Jews

Want to read the rest of this paper? Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay and over 50,000 other term papers

temple and the attack on the Warsaw Ghetto,
although separated by nearly two thousand years have and eerie sameness. The
Germans sealed off the Warsaw's Jewish population with and eight-foot brick
concrete wall. The Romans built a high earthen barricade around Jerusalem to
make certain the Jews could not escape. Germans shot, on the spot Jews
discovered outside the Warsaw Ghetto. The Romans crucified the Jews they found,
placing crosses atop the hill to terrorize those watching from inside the city:
as many as 500 were crucified in 1 day. The Germans tried to starve the Polish
Jews into submission reducing their rations at first to 800 calories a day and
later cutting off all food to the ghetto. The Romans used the tactic of siege to
bring starvation in Jerusalem. In both episodes the actual fighting was in some
ways similar. "Since the ghetto was impenetrable in frontal attack, General
Stroop's forces set fire to the buildings with incendiary bombs and flame
throwers" Titus's ...

Get instant access to over 50,000 essays. Write better papers. Get better grades. Already a member? Login

CITE THIS PAGE: