Taking a Stand

Describe the choices that were made by Germans in response to Kristillnacht. What choice might you have made?

Andre:

Andre was only a twelve year old boy when this all happened. One day during his youth meeting, they were decided to through stones at Jewish stores the next day. When Andre came home, he was not sure of what he should do. So when he asked his dad, he said that you could make you own chose and the family will cope with it. So Andre decides to not throw stones to them. The next day, the whole family moved out of Germany. Andre's act of courage was only possible because of the trust his dad put in him.

Melita Maschmann:

Although Mashmann was aware of what had happened, thanks to the devastated village she walked into in the morning, she decided to totally ignore the fact that anything was happening at all. She purposely changed he point of view to what would have kept her safe. So even after being aware of everything that was going on, she chose to choose a life that would lead her to safety during the time. It is also true that most of the German citizens reacted this way too.

The way I would have reacted?

I can not be completely sure because although I know what had happened but I have not expierenced it myself. But I think I would expect myself to be secretly helping them up to the point where my life wouldn't be dangerous.This is because I get scared when I am doing something I'm not supposed to be doing and being caught with a Jewish people in your house by the "Fuhrer" would be a nightmare for me. But I would feel really bad so I would provide them with food and clothing if they have a place to live.

Analyzing Visual Images

I couldn't get the picture on here :(

The Caption on the above poster reads "Healthy Parents Have Healthy Children". On your post please do the following:
1. Describe what you see in the picture. Consider color, placement, people and objects, and composition. Everything that you see.
2. Interpret: Guess about the creator is trying to express through the caption and images. Why is this message being conveyed?
Evaluate: What is the intended purpose of this image? The intended audience? Does the image achieve its purpose?

The poster is of a very ideal family containing of 6 family members. The idea of "family" definetly grabs your attention because it takes up the whole space and it is 'outlined' by making the backround dark. Their parents look loving and very confident. They are wearing good clothes. The caption 'Healthy Parents Have Healthy Children" is trying to interpret to the audience that children should be educated in a patriotic way in order to be happy like the family shown. In my opinion the painter is trying to show that if you vote for the Nazi party, you are doing yourself and many others good. Also that the Nazi party can help rebuild the community as the picture shown. This poster will grab the attention of adult that are seeking for a healthier family, a healthier Germany.

Where does Karl Schmidt Stand?

In my opinion, Karl Schmidt will stand on the side of the Social Democratic Party Platform (SPD). This is because the promises of the SPD suits as a solution to Karl Schmidt's current problems. Statement 3 says that they would create more jobs which will help Karl Schmidt get a job since he had lost his previous job. Also if finding a job also doesn't go well, number 4 says that they will provide unemployment compensation for up to six months. If this doesn't provide Karl enough money, he could still be benefited by Statement 5 which is the fact that the government will lower the taxes; since he is short on money. If all that still doesn't really help him he could follow number 6 which is that they can write on things without interference. Therefore, I believe Karl Schmidt will vote for the Social Democratic Party. :)

"Anger and Humiliation" & "Voices in the Dark"

The two "rules" that I found most unfair was numbers 4&7. Number 4 states that "Germon blood as a requirement for German citizenship. No Jew can be a member of the nation." This is really unfair to the Jewish people because all humans being have rights. And the fact that they treat people differently because of their religion itsself is already out of question. Rather than just putting all the blame on Jewish people for losing their war, they should have came up with better and more reasonable ways to rebuild their country. Number 7 says "The state in sures that every citizen live decently and earn his livelihood. If it is impossible to provide food for the whole population, then aliens must be expelled." I found this unreasonable because if they were able to feed everyone first, and later they just stopped providing things for the foreingers, what would happen to them is already unfair. They would not have any education, food, etc, for until the government finds a way to do so.

If I was in that train in the story, I would have said you know what guys, what you are saying is not true. Although, I wouldn't have mentioned the fact that I was "Jew" because I would expect something bad to happen if I did so. Even doing so could have caused some trouble because of how the amount of people against me were more than the people with me. Something like that hasn't happened directly to me, but I have heard a situation like such. My friend, (who was Indian) was in her school and some guys started talking about how Indians smell like. My friend stood up to the guys and said that that was not true, but they were still laughing. Although, it could have been just a joke to them, but for my friend, it hurt.