Arts About the Holocaust Analysis Essay
Week 4 Assignment: Essay – The Holocaust
Due Mar 28 by 11:59pm Points 100 Submitting a file upload
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: Chapter 5, 6
Lesson
Minimum of 2 scholarly sources (in addition to the textbook)
Instructions
For this assignment, select one of the following options.
Option 1: Poetry
Select any 2 poems about the Holocaust. You can select from the following list of poets/poems or conduct additional research on Holocaust poetry. Make sure to get approval from your instructor if you are selecting something not on the list. Click on the link to see the list:
Link: List of Poets/Poems
Bronislawa Wajs: Tears of Blood
Primo Levi: Buna
Chaim Nachman Bialik: After My Death; On the Slaughter
Martin Niemöller: First They Came for the Jews
Mary Elizabeth Frye: Do not stand at my grave and weep
Carl Sandburg: Grass
Miklós Radnóti: Postcard 1; Postcard 2; Postcard 3; Postcard 4
Bertolt Brecht: The Burning of the Books; Parting; The Mask of Evil
Ber Horvitz: Der Himmel [The Heavens]
Yala Korwin: Passover Night 1942; The Little Boy with His Hands Up
Michael R. Burch: Something
Paul Celan: Death Fugue; O, Little Root of a Dream
Write an analysis of each poem, including the following information:
Explain the background on the author, especially in relation to the Holocaust.
Explain the content of the poem - what story or message is it trying to tell?
How does the poem relate to the bigger picture of the Holocaust?
How effective is the poem in relating the Holocaust to readers?
Option 2: Art
Select any 2 of works of art about the Holocaust. You can select from the following list or conduct additional research on Holocaust art. Make sure to get approval from your instructor if you are selecting something not on the list. Click on the link to see the list:
Link: List of Artists/Artworks
Morris Kestelman: Lama Sabachthani [Why Have You Forsaken Me?]
George Mayer-Marton: Women with Boudlers
Bill Spira: Prisoners Carrying Cement
Jan Hartman: Death March (Czechowice-Bielsko, January 1945)
Edgar Ainsworth: Belsen
Leslie Cole: One of the Death Pits, Belsen. SS Guards Collecting Bodies
Doris Zinkeisen: Human Laundry, Belsen: April 1945
Eric Taylor: A Young Boy from Belsen Concentration Camp
Mary Kessell: Notes from Belsen Camp
Edith Birkin: The Death Cart - Lodz Ghetto
Shmuel Dresner: Benjamin
Roman Halter: Mother with Babies
Leo Breuer: Path Between the Barracks, Gurs Camp
Leo (Lev) Haas: Transport Arrival, Theresienstadt Ghetto
Jacob Lipschitz: Beaten (My Brother Gedalyahu)
Norbert Troller: Terezin
Anselm Kiefer: Sternenfall
Write an analysis of each artwork, including the following information:
Identify the title, artist, date completed, and medium used.
Explain the content of the artwork - what do the images show?
How does the artwork relate to the bigger picture of the Holocaust?
How effective is the artwork in relating the Holocaust to viewers?
Option 3: Video
Watch the following video:
Link (video): The Holocaust (Links to an external site.) (35:00)
Write a paper on what you learned about peoples' experiences and intentions during the Holocaust:
What were the Nazis thinking of when they made these decisions?
What were the otherwise good people of Germany thinking when they allowed it to go on?
What were the victims of this genocide thinking and feeling as they went through this terrible process?
Describe at least one part of the video that had the greatest impact on you.
How effective are the writings/images in the video in relating the Holocaust to viewers?
Writing Requirements (APA format)
Length: 2-3 pages (not including title page or references page)
1-inch margins
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Title page
References page
Grading
This activity will be graded using the W4 Essay Grading Rubric.
Course Outcomes (CO): 2, 3, 7
Due Date: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday
References
Faison, H. (Director), & Faison, H., Maguire, J., Cotton, E., & Nathan, L. (Producers). (1985). The Holocaust [Video]. Guidance Associates. Academic Video Online.
Rubric
Week 4 Essay Grading Rubric
Week 4 Essay Grading Rubric
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeLength
5 pts
Meets length requirement
0 pts
Does not meet length requirement
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeContent
10 pts
Paper addresses all aspects of the assignment.
8.5 pts
Paper addresses most aspects of the assignment.
7.5 pts
Paper addresses some aspects of the assignment.
6 pts
Paper addresses few aspects of the assignment.
0 pts
No effort
10 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAnalysis
20 pts
Throughout the whole work, content expresses original thoughts or interprets the subject matter in a different perspective.
