment died, but Henry did not, because of a German scientist would give him a separate pill. This pill would save his life. Eventually the war had ended and Henry followed his dream about going to New York. Henry wrote several letters to New York about his experience that he had during this time in his life, this would let Henry travel to America for free to talk about all of this. He stayed in America as became a carpenter and would eventually become an architect. Henry settled down in New Hampshire with his wife and his daughter.
“We had to sleep like a hearings, legs between legs, the floors were deplorable, and even then we would have a sense of humor, and we set up a line across the walls and whoever won, got a pack of cigerettes”
“I joked with my friend, I hope they serve it to Adolf on a platter” he was talking about the typhoid pills.
“We had to sleep like a hearings, legs between legs, the floors were deplorable, and even then we would have a sense of humor, and we set up a line across the walls and whoever won, got a pack of cigerettes”
“I joked with my friend, I hope they serve it to Adolf on a platter” he was talking about the typhoid pills.
Taylor Graves #1 Survivor Testimony
William McKinney was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, but he grew up in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania with a family of 6 brothers and 4 sisters. They grew up in what William calls a very large with a total of eight bedrooms. His dad worked various jobs while his mother was a housekeeper in the home. His father served in WW1. On June 6, 1943, William McKinney went into the United Stated Military. After being drafted into the military he was sent to Alabama to the base battalion because he scored the highest in his group on the communication tests he had to take going into the military this would be Morse code. After Alabama he went to Mississippi and then to New York and then finally to Liverpool, England. There he said the Germans had an 88 which is huge cannon, and when these cannon struck land you would see bodies fly everywhere in the air and all of the Kernels would cry like babe when firing these cannons and being killed by fellow soldiers that had switched sides. William was then stationed in Belgium at Buchenwald. This is where William saw thousands of Jewish refugees; they wore bluish/grayish pajamas. Williams stated that the refugees would look very mal nourished. While he was there he met a couple boys and during supper, William would go back for seconds and thirds and take it to these boys to eat. He was lampshades that were made out of human skin, pickled hearts and brains in labs. William asked the boys what happened to their families and he got out of them that they watched their parents get burned alive. William at one point in the video says that he wanted to adopt the two boys in the camp that he gave food to. But after the war was over he never saw the boys again but he hopes that the boys made it through the camp alive.
“It is time that we come to our senses and eliminate bloodshed because war is hell. War is horrible.”
“I saw pits where they march’ em up and shoot ’em and fall over in the pit”
“It is time that we come to our senses and eliminate bloodshed because war is hell. War is horrible.”
“I saw pits where they march’ em up and shoot ’em and fall over in the pit”
Zwass and Gipsman - Alicia Amlin
Bruno Zwass was born April 27, 1923 in Breslough, Germany and survived by going deeper and deeper into Poland, staying on the move when necessary in order to keep getting captured. His family wasn’t poor, but it wasn’t rich either, though his parents made sure to send their children to private school to give them the opportunity of the highest education possible, regardless of cost. Zwass mentions that his grandfather was something of a dominant figure in the Jewish community, keeping peace and sorting out quarrels when need be. Zwass explains that he was the black sheep of the family and was frequently punished, often labeled as a disruptive student in class. His father punished by spanking with his hand only; Zwass actually jokes that there weren’t any killings, though I feel as though this could be a subconscious reference to the severity of the Germans’ attacks on the Jews.
Zwass states that he actually began to notice anti-Semitism in 1932 in its earliest stages. Nazis and Communists would clash in the streets on the weekends, and even Jews in the streets were suddenly assaulted without warning. Businesses and office buildings owned by Jews would be covered in graffiti. Zwass and his family did not leave Germany until 1934, a year and a half after the Nazis took over, joining family in a border town in Poland, though it was still considered to be German territory. As the Jews were beginning to be restricted by unjust laws, there were horrifying scenes everywhere on the streets. Germans would force Jewish people in the streets and made to clean the cobblestone or shine the German soldiers’ boots, and they were spit on and laughed at to demean them. If any of the Jews were traditional with long beards, the Germans would cut their beards disrespect and demean them further.
Bruno Zwass seemed to have a more optimistic view on his childhood, though his “wildest ideas” and different thinking may have helped to rescue him when he began to be exposed to anti-Semitism on the early rise and any events as a result. His family eventually had to move deeper into Poland and wound up living with his very optimistic, kind, ever smiling uncle in Tarnuff, who was a very generous man with which he grew a special bond. His uncle may have also given him the emotional strength to survive the holocaust.
