The Great Depression was triggered by the Wall Street Crash of October 1929. It meant that companies throughout Germany went bankrupt and workers were laid off in their millions. Unemployment affected nearly every German family (by 1929 1‚320‚000 were unemployed) meaning that the public was in a state of distress and wanted change desperately. This gave Hitler an opportunity to put his message across and take advantage of Germany’s desperation. He manipulated the ruling elite (who thought that they
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“The Nuremberg Trials were a series of 13 trials which were held in order to bring Nazi war criminals to justice. The trials took place in Nuremberg‚ Germany‚ between 1945 and 1949. The defendants included Nazi Party officials and high-ranking military officers along with German industrialists‚ lawyers and doctors‚ who were accused on charges of crimes against peace and crimes against humanity. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler committed suicide and was never brought to trial. Although the legal justifications
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Why was Hitler able to become Chancellor of Germany in 1933? Hitler’s ascension to power was due to a number of factors‚ many of which were a consequence of Germany’s weak Weimar Republic. The Weimar Republic was in a position of political crisis partly due to the lack of faith in previous chancellors and the split between left and right political ideals. As voters looked to more extreme parties the Nazi political campaigns gained a foothold‚ which translated to Nazi electoral success. Ultimately
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Dr. John Andraos‚ http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Elements-Discoverers.pdf 1 NAMES OF SCIENTISTS ASSOCIATED WITH DISCOVERIES OF ELEMENTS OF PERIODIC TABLE © Dr. John Andraos 2002 - 2005 Department of Chemistry‚ York University 4700 Keele Street‚ Toronto‚ ONTARIO M3J 1P3‚ CANADA For suggestions‚ corrections‚ additional information‚ and comments please send e-mails to jandraos@yorku.ca http://www.chem.yorku.ca/NAMED/ Z‚ Element Symbol Discoverer Dates Nationality Place
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A Brief Bio Of KARL MARX Germany May 5th 1818‚ Karl Heinrich Marx came into the world. Philosopher‚ sociologist‚ economist‚ journalist; Marx’s ideas would go on to be catalyst for the socialist movement in 1883. In fact many regimes today consider themselves to be of Marxist thought even though many of them have diluted many of Marx’s original ideas. Scholars only have recently been able to view and study many of his writings being as though Marx had delayed publication
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The Monastery and The Clock - Rhetorical Essay Time‚ is the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in past‚ present‚ and future regarded as a whole. It can be argued that the steam engine is the most important machine developed in human history. Then again it can be argued that Megan Fox is the most amazing actress of all time. It’s the one who provides the most ethos that will win any argument. One can trace the roots of the Industrial Revolution all the way back to the Middle
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attack on Poland… use of slave labour…persecuted the Jews.” Hermann Goering was born on the 12th of January 1893 at the Marienbad sanatorium in Rosenheim‚ Bavaria. He had 5 siblings and another five half siblings‚ all born from the same father Heinrich Ernest Goering a former cavalry officer. At the time Goering was born‚ his father was serving as consul general in Haiti‚ and his mother returned home briefly to give birth. She
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to groom them for marriage‚ domestic life‚ and future career goals. Ideally‚ girls were to be married and have children once they were of age‚ but importance was also placed on job training and education.The BDM was run directly by HJ leader Baldur von Schirach until 1934‚ when Trude Mohr‚ a former postal worker‚ was appointed to the position of BDM-Reichsreferentin‚ or National Speaker of the BDM. After Mohr married in 1937‚ she was required to resign her position (the BDM required members to be
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Dot Points 1.2 Political‚ economic and social issues in the Weimar Republic to 1929 Right wing parties: nationalist‚ anti-communist‚ opposed the Treaty of Versailles and the democratic Weimar System Left-wing parties: internationalist‚ not racist The democratic parties were getting votes whilst the far right and left were being ignored Political parties were developing para-military groups Stresemann’s key role begged the question: what would happen to German democracy if he suddenly left
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Social Theorist Karl Marx The social theorist I chose to do my paper on is Karl Marx. Marx was born in Trier‚ Rhenish Prussia‚ on May 5‚ 1818. Marx was the son of Heinrich Marx‚ a lawyer‚ and Henriette Marx. Heinrich and Henriette Marx were descendants from a long line of Jewish rabbis. His father was banned from practicing law because he was a Jew. Marx’s father converted his family to Lutheranism. Marx attended a Lutheran elementary school and later became an atheist and materialist‚ rejecting
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