...The Continuing Effect of the Holocaust The Holocaust impacted the whole world. The Holocaust took place before and also during WWII, from 1933 until 1946. Many facts about the Holocaust are still unknown. Did the main population know about the mass murderers in the camps, the overpopulated ghettos, or how this devastating event would impact the survivors of the Holocaust? The Holocaust affected civilians during the Holocaust, and also survivors who can share their anecdote to people today. Firstly, there were people during this time of the Holocaust who were not aware of the mass murderers in the camps. The Nazis actually tried to keep it a secret by fooling the public with propaganda. This propaganda sent a deceiving message about the Nazis...
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...On page 9 of Rose Blanche, the text states that “Suddenly electric barbed wire stopped me. Behind it were some children standing still.” These children had very pale faces and looked hungry. They were behind a high barbed wire fence with black and white striped coats that went down their legs. Why would these people be wearing striped clothing behind barbed wire? First of all, the people behind this fence are very hungry. On page 9 it says “The youngest said that they were hungry”. We can infer that this was the time period of the holocaust because of all the natzi flags. Rose Blanche on page 2 is holding a natzi flag which can show she is in the natzi party. People all along the streets are holding flags as all the trucks are going by filled...
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...History Exam Review Notes WW1: Causes: Militarism: the belief in the power of strong armies/navies to decide issues - Germany began to build up their armies - European nations became alarmed by others military power - Each country tried to build larger/more powerful war machines; new technology Alliance System: Alliances- groups formed in Europe to support each other in attack - War between two nations would involve more than one country - Triple Entente- Russia, Britain, France - Triple Alliance- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy Nationalism: a feeling of deep loyalty to one’s own land - Germany wanted to make empire - Nationalism strong in Serbia à led to assassination of Duke Franz Ferdinand Imperialism: industrialized countries building oversea empires; desire to have a bigger empire - Major imperialist countries à France, Britain, Russia - Germany wanted to expand/dominate on global scale, but by the time they wanted to build own empire, no valuable territories remained Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, 1914 - Serbian Gavrilo Princip shot Austro-Hungarian Duke Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, on the road back from City Hall; goal was to crush Austria-Hungary’s nationalism Alliances Triple Entente- Russia, Britain, France Triple Alliance- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy Schlieffen Plans German General that created a plan that was used by the Germans in hope to defeat France ...
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...Concentration Camps The concentration camps were a major part in the second world war. Here in these camps millions died at the hands of Hitler’s ideology. These innocent people were put into camps without trial for the idea Hitler had of a “pure race’’. Origins of the Camps The first camps were originally set in Germany as detention centers for anyone who did not agree with Nazi agenda. These people were referred to as “enemies of the state” once the Nazis controlled Europe. This happened once Germans crossed Austria territory and the German Army invaded Poland. These camps were the first of the 20,000 used to cause so much death, loss, pain, and suffering (theholocaustexplained.org p?) . Notorious Camps Some of the most well known camps are such as Auschwitz, Belzec, Burgen-Belsen, Buchenwald, Chelmno, Dachau, and Dora Mittlebau. These camps were known for the death of millions of people. They were apart of the “Final Solution” program that was created for the destruction of the Jewish race. Prisoners’ Day...
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...Ha- Shoah In May of 1933, the Jewish population of Europe stood at over nine million. By 1945, the Germans and their collaborators hit nearly two out of three Jews as part of the “Final solution,” which was the Nazi’s policy to execute the Jews of Europe. Most Nazis, targeted the European Jews, the homosexuals, gypsies, Polish citizens, Christians, and people with disabilities. Hitler’s men have used a variety of ways to torture and wipe out the European Jews during the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a mass execution of 11 million Jews. The picture below, taken in 1944 during WW2 in the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, shows how many oppressed citizens were murdered on a daily basis in the “Final solution” by the German Nazis. Many people had to suffer...
