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1. What is the difference between Judaism and being Jewish?
2. What was the Pope´s position during World War II?
3. What are the differences between ...

Judaism and Jewish are two different things. Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originated in the Hebrew Bible. Judaism presents itself as the covenantal relationship between the Children of Israel and GOD. Judaism is among the oldest religious traditions still being practiced today, and many of its texts and traditions are central to other Abraham religions. The Jews are people. A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethno religious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish and the religion of Judaism are strongly interrelated, and converts to Judaism have been absorbed into the Jewish community throughout the millennia. Finally we can understand that Judaism is a set of beliefs and Jews are people. Judaism is a religion.

During World War Two it was very difficult the situation. The Pope preferred to see other things but not the reality during this war. Many people told him that Nazis killed Jews but he didn’t care. He also ignored evidence of the Holocaust and cut self-serving deals with Berlin.

The Pope didn’t defend these millions of people that died in Concentration Camps. Nazis used Zyklon B to kill the Jews. Many people tried to say what was on but if the Pope didn’t do anything what these people could do? These times were very hard. This movie tried to show the reality of World War Two. At that time many people were deceived because the Nazis told to the people that Concentration Camps were amazing, that they were good places for Jews to live.

It was very sad to live at that time. Kurt Gerstein, a real-life chemist saw how the Final Solution was. That’s why he wanted to change that and he did a lot of things to obtain the Popes support. But it was impossible, the Pope didn’t care. Gerstein can’t live in peace with that information in his mind.

At time of War it was difficult to be string in religion beliefs because the Nazis wanted to control everything. The Nazis only wanted to accomplish the Final Solution and they didn’t care about people right to live. Also in a catholic religion people had to choose which side they want. They had to decide if they support the Nazis or not.

In my opinion World War Two was the biggest genocide in the world. They killed people as animals. They didn’t have a heart because they only wanted to “clean” their nation. People had to go away because it was impossible to live there. Many people had to do a lot of terrible things to save their lives. They only wanted that beautiful life that one day they had but that at that time they lost. I think that finally, people just wanted to save their lives, that’s why in some cases innocents died for guiltiest.