Writing Prompt: One SUMMARY; One PARAPHRASE; One QUOTE:
1) Using paragraphing and apt quotations, summarize Part II.
2) Paraphrase a significant passage from Part II and in a brief paragraph explain to your reader why the passage is significant to the text as a whole.
3) Find a significant quote from Part II, and in a brief, well-developed paragraph, explain to your reader why the quote is significant to the text as a whole.
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In Part II, “House Hunting in the Third Reich”, Erik Larson continues to tell the story of Martha and Dodd in Germany, especially focused on their views of the situation in Germany and by who and how they become influenced. The first chapter of Part II (Chapter 6) “Seduction” starts with Martha meeting Sigrid Schultz, who is a “correspondent in chief for Central Europe” for the Chicago Tribune. Schultz tries to describe Martha the latest development in Germany with its bad treatment for Jews. Martha doesn’t believe Schultz. Chapter 7 “Hidden Conflict” shows how Dodd, meeting several people, and he is still not aware of the bad things happening in Germany. Chapter 8 “Meeting Putzi” displays Martha’s interest, meeting numerous people and having fun. She got invited to a “Stammtisch”, able to talk with important Nazi leaders like Ernst Hanfstaengl, a close friend to Hitler. In Chapter 9 “Death is Death” it is mainly about Dodd and Fritz Haber; Haber who “invented poison chlorine gas”, but who is also a Jew. Dodd checked if it is possible for Haber to immigrate to the US, but it was not possible, because of the “quote”. The last chapter of Part II “Tiergartenstrasse 27a” tells the story about the family Dodd’s new home. They are now living together with wealthy Jews, Panofsky, which like Dodd’s family to live with them, to protect them.
ReplyDeleteWithout recognition of the society, within Germany there was a development which changed the normal life completely. There was not much information spread out about this development. Basically, it was an idea of the administration: “Gleichschaltung”.
The “Gleichschaltung” one of the first steps to ban Jewish people from official positions and the first main step to discriminate them.
“DESPIPITE THIS ENCOUNTER, Dodd remained convinced that the government was growing more moderate and that Nazi mistreatment of Jews was on the wane.”
This quote is important for the text as a whole, inspite of realizing what the Nazis are doing with “Non-Aryan”, Dodd is still believing in a change of the government.
In part two of In The Garden of the Beast the story of Martha Dodd and her father William Dodd continues as they start to get settled into Berlin. The start of the chapter begins with Martha meeting Sigrid Schultz a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune in Central Europe who has a lot of friends that are high up in the Nazi political scene which will later lead her to meet Putzi who was known to play piano for Hitler to calm his nerves. Sigrid tries to explain to Martha the brutality that was going on among the Nazi state but Martha was not listening because she chose to remain happy and cheerful about the rising Germany which she thought was a “historical comeback” basically. The next chapter explains at the end an encounter that a Jewish family has with the SA or the Storm Troopers that results in Philip Zuckerman, an American citizen, and his wife, who was fully German, being hospitalized and a showing that the Nazi’s did not care about anything but the fact that they despised Jews. Later on you see that Mr. Dodd does not necessarily agree with what the Nazis brutality towards the Jews or Hitler’s plan to revive Germany’s military power he writes in a letter to Roosevelt that says, “fundamentally, I believe a people has a right to govern itself and that other peoples must exercise patience even when cruelties and injustices are done. Give men a chance to try their schemes.” Martha meets her first “Nazi senior” Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl or Putzi, as he says that was a childhood name, who plays piano for Hitler to clam his nerves and is also a good friend of Hitler. Putzi explains that he doesn't particularly care for Mr. Dodd but finds interest in Martha and the only thing he cares for about Mr. Dodd. At the very end of this part of the book you find that the Dodd’s move into a Jewish bankers house who's name is Alfred Panofsky and offers them the lower three levels of his four story mansion at a price of one hundred and fifty dollars a month. The house number is Tiergartenstrasse 27A which is near the house of Captain Röhm the commander of the Storm troopers.
ReplyDeleteWhen the Dodd’s moved in the soon learned they that lived near Captian Röhm and also they lived right down the road from what was to become a place that the Nazis start to euthanize people with severe mental or physical disabilities, code-named Aktion or action and even with all of this going on Dodd continued to work to work unarmed and just casually as if nothing was happening.
“fundamentally, I believe a people has a right to govern itself and that other peoples must exercise patience even when cruelties and injustices are done. Give men a chance to try their schemes.”
