There has been much debate amongst historians about the origin of the holocaust and Hitler’s role in the process. This debate can be broken down into two main sides ‘structuralist’ and ‘intentionalist’. Structuralists argue that the holocaust was driven by a process of ‘cumulative radicalisation’ and factors such as the war and overcrowding which resulted in reactionary policies eventually leading to mass murder. While on the other hand intentionalists argue that the holocaust was a long term plan
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Jessica Lear HR100 Rachel Duffett Is anti-semitism a sufficient explanation for the Holocaust? The “final solution” meant the systematic elimination of millions of Jews and other undesirables in Germany and the occupied and conquered territories. Obviously anti-Semitism was very important since millions of Jews were murdered in this act of Genocide. However other factors are also important in understanding how such a large-scale act of racial hatred can be possible in a European country such
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The Moral Courage of Danes During the Holocaust‚ many brave individuals risked their lives rescuing the innocents. Those heroes are rare after all‚ but in Denmark‚ everyone participated in the rescue—from the government officials to the normal citizens. The danish people expressed their moral courage all together as a nation‚ yet without certain leadership or organization— it was everyone fulfilling their own righteousness. All of these individual power came together‚ and created a miracle during
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David Nguyen 9/11/2011 World History The Judenrat’s Mistake During the holocaust‚ Jews were losing their jobs‚ rights‚ and property. In 1933‚ the Nazi leaders began assigning Jews to handle situations to help the jews in the Ghettos‚ these Jews were known as the Judenrat. The Judenrate weren’t Jewish volunteers‚ they were assigned and given tasks to perform: “Composed of 24 male jews … prescribed as 1) executing German orders‚ 2) taking an improvised census of the Jew in their area‚ 3) executing
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role in the implementation of the Final Solution. The men of the battalion took part in rounding up Jews‚ the polish‚ Gypsies another other minorities‚ deportation to concentration camps‚ and the most sickening the mass shooting of tens of thousands of civilians. The Battalion 101’s participation in the Final Solution‚ resulted in the deportation of 45‚200 Jews to the Treblinka Concentration Camp‚ and it is estimated that from July 1942 and November 1943‚ the Police Battalion 101 was responsible
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Over the Border In life‚ there are different opportunities and different ways to live. Different countries suffer in their own unique way‚ depending on how society has put them to be. People who don’t have the same opportunities as people beyond middle-class‚ seek for an alternative to their lifestyles‚ what their looking for is the famous American Dream. This dream may take many different forms for many different people‚ yet is the same concept. The American Dream is the concept that gives out
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Alien Invasion Illegal immigration is widespread throughout the United States. There are 12 million or more illegal aliens in the United States‚ this number continues to rise (Swartz). This influx of illegal immigrants causes jobless Americans to lose out on opportunities. Employers choose to pay illegal immigrants lower wages than American workers. Is it right to pay illegal immigrants less than Americans to do the same job? Should the illegal immigrants be deported? Should border control be increased
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The Holocaust also known as Shoah’‚ was the mass murder or genocide of approximately six million Jews during World War II‚ a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi Germany‚ led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party‚ throughout the German Reich and German-occupied territories. Of the nine million Jews who had resided in Europe before the Holocaust‚ approximately two-thirds were killed. Over one million Jewish children were killed in the Holocaust‚ as were approximately two million Jewish
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Olmec The first Mesoamerican civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 B.C.E.‚ the __ people of central Mexico created a vibrant civilization that included intensive agriculture‚ wide-ranging trade‚ ceremonial centers‚ and monumental construction. The __ had great cultural influence on later Mesoamerican societies‚ passing on artistic styles‚ religious imagery‚ sophisticated astronomical observation for the construction of calendars‚ and a ritual ball game. (p. 75) Chavín __ The first major urban
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The Other Side of Immigration film mainly focuses on the causes of migration from Mexico to the United States due to economic and social issues. The film shows the effects on the families after the men leave to find better job opportunities in the United States. There has been a high unemployment rate in Mexico and most of it is to blame for the government because of the economic uncertainly and immigrants were defamed and seen as the cause of unemployment. Migration is not the problem‚ the problem
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