How Ordinary Germans Become Nazi Mass Murderers The Nazis during World War II left a horrendous toll of dead Jews during the Holocaust. Dr. Damerow explained the result of the Nazi Holocaust left 5‚820‚960 Jews dead (Statistics on the Holocaust).When people think of Nazi soldiers they think of terrible monsters. But how did ordinary German people become mass murderers and bigots? By the use of propaganda‚ communications‚ and use of authority‚ the German people thought this was the best way to deal
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ETHNOCENTRISM IN THE CHURCH TODAY Introduction Ethnocentrism is the act of seeing one’s ethnic tribe better compared to those of the others. This stereotype has with time crept into the religious foundation irrepressibly. Currently‚ the church is experiencing a wave of ethnocentrism which if not curbed will see a religious waiver. Overall researches locally and internationally prove that ethnocentrism is an ant to the timber-pillar supporting the church; with time it will eat into it and cause
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Why did so many Europeans collaborate with the Nazi occupiers? As the dust settled in Europe‚ collaborators were hung‚ sent running naked down the streets or imprisoned‚ while the resistance set out to define post-war Europe. The illusion of a clear distinction between Hitler’s henchmen and enemies shaped the psychology‚ language and power structures that are still present today. Collaboration and resistance‚ as categories of human behaviour‚ gained their historical relevance from the weight
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Happiness The Nazi Germany pursuit of happiness changed throughout the war. As the war changed so did the thoughts behind what Nazi Germany wanted in the end. They didn’t expect to lose the war so why change what the end result is? At the start of WWII Nazi Germany wanted to be the power house in the world. They wanted revenge from WWI when they got defeated and had to pay for the war. Germany was not happy so they needed a man to make them happy again‚ Adolf Hitler. At the start of the war Germany
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1942 was the year that Nazi German troops invaded Vichy France. Vichy France is the common name of the French State headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II. It represented the unoccupied Free Zone in the southern part of metropolitan France and theoretically‚ the French colonial empire. On this day in 1942‚ German troops invaded Vichy France. Which has been previously freed of an Axis military presence. Since July 1940‚ upon being invaded and defeated by the Nazi milerty‚ the autonomous
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and had 14 children. He graduated the University of Coimbra and he studied law. He was a Portuguese diplomat and was in consulate of Bordeaux in France last. He had a Rabbi friend called Chaim Kruger and was inspired by him to save the targets of Nazis. He stamped visas for refugees and Jews for entering Portugal during 16-23. June 1994. He saved over 30‚000 refugees including 12‚000 Jews. He lost his job and was put on the black list so he couldn’t have any job in Portugal. Jewish Refugee Agency
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Webster’s dictionary defines ethnocentrism as "The tendency to evaluate other groups according to the values and standards of one’s own ethnic group‚ especially with the conviction that one’s own ethnic group is superior to the other groups." When first reading this definition‚ one would naturally agree that ethnocentrism does exist in our world and society‚ often confusing it with patriotism. However‚ many do not realize that ethnocentrism is‚ has been‚ and continues to be a leading cause for violence
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are two perfect examples of real life accounts of the problems that they face in the field‚ and it is found that in order for anthropologists to be able to truly study a certain culture‚ they must understand the meanings of ethnocentrism and cultural relativism. Ethnocentrism must be understood so that it can be avoided‚ because it is the belief in the superiority of one’s own ethnic group‚ which could ultimately make it very difficult to truly study and learn about a culture if you are constantly
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Examples Atrocity: Acting with great criminality and cruelty; an extremely cruel act or horrid act of injustice that typically involves physical violence or injury. Example 1: One example of atrocity is the Jewish Holocaust perpetrated by Hitler’s Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945‚ which is arguably one of the most well-known atrocities or war crimes in history. The genocide of Jews includes two thirds of all Jews living in Europe and took place in Germany and German-occupied territories. This genocide
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perspectives in order to judge a specific culture‚ and approach the studies of cultures using Cultural Relativism and Ethnocentrism. The definition of these terms is very different in many ways when describing cultures. Cultural Relativism is defined as the perspective that any aspect of a culture must be viewed and evaluated within the context of that culture. While‚ ethnocentrism‚ is defined as making value judgments based on one’s own culture when describing aspects of another culture. Cultural
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