The prisoners’ lack of will for revenge is in no way surprising. The Jews held in the concentration camps had little will to survive after liberation‚ let alone seek retaliation. The entire point of the concentration camps themselves was to exterminate the Jews‚ both physically and mentally‚ and they were terribly effective. The atrocities these humans underwent had an immense toll psychologically‚ and succeeded in breaking their spirit. The fact that the prisoners had no thoughts of revenge is
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that good men do nothing." - Edmund Burke & Leo Tolstoy This is often pointed towards the rise of Hitler and only if people were to stand up in numbers‚ it wouldn’t have happened. Though seemingly small‚ it is the most important part. Step 5: Exterminate With the combination of the previous 4 steps a tyrannical regime has been created and all that is needed is to aim it and hope for the "benefits" to be reaped. I hope this is self explanatory though the examples. Given in the
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and they were mistreated for quite a while due to religious differences (Christians vs. Muslims)‚ and this mistreatment culminated and peaked during 1915-1918. During World War I‚ the Ottoman Empire took the opportunity among a world of chaos to exterminate its Christian population‚ after years of hate propaganda sponsored by the government‚ they struck‚ and the Ottoman Empire’s successor denies it to this day. The Ottoman Empire divided its people decades before the genocide; the Ottomans classified
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Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler was born in Austria where he grew up dreaming that he would one day be an artist. This dream was quickly brought to a halt when he showed insufficient artistic skill and was denied acceptance to an art academy in Vienna. After his dreams of being an artist died down he spent much of his time doing small jobs and realized that his true interest was politics. In 1914‚ after discovering his interest in politics‚ Hitler joined the German Army. He found a
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“Et tu Brute? Then fall‚ Caesar!” These last words of Caesar show the heartbreak and betrayal that he felt inside. The relationship between Brutus and Caesar is bitterly ironic in such a way that the audience can feel the characters emotions. However‚ it is somewhat difficult to choose whether you can justify the actions of the conspirators‚ or if you fall into the sorrow and anger that is inside those who loved and supported Caesar. Going back to Caesar’s last words‚ “Et tu Brute? Then fall‚ Caesar
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Commentary on Lady Lazarus Sylvia Plath uses dark imagery‚ disturbing diction‚ and allusions to shameful historical undertakings to create a morbid yet unique tone that reflects the necessity of life and death in her poem‚ Lady Lazarus. Even though the imagery‚ diction and allusions presented in Lady Lazarus are entirely dark and dreary‚ it seems‚ looking more closely at Plath’s use of poetic devices‚ as if that the speaker’s attitude towards death is a positive one. The speaker longs for death
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Problems with men start at a young age for most women. Daddy issues is a perfect explanation for the piece “Daddy” written by Sylvia Plath. The complications that occurred early in Plath’s life then occurred in Plath’s love life. After doing some research on Plath‚ it was apparent that a continuing theme in her life was issues with men. To fully understand this piece I had to do some research on Plath. After researching‚ I was able to dig deeper into her life and what this poem meant to her. This
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although evil occurs‚ humans come together in time of need with care and love for one another. Mark Twain expresses his feelings about humankind by saying that rather than evolving into creatures who are intelligent‚ we devolved into a dumb species of brutes and maniacs. What he means by saying this is when we want something‚ we don’t necessarily need it. Animals like the predators only kill what they need to survive. Humans spoil this by taking things in greedy manners to satisfy their infinite hunger
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was the experiment on the twins. Mengele studied the secrets of heredity. He figured if Aryan women can give birth to twins‚ the future will be saved. Since Nazi leaders wanted only blue eyed and blonde hair children‚ it was logical for them to exterminate the “unwanted”
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I believe‚ in drastic cases that can’t and shouldn’t be ignored‚ we can intervene and try to help out in anyway. There are many reasons as to why this philosophy is good to try. Somethings are small and domestic‚ where it’s only a problem in that country and the country can and needs to handle it on their own. Then‚ there are some things that are on a larger scale that need to be looked at with more than one vision. Now‚ i’m not saying that all small things don’t need intervenance from other people
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