“I had the wildest ideas as a child.” “Our world was made to be smaller and smaller.” (when the Jewish restriction laws came into affect)
Fela Gipsman born in Benjing, Poland September 5, 1926. Gipsman has a very contrasting beginning experience during the holocaust. She didn’t notice anti-Semitism as she went to school every day. Her family was very fortunate, capable of sending her to a private kindergarten, and then moving her on to a public school before she wound up in Hebrew school. Her father traveled quite a bit, and she had three brothers. The family owned an olfactory meant for painting. She had no complaints about her simple life, and her family was very closely knit.
During the very first takeover by Hitler in 1939, Gipsman recalls Jews having to wear armbands illustrated with the Star of David to signify that they were Jewish. As it turned out, she did not own an armband, and was therefore taken off the streets by the Germans and brought to an old Polish soldier headquarters where others in a similar bind had to sit on their knees all night before the Germans released them unharmed by morning. However, it was a terrifying experience for Gipsman because no one knew what the Germans would do to them at the time. When the Jewish restriction laws came into action, Gipsman couldn’t go to school anymore, and no one could leave the house; food even became tight despite their financial situation.
In December of 1942, Germans wound up knocking down her door, claiming that they had to have a certain number of girls to bring to the camps. Though her father tried to bribe them to leave her, they took her anyway. Though she started at Blechamme, she was eventually taken to a smaller camp known as Shatslow, where they first took her diamond ring that her parents had given her. The camp consisted only of girls and women, and they all had to work in a factory building barefoot (though they were eventually able to wear wooden shoes). Meals only consisted of either a strange radish-like object or a thin soup with hard bread. Gipsman soon crocheted a pair of slippers for a Czech woman, who gave her sandwiches and information on the war in return. Her parents were even able to send her sandwiches for the first year before being sent to the Ghetto. Despite the sandwiches, the other food made her very sick; none of the women could even have a menstrual cycle because of something in the food that the Germans prepared.
Before liberation, the girls had to dig trenches for the German soldiers to shoot from, army dogs running wild all the while, which kept the girls terrified and unable to stand or even sit up straight. Gipsman and the rest of the women were actually meant to be shipped to Auschwitz six months before the war was to end, but invading Russians had halted it. Gipsman wound up working in the smaller camp for two and a half years before being liberated.
“…we were Jews observing the holidays, not orthodox Jews.” (describing how religious her family was) “…who’s going to come first, the Russians or the Americans?…” (upon being released through the camp gates on day of liberation)
Zwass states that he actually began to notice anti-Semitism in 1932 in its earliest stages. Nazis and Communists would clash in the streets on the weekends, and even Jews in the streets were suddenly assaulted without warning. Businesses and office buildings owned by Jews would be covered in graffiti. Zwass and his family did not leave Germany until 1934, a year and a half after the Nazis took over, joining family in a border town in Poland, though it was still considered to be German territory. As the Jews were beginning to be restricted by unjust laws, there were horrifying scenes everywhere on the streets. Germans would force Jewish people in the streets and made to clean the cobblestone or shine the German soldiers’ boots, and they were spit on and laughed at to demean them. If any of the Jews were traditional with long beards, the Germans would cut their beards disrespect and demean them further.
Bruno Zwass seemed to have a more optimistic view on his childhood, though his “wildest ideas” and different thinking may have helped to rescue him when he began to be exposed to anti-Semitism on the early rise and any events as a result. His family eventually had to move deeper into Poland and wound up living with his very optimistic, kind, ever smiling uncle in Tarnuff, who was a very generous man with which he grew a special bond. His uncle may have also given him the emotional strength to survive the holocaust.
“I had the wildest ideas as a child.” “Our world was made to be smaller and smaller.” (when the Jewish restriction laws came into affect)
Fela Gipsman born in Benjing, Poland September 5, 1926. Gipsman has a very contrasting beginning experience during the holocaust. She didn’t notice anti-Semitism as she went to school every day. Her family was very fortunate, capable of sending her to a private kindergarten, and then moving her on to a public school before she wound up in Hebrew school. Her father traveled quite a bit, and she had three brothers. The family owned an olfactory meant for painting. She had no complaints about her simple life, and her family was very closely knit.
