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__We are Witnesses__ By: Jacob Boas Kate Sheeran

Summary:

We are Witnesses is a collection of five diaries of five teenagers during their time in the concentration camps before they were killed. The teenagers were David Rubinowicz (12), Yitzhahk Rudashevski (13), Moshe Flinker (15), Eva Heyman (13), and the famous Anne Frank (13). These teenagers were from European countries such as; Amsterdam, Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, and the Netherlands. In the book they talk of all the madness and death that was happening around them every day. Some would talk about their Jewish religion, what the Ghetto's were like, forced labor, evacuation, and how they were scared. Some knew they were going to die. Eventually they just stopped writing in their journals.

About the Author:

Jacob Boas was born in Holland in 1943 in an transition camp,which were temporary holding places for Jews on their way to concentration camps. The camp Boas was born in coincidentally, was the same camp that Anne Frank was sent. Later he immigrated to Canada, received his B.A from McGill University, and then he later received his M.A. and PhD by 1977. Jacob Boas has written no other books.

Social Issue Relevance:

During the Holocaust the main social issue was genocide. By definition, genocide is the "deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group"([|http://www.merriam-webster.com]). During the Holocaust approximately 6 million Jews were deliberately killed based solely on their religious beliefs. Therefore, what happened during the Holocaust is considered genocide. The sad thing is that genocide still takes place today, but with different groups of people around the world. Recent examples might include the killings of people in Rawanda, Darfur, Cambodia,and Sudan.

Dranatization Of We are Witnesses:

As David Rubinowicz i would pick Bradley Steven Perry.

As Yitzhak Rudashevski i would pick Atticus Shaffer.

As Moshe Flinker i would pick Jake T Austin.

As Eva Heyman i would pick Mary Mouser.

As Anne Frank i would pick Ellie Kendrick.

Links:

[|http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=1-hMsBy7m6A#t=2192s] The Third Reich :The Rise [|http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=hNn3L43p3zE#t=172s] The Diary of Anne Frank part 8/8 [|http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=EBt7MQWY00E#t=98s] The Diary of Anne Frank part 3/8 [] BBC News Rwanda How the Genocide happened