This is significant because it explains why Dodd didn't do anything about the acts that he saw going on because he believed that these things just need to happen because people have the right to govern themselves and that people needed to give them a chance to “try out” their schemes. On his behalf I honestly believe he did not think
things would get as out of hand as it did so he made this quote believing the best about Germany.
Martha and William Dodd begin their journey in Berlin during part 2. Martha has a somewhat serious conversation with a friend Shultz about Germany. Where they talk about how it has changed in the past 6 months since Hitler became Chancellor. Shultz is disgusted by the fact that they killed any and everyone just they disagreed with the Nazi’s revolution. Martha counter argued of course by saying that they are going through a transformation. She states “Those incidents that did occur surely were only inadvertent expressions of the wild enthusiasm that had gripped the country.” Now this I don’t understand at all but it does relate to the book as a whole. Because by her saying that it was just a “inadvertent expression“ means that she doesn’t really know why it happened. Which is why she is in an area on the brink of a World War and she doesn’t know how to handle it. Germany isn’t going to change the way Dodd thinks it is.
ReplyDeleteIn part two of the text, Larson continues to tell the story of the Dodd family's first few weeks in Germany. Germany is rapidly changing for the worse, and people still are ignoring it. Martha meets Shultz with whom she discusses the state of Germany. Martha still seems to be in denial about it all.
ReplyDeleteGermany began a campaign to sterilize all people with physical and mental handicaps, in an attempt to rid the country of these ailments.
"Dodd remained convinced that the government was growing more moderate and that Nazi mistreatment of Jews was on the wane." This quote is important because it shows that Dodd is still in denial of all of the atrocities going on in Germany.
Summary- In part two we see inside the life on Martha and Dodd as they adjust to life in Germany. Martha meets a lot of big and important people from Germany. Dodd starts to see a change in German People as now they salute all of the time. Dodd also struggles with some people that do not agree with his ideas and things that he does in his office. We see a Germany that is changing the new Nazi government led by Hitler has the whole society and how it runs changing. “Change came to Germany so quickly and across such a wide front that German citizens who left the country for business or travel returned to find everything around them altered”(56).
ReplyDeleteParaphrase- even more planed segregation was on the way for Jews. Maesersmith discovered that a law was in the making that would discredit Jews of their rights and citizenship. (81).
This is important because it is just another example of how quickly there was a change in Germany and that is a big part in part two of this book. I see a lot of bad things coming in the future but this is just the beginning.
Quote- “Deeply shaken that people whom one regarded as friends, who were known for a long time, from one hour to the next transformed themselves”(57).
I think this quote is big because it just shows how fast Germany changed under new rule. How Hitler gained all of Germany on his side so fast, and how good people believe what he was doing was right. I think this is significant in the book because as we saw how America wouldn’t get involved now we see good German people go bad the near future is corruption.
In part two of the novel, the author continues to go inside the life of Martha and William Dodd as they adapt to life in Germany. He discusses William's views of the political situation in Germany and what caused it to happen. Martha begins to meet various important people and William starts to see how much the Germans respect him. During this chapter, the evolution of the Nazi political group led by Hitler is in effect.
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"Look upon this proposed law as the most serious moral blow which could be delivered to them. they have and are being deprived of practically all means of making a livelihood and understand that the new citizenship law is to practically deprive them of all civil rights" ( 81)
look at the new potential law as the worst thing to ever happen to them. they are being stripped of a way to make a living and the new law is taking away their civil rights.
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" Even more systematic persecution was on the way" (81)
this is important because it is another example of how fast changes occurred in Germany. it foreshadows a dark future.
Summary: In Part 2 we learn how quickly Germany changed. People who went on just a business trip came back to an altered country. A lot is happening here obviously. Several laws are being created. All laws were centered to hurt the Jews. With these new laws in place it was extremely hard for the Jews to find a job. Every month there were fewer and fewer Jews, and somehow many Jews still didn’t know what was going on. If the Storm Troopers even thought they saw a Jew they would beat them almost to death. Even though America knew a lot about what was going on we still failed to do anything. All we did was point out we weren’t happy with their policies. Even American visitors lives were being put in danger, and for whatever reason America still wasn’t acting.
ReplyDeleteParaphrase: On the surface many Jews couldn’t tell a difference in their life since Hitler became their leader. The Nazi attacks were random and didn’t occur very often, and they apparently weren’t noticeable. Only 50,000 Jews saw and left Germany. All the other Jews either didn’t see the danger or didn’t take the danger seriously.
