Tin of Wonders

This is a tin filled with objects that I think symbolize Maus.

The first is the brown thing. (It is actually a chip.) It symbolizes hunger and starvation. In the book Maus Art's dad talks about how hungry everyone was.

The second is the nickle. The nickle represents how poor everyone was and how the little things we have today were treasured back then.

The third thing is the chain. (You can't really see it but it is in between the dirt and chip.) The chain represents the Jews being forced or tied to their future. They didn't really have a choice to where they would go or how much they ate.

The fourth thing is the broken or ripped heart. It symbolizes how families got separated and one or more members died.  Most of the people who survived the Holocaust lost many family members.

The fifth thing is the dirt. The dirt symbolizes how everything was unclean. The way the Nazis treated the Jews was unfair and sly. In addition, people got very sick because if one person in the bedroom got a cold and another person got a fever, one person would get them both and pass it on.

The last thing is the tin. The tin symbolizes jail. The Jews never knew when the war would end or when they would be able to see their families again. They were suck in concentration camps with no way to escape.

My Wordle

This is my wordle. I created it with words that remind me of "Maus."

Wordle

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3091325/MAUS" 

This is my Wordle. All of these words are taken from the book or words that I think explain the book. This book is complicated and sometimes hard to read because there is so much death and sadness. While reading it some of the words popped out at me. Like: Survivor- because you lived in fear for a long time, many people died, its was a great accomplishment to survive the Holocaust. Prisoner- because many times you were tricked by a Nazi and ended up being a prisoner or you got caught, were a prisoner for a while and then killed. Food- because it was incredibly hard to find food. The people just tried to find a German to hide them and give them food. Even having a bti of cake was a big deal.

The Families

 

This is my movie. It represents what the Holocaust was like, and three different types of families that experienced it. The first family has no remaining members, they have all died (Dead Bodies). The second family is where half of the members are alive, (Half Remaining). The last, everyone remains, (Full). The lizards play the Jews and the rubber duckies play the Nazis.

Enjoy :)

Death, Tears

Death, Tears

Wailing cries surround my weak body

Anger, Hate

They threw death upon our home

Sickness, Pain

The breath of death clings to anyone weak enough

Weak, Faint

Hunger leaves you lifeless

DEATH, TEARS

Holocaust Facts

The Holocaust was a very tragic event. Approximately 6 million Jews were murdered. The word Holocaust come from the Greek origin "sacrifice by fire". The Nazis came to Germany in 1933 and the Jewish population was standing at over 9 million. It was called World War II. The war eventually ended on May 8, 1945.

What happened in the Holocaust?

Adolf Hitler decided that he wanted to get rid of all the people and who weren't like him. All of the Jews that lived freely were then put under the Nazi's control. Most of the Jews went into hiding. It was like a never ending game of hide and seek. If you were found you were most likely put into a concentration camp. That is where Art's father, Valdeck, found himself. He was one of the lucky few to survive.

Memories of the book

The Holocaust is known to all of us in some manner. We might know someone who survived this terrible event in history, or one who has learned about it in school, either way, everyone has had some kind of knowledge about the horrible things that the Nazi party did to the European Jews during the Holocaust. The Holocaust took a great toll on many lives in one way or another, one in particular being Vladek Spiegleman.  His  personality dramatically changed due to his experiences during World War II.  Vladek’s personality is so dynamic and it was the experiences that he made during the Holocaust that changed him.  In the beginning of the graphic novel Maus the reader is thrown into a scenario of the Author, Art, with many visits to his father's. Art and his father, Vladek start a conversation about Vladek's past, but Vladek is very stubborn about discussing his past with anyone. Vladek seems to be an old man who is afraid of two major things. The main fear he has taping into his memories only to relive the pain he suffered and because of this Vladek has a fear of getting too close to anyone. He thinks that he will be treated the same way that he was before by many Germans and even his own friends. 

Drawing Of Maus

My Drawing of Maus.

My Never-Ending Game Of Hide and Seek

From the perspective of Valdek from Maus.

pant, pant, I gasp for air as I run for safety.

There! I saw it. The perfect hiding place. I look back to see if the Nazi is still following me.

He's talking to a baker and the baker points in my direction. I grab my wife and leap down into the basement.

Its cold. Its wet. We can hear the rats running around the ground. 3 days we wait.

FInally, I look up. The light pours onto my face, the sweet smells from the bakery fill my nose. Oh, how I've missed this. I leap up and look around. No one.

I tell my wife and we rush across the road and then duck behind a building. 

A kind passerby tells us to get in his wagon and he will take us to his house where he has other Jews hiding. 

Grateful and desperate for help we agree and climb in.

Here we go, hiding again, waiting in fear for someone to find us.

What is the Holocaust? PP

Here is another power point about the Holocaust.

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The Holocaust PP

Here is a power point about the Holocaust. It shows the different aspects of it and it has a poem mixed in. It relates to the book because Art's dad is telling his story, which includes what he ate, where he slept, and so on.



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Fort Minor

This song reminds us we all have to be aware, "just take it all in" take a look at other people's situations, and appreciate what you have, even if it's small, cause it could all be gone.

The Holocaust

The Holocaust, what is the true depth of these words? 


As sad as it may seem, it affected the lives of millions because of the hate inside of one group of people, the Nazi’s. They killed them because of qualities such as individuality or compassion. Victims of the Holocaust went through a very terrible and depressing time something none of us could imagine. Many victims of the Holocaust suffered from various events which eventually led to the death. Some of the experiments were things like: sun lamp, internal irrigation, hot bath, warming by body heat, freezing/hypothermia, etc.