During the very first takeover by Hitler in 1939, Gipsman recalls Jews having to wear armbands illustrated with the Star of David to signify that they were Jewish. As it turned out, she did not own an armband, and was therefore taken off the streets by the Germans and brought to an old Polish soldier headquarters where others in a similar bind had to sit on their knees all night before the Germans released them unharmed by morning. However, it was a terrifying experience for Gipsman because no one knew what the Germans would do to them at the time. When the Jewish restriction laws came into action, Gipsman couldn’t go to school anymore, and no one could leave the house; food even became tight despite their financial situation.
In December of 1942, Germans wound up knocking down her door, claiming that they had to have a certain number of girls to bring to the camps. Though her father tried to bribe them to leave her, they took her anyway. Though she started at Blechamme, she was eventually taken to a smaller camp known as Shatslow, where they first took her diamond ring that her parents had given her. The camp consisted only of girls and women, and they all had to work in a factory building barefoot (though they were eventually able to wear wooden shoes). Meals only consisted of either a strange radish-like object or a thin soup with hard bread. Gipsman soon crocheted a pair of slippers for a Czech woman, who gave her sandwiches and information on the war in return. Her parents were even able to send her sandwiches for the first year before being sent to the Ghetto. Despite the sandwiches, the other food made her very sick; none of the women could even have a menstrual cycle because of something in the food that the Germans prepared.
Before liberation, the girls had to dig trenches for the German soldiers to shoot from, army dogs running wild all the while, which kept the girls terrified and unable to stand or even sit up straight. Gipsman and the rest of the women were actually meant to be shipped to Auschwitz six months before the war was to end, but invading Russians had halted it. Gipsman wound up working in the smaller camp for two and a half years before being liberated.
“…we were Jews observing the holidays, not orthodox Jews.” (describing how religious her family was) “…who’s going to come first, the Russians or the Americans?…” (upon being released through the camp gates on day of liberation)
David Abrams
David Abrams was born 1928 in Romania and as he told his story it was remarkable and depressing at the same time. He was fifteen years old during the time of the Holocaust, and a survivor of Auschwitz. He is a very strong man that never lost faith witch was very inspiring to hear. He began to talk about his life before the war living with his family witch only ten percent of them lived thought the war. He spoke about his birth mother only for a short time cause she had died when he was six days old, so he did not know that much about her. He had four older sisters and three younger brothers that he loved dearly. Then he talked about his father and his Rabi, he was very close to both of them and looked up to them with the highest respect. He went to an all boys Jewish school far away from his house where he had to be careful on the way home cause the gentile boys would pick on him and beat him up cause he was Jewish, even before the war. Although his family was very committed Jews they did not live in a Jewish neighborhood, but they did take months to prepare for Hanukkah and they still knew alot of other Jews. Furthermore as time past the Germans became stronger and started to gather up the Jews, for the ghettos they came and told his family that they had a day to pack up and that they would be moved into the ghettos the next morning. David was able to bring some books and a few clothes in witch he kept even after the Nazis went thought everyone bags. His father luckily had died that January before his family moved into the ghettos David was glad that he did not have to see the living conditions. Then as time passed they were put on to the trains to go to the camps as they were all told that they were going to better conditions and jobs so they willing got on to the trains not knowing they were all going to die. It took three days on the train and by the time they got to the camp a lot of people had already died, and the moment David got off the train he was pulled away from his grandfather and was told they could only see each other on Sundays, but he soon found out that was a lie too when he was told that the smoke coming from the towers were his family members. Some time later him and some other young boys were moved to another camp were they were to dig tunnels but did not know why most likely it was just to work them to death. One of the other Jews that was moved with him was his Rabi's son which became his best friend and they shared everything witched helped them survive. He states that he was very luckily to be the age he was and just being at the right places at the right times and he also gives most of the credit to god for letting him make it out alive. Before the war was over the men in charge of the camp led all of the Jew on a three day walk were they tough they would all die off but David knew him and his friend had to keep going because all the ones that collapsed they would kill at the end of the night. After the three days they woke up to find all the solders gone and he knew the war was over. Then the Americans came took him to a hospital were he was able to eat and sleep, so glad to have survived. But then as he was all better he still did not know were to go or how to get there, and he struggled on his way but made it back to his house were he found his two of his sisters and that was it. eventually he made it to America were he lives now with his wife and children, and still has some flash backs when he walks by a bakery and they have thrown away bread that is still good makes him very sick to think how many people it could have saved. David was an amazing man to have gone through what he did and to have survived.
"A lot a lot off lucky lucky incidents with faithful events that I can attribute that I was able to survive."
"Never give up hope..."
"A lot a lot off lucky lucky incidents with faithful events that I can attribute that I was able to survive."
"Never give up hope..."
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