Quote: “Mowrer was appalled at the failure of the outside world to grasp what was really happening in Germany. He found that even his own brother had come to doubt the truth of his reports.” This quote is significant because it shows just how oblivious the German people are. Jews rights and lives are being taken right before people’s eyes, and they either choose not to see it or choose not to accept it. Other people see it so it must be pretty obvious. Most people in Germany were in denial or afraid to face what laid before them.
In part two, Larson goes on with the story of Dodd and Martha in Germany. Focusing mainly on the situation in Germany. Chapter six begins by introducing Sigrid Schultz to Martha. Sigrid is a part of the Chicago Tribune. Schultz tells Martha how badly Jews are treated, and Martha doesn’t believe him. In chapter seven, Dodd meets several people, and is not aware of what is happening in Germany. Chapter eight shows Martha’s interest in meeting people and having fun. In Chapter nine Fritz Haber invented poison chlorine gas. Dodd tried to get Haber to move to the US, but he cannot. Chapter tells about the Dodd’s new home. They are living with Panofsky, who like Dodd’s family to live with them for protection.
ReplyDeleteThere was a campaign in Germany to begin the sterilization to all people who are different than what Hitler wants in the perfect society. Sterilization would include anyone with mental and physical handicaps.
"Dodd remained convinced that the government was growing more moderate and that Nazi mistreatment of Jews was on the wane." This emphasizes the fact that Dodd still does not believe that Germany is into any sort of wrong doing.
1) In Part ll, “House Hunting in the Third Reich” author Erik Lawson continues talking about Martha and William in Germany. Martha was sick for the first few days in Germany. She saw no violence in the country, and actually saw it as a peaceful place. But beneath the surface Germany was actually undergoing a rapid revolution. Soon one of Martha’s connections, Sigrid Schultz, threw a party where Martha met a man, Quentin Reynolds, and they hit it off instantly. On Dodd’s first full day in Germany Hitler’s cabinet created a new law that authorized the sterilization of people with physical and mental handicaps. Slowly, more laws are added that are meant to hurt Jewish people. Martha also “inserted herself readily into the social fabric of Berlin”. At the end of chapter 9 the Dodd’s move to a new house.
ReplyDelete2) On page 54 author Erik Lawson talks about how Martha views the city and Germany as a whole. Martha saw no harm or fear and actually saw the city as a delight. They lived only steps away from the cool greens of Tiergarten, and one of the busiest intersections of the world. There was a nightclub where guests experienced an hour of an indoor thunderstorm with lightning. Martha thought it was the happiest place in Berlin. -- This is important to the text as a whole because it really shows how oblivious it is that Germany is going downhill. Martha is completely unaware, and actually sees Germany as jolly and happy. This refers back to the theme of the book, which is “why didn’t anyone stop Hitler”. Here it shows that in the beginning before Hitler really took over Germany, there was not much sign of anything bad happening.
3) On page 79 Lawson writes “DESPITE THIS ENCOUNTER, Dodd remained convinced that the government was growing more moderate and that Nazi mistreatment of Jews was on the wane.” This is also showing how clueless people were about Hitler’s control. Even when things were happening, nobody thought much of it. Dodd believes that Germany as a whole will change and that there is no concern.
In Part II, Martha and Dodd are getting use to the lifestyle in Berlin. As Martha was getting rid of a cold, she went to visit Sigrid Schultz which was the Chicago Tribune's chief for Central Europe. Schultz was told about the beatings and abuse of the citizens. Arrest were being made of those that were suspected of being a communist or liberals. Martha was very annoyed by Schultz accounts and thought she was trying to exaggerate. Martha did enjoy her time in Berlin (night life) and found out that the Germans she met were really charming. A lot of the Americans in Berlin shared Martha's view of German City. "She liked the Germans she had met thus far --- more, certainly, than the French she had encountered during her studies in Paris." This quote was talking about Martha getting use to everything that was going on in Berlin and she liked the Germans. She also wanted to continue her studies with the French.
ReplyDeleteIn part 2 of the book Larson still continues to talk about Martha and Dodd as the are still settling in Germany. Earth has a conversation with Shultz, Germany has been getting worse as Hitler becomes the leader. The Nazi regime is also getting larger and more powerful.
ReplyDeleteThe Nazis planned to get rid of all Jews and any handicap people in Germany. People who also did not believe the same things or were not a typical Aryan were to be removed from Germany. Many Jews left after seeing the danger that may occur.
