The book I have been reading is called Parallel Journeys, which is the story of the holocaust from the two perspectives of Helen Waterford, a young German Jew, and Alfons Heck, and young member of the Hitler Youth. Helen Waterford fled the country because the Third Reich was becoming to anti-Semitic. This relates to the creation of Israel because during the holocaust the Jews were in conflict with the Germans and tried to flee the country to other European countries. Israel was created by the conflicts that the Jews and the Arabs were having. The United Nations came to the conclusion that a new country should be founded. Thus Israel was born. ADL.com states that, “The British concluded that they could no longer manage Palestine and handed the issue over to the United Nations. On November 29, 1947, after much debate and discussion, the UN recommended the partition of Palestine into two states one Jewish and one Arab. The Jews accepted the UN resolution while the Arabs rejected it.” That is why the events in my book relate to the creation of Israel.
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4/27/2017 07:50:23 am
Really nice! I like your analysis and the book sounds interesting!
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Kennan Motteshead
4/27/2017 12:57:02 pm
I have never read this book, but it sounds good. I might want to read it in the future
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Winifred
5/4/2017 04:09:07 pm
That is a really good topic and you made some really good connections from your book the Holocaust and Israel
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