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...the of the universe,” Elie Wiesel. The persecution of one for race, religion and religion are the reason Elie, as a 15 year old, was sent to concentration camps. Elie wrote the Nobel peace prize winning book, “Night” to reveal the untold events that transpired at the time of WW2. In the book , “Night”, Elie’s religion, personality, and fear of death changed because of the events arose. Elie’s religion in “Night” was affected because of the events that took place. IN the beginning of the book, Elie is a highly religious boy. Shown on page 4, he says, “ one day I asked my father too find a master...
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...chose to use atomic weapons during WW2 because the primary motive that Truman looked toward was to end WW2 as quickly and effortlessly as possible. With this in mind, they decided to develop the atomic bomb. The aftermath of the bombs was that it obliterated the city, and killed more than 60,000 people. Two bombs were dropped and then the emperor decided to declare his surrender. To ensure the conclusion of the war would be abrupt, Truman and his advisors most likely thought that the atomic bomb would be the best to get the job done. They then chose to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which ultimately left the control of Japan to the United...
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...There were four major dictators around the time between WW1 and WW2. Vladimir Lenin was one. Known as Lenin, he was elected as Chair of the Council of People’s Commissars in 1917. Lenin created a secret police called the Cheka to secure the new Bolshevik government. The Cheka made sure nobody would get in the way and kept public newspapers from saying anything about Lenin that Lenin didn’t want. Lenin died from a stroke in 1924. Josef Stalin rose to power after the death of Lenin in 1924. During Stalin’s rule, “Stalinism” was created; he called himself a Marxist but accepted the term. Stalin created the “five year plan” which insisted on in five years things will be better, four of these five year plans were made. In 1932 Stalin came up with the “Great Purge” in where all the non loyal members of the government were killed. Stalin didn’t want anybody that saw wrong in the way he ruled and speak out. Because he killed all of the smart people there were not many people to stop him. After the Great Purge all the old communist party members were gone and all that was left were Stalin followers, increasing Stalin’s power in the country to semi-god. Stalin also created the Gulag which were very brutal work camps. Over 18 million people passed through the camp from being late to work, petty theft, saying something bad about the government, and other small things. Most people died or were deported from these work camps. Stalin under much paranoia from Hitler died of a stroke. Mussolini...
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...second world war it was no longer profitable and instead a liability or how events such as the Suez canal crisis were able to lead to revolt of British colonies and how that may have caused the dismantling of the British empire in Africa. One key individual in the expansion of the British Empire in Africa was Cecil Rhodes. His arrival to South Africa in 1871 was fuelled by the hunger for financial gain, more specifically through the diamond industry. Rhodes had a rather complex personality. He was the first to think of turning "riches into a political instrument"1 he would then use this (as he believed) to the good of the mother land. The use of concentration camps during the Boer war helped de militarise the and make the fight a lot more easier for Cecil Rhodes. He argued that placing the Boer in the camps was for their own safety. Many times Cecil Rhodes was able to make decisions like this because he followed a pattern of action where we would take a...
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...After watching the documentary on the descendants of many high commanding officers under Adolf Hitler during WW2 and the period of Nazi dominance, I was astounded at the level of guilt that the surviving members carried with them during their day to day lives. Before watching this video, not once had I ever even considered the fact that family members of the Nazi high command were around today, let alone the guilt that inevitably follows them. As I listened and watched the descendants share their experience, I noticed many different methods were used to cope with the horror that a family member from a generation or two ago carried out on an entire group of people. A few of those methods included, moving to a different country, changing their...
