The Holocaust is the most well-known atrocity committed by the Nazi regime during the Second World War. In perceiving the Holocaust, minds jump to Western Europe: Germany, France, Italy. Often ignored, however, are the eastern territories of the Soviet Union. In the final written words of some of these Soviet Jew victims, readers can find… Continue reading The Undermined Struggle of Soviet Jews
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Promising Presentations: Exploring WWII Letters
October 9th, 2023 – October 15th, 2023 There is not much to write this week, as we are closing out our WWII unit with our presentations related to our papers. I have found a fair amount quite interesting, particularly the ones that brought interesting topics to the table or were presented very well. The standout… Continue reading Promising Presentations: Exploring WWII Letters
Essay, Essay, Essay
2nd October 2023 – 8th October 2023 This week, I have been in the depths of my essay. I didn’t have the opportunity to actually start work until Monday, which ended up developing into starting the body paragraphs on Tuesday, as there were a lack of resources. Consequently, I ended up needing to cycle through… Continue reading Essay, Essay, Essay
All’s Fair in Love and War: WWII Love Letters
September 25th, 2023 to October 1st, 2023 This week, we focused on love letters from World War 2. Now, for me personally, I was a little excited to go into this portion, however, the audio format did not do it for me. With physical letters, I like that I have the ability to reread, annotate,… Continue reading All’s Fair in Love and War: WWII Love Letters
A Personal Exploration of World War II: Letter Writing Edition
September 18th, 2023 to September 24th, 2023 To start this week, we reviewed and reflected over Last Letters of the Holocaust, provided by the Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center. If you remember from last week, I chose two letters to annotate, which are linked in my last blog post. I personally found the… Continue reading A Personal Exploration of World War II: Letter Writing Edition
Louise Ogawa: Letters From Internment to Miss Clara Breed
September 11th, 2023 to September 17th, 2023 Our focus this week was upon the Japanese (-American) internment that took place during World War II from 1942 to 1945, or as late as 1946, as the war in the Pacific Theatre officially ended September 2nd, 1945. We examined letters from young adults, teenagers, and children from… Continue reading Louise Ogawa: Letters From Internment to Miss Clara Breed
Letters from the Past: WWII Muhlenberg Alumni
Weekly Writings 9/4/2023-9/10/2023 This week, I was very excited to get hands on with actual letters, reading and analyzing. My partner and I read letters from Second Lieutenant John R. Kern, who turned out to be a very interesting man from what we read in his letters. Personality-wise, I felt as though we didn’t learn… Continue reading Letters from the Past: WWII Muhlenberg Alumni