17 pts
Throughout most of the work, content expresses original thoughts or interprets the subject matter in a different perspective.
15 pts
Throughout some of the work, content expresses original thoughts or interprets the subject matter in a different perspective.
12 pts
Throughout little of the work, content expresses original thoughts or interprets the subject matter in a different perspective.
0 pts
No effort
20 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSupport
20 pts
Throughout the whole work, claims are supported with detailed and persuasive examples; accurate facts and circumstances are used for support.
17 pts
Throughout most of the work, claims are supported with detailed and persuasive examples; accurate facts and circumstances are used for support.
15 pts
Throughout some of the work, claims are supported with detailed and persuasive examples; accurate facts and circumstances are used for support.
12 pts
Throughout little of the work, claims are supported with detailed and persuasive examples; accurate facts and circumstances are used for support.
0 pts
No effort
20 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWriting: Mechanics & Usage
10 pts
The writing is free of errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation that would detract from a clear reading of the paper.
8.5 pts
The writing contains a few errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation, but the errors do not detract from a clear reading of the text.
7.5 pts
The writing contains some errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation that need to be addressed for a clearer reading of the paper.
6 pts
The writing contains several errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation that impede a clear reading of the paper.
0 pts
No effort
10 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeClarity & Flow
10 pts
The writing contains strong word choice that clarifies ideas and masterful sentence variety aids with the flow of ideas.
8.5 pts
The writing contains varied word choice and sentence structures that clarify ideas and aid with the flow of ideas.
7.5 pts
The writing contains word choice and sentence structures that can be revised for better clarification of ideas and flow of ideas.
6 pts
The writing contains wording and sentence structures that are awkward and/or unclear, impeding the clarity and flow of ideas.
0 pts
No effort
10 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSource Integration
10 pts
Paper includes reference to 2 scholarly sources and properly integrates the sources.
7 pts
Paper includes reference to 2 scholarly sources but does not properly integrate the sources.
0 pts
Paper does not make reference to a scholarly sources.
10 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAPA: Citation and Reference Formatting
10 pts
All sources are properly cited in the text and references page demonstrating a mastery of resource and APA citation reference format.
8.5 pts
Most sources are cited in the text and references page. Some minor errors may exist in citation, but it does not interfere with understanding the source of the information.
7.5 pts
Most sources are integrated, structured, and cited in the text and references page. Some errors may exist in citation that need to be addressed to clarify the source of information.
6 pts
Sources are not properly cited in the text/references page. Formatting contains several errors that suggest a lack of understanding of APA format.
0 pts
Sources are not cited.
10 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAPA Paper Format
5 pts
Paper is properly formatted in APA style throughout (i.e. title page, spacing, font, in-text citations and references).
4 pts
Paper is mostly properly formatted in APA style (i.e. title page, spacing, font, in-text citations and references).
3 pts
Paper is somewhat properly formatted in APA style (i.e. title page, spacing, font, in-text citations and references).
2 pts
Paper is improperly formatted in APA style throughout.
0 pts
No effort
5 pts
Total Points: 100
Arts About the Holocaust
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Arts About the Holocaust
The holocaust, as most described it as the Shoah, happened between the year 1941 and 1945. During the World War II genocide (killing a large mass of people to get rid of the nation of the ethnic group) of the European Jews. Nazi Germany took almost two-thirds of the Jewish population. This paper aims to understand the holocaust from different arts and analyze what the artists had in mind and the artist's message to the readers about the whole idea of the holocaust. The artists' two-art works focused on the paper are death pits and mothers with babies.
Leslie Cole, the author of the poem one of the death pits, recorded some of the events that had taken place during the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the second world war in 1945. He vividly described the holocaust through the sample pictures/drawings and paintings he had taken during the war in his art. One of the death pits poetry describes and gives clear information and evidence of what took place in the camp. Leslie Cole being a war artist, made some historical drawings to communicate what took place in the camp. German Nazi genocide campaigns first saw the breakdown of food and water supplies, which led to massive death capacities (Capet, 2013). The Jews were buried in large groups as the artist's pictures of the pits show the genocide aimed to bury as many Jews as possible.
Given the pictures of Leslie, the holocaust seemed to become terrifying to most viewers. The pictures depict how the holocaust was intense through his painting. Human suffering until death describes how the holocaust was intense and the Germans' aim to take down the mass of the Jews within the shortest period. Leslie's pictures as a war-paid artist give readers and viewers the works that the Holocaust was real and ter...