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...woman and her deceased father. The speaker conveys her paradoxical feelings for the one man who she worshipped during her young years, but feared his malicious influence and domination after his death. Throughout the poem, Plath use of tone changes with the progression of German inferences in order to escape the oppression of her father while attempting to preserve the idealistic mirror of him. The poem begins with a childlike tone, misleading the reader on the upcoming subject matter. The first line echoes a nursery rhyme, feeling like a charm against some brooding curse: “You do not do, you do not do/ anymore black shoe” (lines 1-2). Metaphorically, the shoe is a trap, smothering the foot. The adjective “black” suggests the idea of death, thus it can relate to a coffin. The speaker feels a submissiveness and entrapment by her father. In an attempt to rid herself of the restriction in her own life, she must destroy the memory of her father. “Daddy, I have to kill you” (3). However, the description of the father as “marble-heavy” (8) and “ghastly statue” ( 9) reveals the ambivalence of her attitude. The speaker reacts with hate to her father who had made her suffer by dying when she was young, but she is still affectionate towards him. The tone becomes more realistic and is composed of less admiration for the father in the next few stanzas. There is an indication of WW2 in relation to the holocaust as the speaker states “In the German tongue, in the polish town/ of wars, wars...
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...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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...If it is impossible to provide food for the whole population, then aliens must be expelled." (Hard Times Return, Reading 14, Nazi Party Platform) → Only taking care of citizens, alienating and deserting those who are not of exclusive race and religions (aryan) Essentially the entire Nazi Party Platform was based on the premise of alienating the non-Germans. **Talk about who was defined as German** As Elie and his family are being deported from the ghetto to the concentration camp (out of their knowledge), “The next morning, we walked toward the station, where a convoy of cattle cars was waiting. The Hungarian police made us climb into the cars, eighty persons in each one. They handed us some bread, a few pails of water. They checked the bars on the windows to make sure they would not come loose. The cars were sealed. One person was in charge of every car: if someone managed to escape, that person would be shot.” (Night, 22) → Dehumanization during deportation kills their...
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...Assess the aims and nature of Nazi Foreign policy to September 1939 The aims and nature of Nazi Foreign policy up to September 1939 were ambitious yet hostile to others in nature, ultimately derived from Hitler’s worldview in creating a perfect German society. The ultimate aim of the policy centered on the destruction of the Treaty of Versailles, strategically set to be achieved through long and short-term goals. Territorial expansion and the desire for a racially pure Germany were encompassed in the long-term view of Nazi Foreign policy, however to achieve this, Hitler realised that he would first have to take smaller steps. This is observed through his establishment of the short-term goals of undoing the Treaty of Versailles and the creation of a GrossDeutschland. It is therefore conveyed that the aims and nature of Nazi Foreign policy were desirous in the nations ability to grow internationally, and unsympathetic in its nature and determination in an attempt to achieve this. The long-term goal of territorial expansion was highly linked to the Nazi aim of Lebensraum, which had a possibility of success before war broke out through the peace seeking façade of Germany. This idea is stated in the 3rd point of the Nazi program, ‘We demand land and territory to feed our people and to settle our surplus population’. The nature in which this was to be achieved by Hitler was through deceit and manipulation of other nations, in order to present a ‘changed’ Germany, thus allowing...
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...ETH/125 Religious and Ethnic Diversity Paper: Buddhist and Asian I chose to write about Asia and Buddhism (Theravada). I chose to write my paper on the Asian community, because I’ve always been curious about their culture and lifestyle. I find the Asian community to be very intriguing, colorful and vibrant. I decided that since I was going to research on Asian culture and share my paper on religion Theravada Buddhism beliefs. The religion of Buddhism is based on the teachings of a man named Siddhartha. This man was born in Nepal about 500 years before Jesus, to be a great leader or a holy man. He was immune to the external walls of the palace by his father, a king in India who think that by doing so, he went down the path of being a ruler. Little King knew that life brought him no where near the road to enlightenment. Siddhartha saw four events when he finally left the palace for daily outings. The first of these events was an older man, and he never saw the elderly before his servant called him and told him to change the way everyone gets old. The second event was a sick man, the servant told him that everyone gets sick, and thy father is sick, you're sick. The third event was seeing a corpse that most affected him when he realizes that in the end everyone dies. On the fourth trip, he saw a religious person meditating and trying to seek enlightenment. He decided to leave his wife and child in the palace and go out and explore the worlds suffering. “There...
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