...The events leading up to and during the holocaust and WW2, can be said are something that was done for the first time in history. Although there were obviously attempts in history to isolate certain religions, races, culture, never in history was there a attempt to eliminate a whole race. It can be said that anti-semitism plays a vital role in the events which would unravel into what we know today as world war two and the holocaust. But what needs to be explored first is what is antisemitism, and the difference between “traditional” and modern antisemitism. Furthermore looking at what role (if any) did it play in the rise of the nazi party and Hitler, and the events that would unravel. Further exploring this, we need to look at In what ways...
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...in 1948 after World War Two (WW2), because Britain had become bankrupt and couldn’t maintain its global colonies. The end of the British mandate formally provided a homeland for the Jewish citizens in Palestine, although the events that occurred in WW2, such as the Holocaust can be seen as the most important factors in providing a homeland for the Jewish. It can be seen that WW2 advanced the Jewish position in a claim for a homeland, more than the Palestinian position. This was boosted by the fact that an estimated 6 million Jews were persecuted by the Nazis in the Holocaust, which shocked the globe. This is one of the most important factors for a Jewish claim for a homeland, as the Jewish community felt worldwide sympathy as millions of Jews had died. Although the Holocaust was not only a Nazi persecution of the Jews, other leaders carried it out across Europe. During the war, thousands of Jews fled to Palestine to avoid the Nazi regime, and by the end of the war, Jewish population grew tenfold between 1919 and 1947, from 60 000 to over 600 000 Jews in Palestine. This showed the Jewish vulnerability as the wished for a place where they could avoid anti-Semitism a place they could feel safe in. During the war the Jewish community supported the British army, therefore they were able to gain weapons and valuable experience from them, which they were able to use against the Palestinians, when the British mandate finally ended. For these reasons WW2 can be seen as the most important...
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...German children in during World War II and although he mainly focused on the boys, he also had a hold on the girls too. The Nazi ruler, Hitler, was able to control all of the German children by using many methods of persuasion like propaganda and showing anti-semitism, as well as playing on the youth’s emotions. To start, propaganda was one of Hitler’s main tactics in persuading the youth of Germany. Many times, Hitler would state fake facts or tell stories that were almost entirely untrue. The definition of propaganda, according to Merriam-Webster, is “ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, a government, etc.” To the male students in school, Hitler would technically change history by rewriting it to “emphasize Nazi themes of racial struggle and German pride” (The History Place). As for the women, they were separated in school, but still had propaganda in their lives because they did still go to school. In school, females were taught about the perks of motherhood and about being a Nazi because the German army needed such a huge population to keep up with what they were doing. Many posters in Germany were made during this time showing kids that were extremely happy about school to even show parents that they were not haveing trouble or a bad time in school. Everywhere you turned, there was some type of propaganda that was going on. Additionally, Hitler used his anti-semitism to gain the German...
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...Word count= 2000 Word count= 2000 World War Two (WW2) and the situation it created within Germany saw the creation of two rival political systems which were influenced by rival foreign powers. In this aspect, it can be seen as the key turning point in German political systems. When Germany at the end of WW2 was conquered and occupied by the allies between the years 1945-1949 (point zero), the subsequent rift between the capitalist allies (Britain, France and America) and the communist allies (Russia) formed two opposing democratic Germany’s; The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR). This is significant, due to foreign powers controlling Germany’s political system, as well as the departure from Sonderweg, meaning Germany no longer followed a unique path of development and that nationalism and militarism were on the decline. The significance of the previous German eras, Kaiser Reich (Semi-Autocratic Empire), Weimar Republic (Federal Democracy) and the Third Reich (Dictatorship) are also significant, however in political terms they are not as significant as post 45. The significances of post 1945 can be seen by its success of creating a working democracy in Germany after 1945, the FRG. One reason why the FRG was successful revolves around the sudden decline in German militarism and nationalism. This is evident in the fact that the FRG’s constitution was based on the Weimar Republics concept of ‘Grundgesetz’, which means basic law. The implications...
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...Nazis. Hitler was an anti-Semitic political leader of the Nazi regime, who believed that the Jewish “race” contaminated the Aryan population, and therefore needed to be eliminated. The Nuremberg Laws were laws that excluded Jews and non-Aryans from German citizenship as well as their natural rights. In addition, “Jewishness” was defined in racial terms. One strategy that allowed the Nazis to carry out the Holocaust was their disregard for non-Germans, treating them as less than human. Dehumanization is considered...
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