"Mowrer was appalled at the failure of the outside world to grasp what was really happening in Germany." This is an important quote because it shows that people who lived in Germany had no idea what bad stuff was going on in Germany. Since people did not know then there was no way of people stopping it.
In part II of the book "In the Garden of Beasts" written by Erik Larson; is written about the continuation from the end of chapter 5 'First Night' when the Dodds family leave a cliff hanging ending to their views on Berlin, Germany and their signs of what is to come in the 1930s on. Chapter 6 begins with Martha Dodds speaking and conversing with citizens of Berlin, but the conversing turned into secrets revealed. "But soon the conversation turned to the rapid transformation of Berlin during the six months since Hitler had become chancellor. Schultz told stories of violence against Jews, communists, and anyone the Nazis saw as unsympathetic to their revolution." Soon after Martha has been noticing more and more signs such as Concentration camps, "The Jewish Problem", and revolutions being lead by Adolf Hitler. Soon after viewing these incidences, the Dodd family end the section by heading down south towards Austria to find answers and escape while they still can.
ReplyDeleteWhen reading the beginning section of part II on pages 53 to 54, these passages are very significant to the whole reading of few chapters because it describes the signs the Dodd family are witnessing. Also mentioning the rumors of revolutions forming and Nazi plans in the future formed by Adolf Hitler. It is very descriptive to the whole idea of part II describing the events beginning to happen in Berlin involving the Nazis army.
"Germans denounced one another with such gusto that senior Nazi officials urged the populace to be more discriminating as to what circumstances might justify a report to the police."(57) This quote is very descriptive to the whole part II by describing the power the Nazi army is already obtaining. How much the Nazis have control over citizens and the enforcers. This quote is the turning point of the time frame in the 1930s. Nazis are beginning to form more power for their revolution, but are yet to be fully powered to begin their take over. The whole part II is about slowly viewing signs of the revolution beginning such as camps, plots, and super soldiers(Nazis).
Martha had met many Germans in Berlin, and from the few she came in contact with she found them very nice people. In the beginning of this section Martha was just getting over a cold. She had also been visited by Chicago Tribune’s Chief correspondent for that area who claimed that Germany had spiraled downhill, however Martha did not agree. Therefore, because Martha could not see past her view of the wonderfully cheerful city of Berlin, she could not see that Germany had been changing fast and dark.
ReplyDeleteMartha was so naïve to think that Germany was amidst a rebirth; it was not quite the rebirth that she thought it would be. Many outsiders in the area also could not see it coming. However, despite what they thought Germany was, it quickly changed. “Neighbors turned surly; petty jealousies flared into denunciations.”
The research question is basically why did no one try to stop Hitler, but maybe they couldn’t see it coming. Sure he was rising to power, but clearly no one could see Germany twisting. “Martha countered that Germany was in the midst of a historic rebirth.” Martha even denied Shultz’ stories of beatings. No foreigner in Berlin could see it.
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ReplyDeletePart II of "In The Garden Of Beasts" Erik Larson begins by telling us the readers, Martha's time in Berlin. He introduces us to a woman named Sigrid Schultz. A fearless five foot three lady with blonde hair and blue eyes. Larson continues be describing Germany and how it's transitioning. He puts that as January of 1933 only 1 percent of Germany's sixty-five million people were Jewish. Hitler gets called "Master of the City".
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Hitler and his Nazi army had strong intentions on removing any and all Jews. But not only were they doing away with Jews but also others with disabilities such as being handicap or mentally challenged.
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Page 56: "I catch sight of my face in the mirror of a shop, and am shocked to see that I am smiling." I feel as if this is a great quote to describe the transition that's taking place in Germany. I think that it describes the people being terrorized by Hitler and his army very well. Because if I were to put myself in their shoes I would be just as surprised as them to see myself smiling, especially in a time like it is.
In the garden of beast part II
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In Part II it opens with Martha having a conversation with an American women named Sigrid Schultz and her telling of all the things that she has seen involving the killings of Jews and others. Martha and Dodd both deny that anything is happening in Germany and that it’s on its way to be “reborn”. But what they couldn’t see was that it was changing for the worse. “In the few days since her arrival Martha had seen nothing at all to corroborate Schultz’s tales”(53), this quote just shows how in denial Martha is with everything that is going on all around her. Part II enables the reader to see just how fast Germany changed and how the Jews were stripped of their rights and citizenship.