EDWARD‚ TERRY. A RICHARD WAGNER DICTIONARY. THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY NEW YORK 1939 This book provides insight on Richard Wagner’s life‚ not in just his work but influences he had in his life and thought’s. As well as his “drama music” some people like to say and all his other styles of music that weren’t always the most traditional. BEKKER‚ PAUL. RICHARD WAGNER HIS LIFE IN HIS WORK W. W. NORTON AND CO. INC. NEW YORK In this books the author takes a more closely approach towards Wagner’s work by
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The 1936 Olympic Games will forever be known as the Nazi Olympics. The games took place in Berlin and were heavily sponsored by the Hitler regime. Countries all around the world gathered to test their greatest athletes against each other‚ under Hitler’s home. The Nazi dictator used the Summer Olympics to conceal his horrid plans and racist ideas. In heeding with the strength and importance of German athletics‚ many Jewish athletes were banned from participating in sporting events and clubs‚ such
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through song and dance. Music sets the stage and tells the story from the beginning of the film until the very last scene. The film takes place in pre World War II Germany‚ revolving around the life of a Cabaret performer and the effects of the rising Nazi power during that time. In the very first scene‚ the decadence of the Cabaret is reflected in the first score of the musical. Throughout the film‚ its loud music and provocative dance represents the frivolous lifestyle during 1930’s Germany. The purpose
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The Holocaust was one of the world’s worst genocides; concentration camps were the worst place to be if you were a captive. Adolf Hitler‚ a Nazi‚ convinced many that certain groups of people needed to be exterminated. He started concentration camps to terrorize his enemies. The first concentration camps started in 1933‚ six years before World War Two began. There were several concentration camps. These concentration camps consisted of European Jews‚ P.O.W.’s (Prisoners of War)‚ political prisoners
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Nazi Germany and 1984 A totalitarian government is one in which the state‚ usually under the control of a single political person‚ has no limits to its authority and strives to control every aspect of public and private life of each individual. Control over attitudes‚ values‚ and beliefs enables the government to erase any distinction between state and society. It is almost as if the population under totalitarian government is broken down and brain washed so much so that the government has complete
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another thousand‚ the United States declared war on Japan. This had enormous implications for Hitler. By this time‚ Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan‚ along with Fascist Italy‚ had entered into a strategic agreement known as the Tripartite Pact‚ pledging to provide mutual military assistance in the event any one of them was attacked by a nation not already involved in the war. The year-old Pact had been crafted mainly to intimidate America and to discourage it from helping Britain. As an added measure‚
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answers to the hunger question. Some rationing systems—like those of the United States and Great Britain—relied heavily on the reduction of consumer choice. Germany had a rationing system‚ but relied much more on the idea of exporting hunger. The Soviet Union’s rationing system was disorganized‚ and so was Japan’s. Both nations reduced quality and choice for the consumer. The basis of the American rationing system was to make all civilians unhappy by reducing consumer choice. As bleak as that may
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Acts of resistance against Nazi rule was commonly seen throughout Hitler’s empire. To resist is to ‘stop course of‚ repel‚ be proof against or unaffected…‚ strive against‚ oppose‚ try to impede‚ refuse to comply with’ . However‚ the meaning and levels of resistance within Nazi Germany varies between historians. This essay identifies resistance as stated by the Bacaria Project‚ “Resistance is understood as every form of active or passive behaviour which allows recognition of the rejection of the
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“The Sources of Soviet Conduct” is an article that George Kennan wrote in 1947. The article discussed communism and how the only way to stop communism from spreading any further was through containment. After the release of this telegram the Truman Doctrine was established. Truman did not fully understand what Kennan’s idea was and he took it as they needed to contain communism through military warfare. Although there was a misunderstanding the policy was still affective and eventually the USSR fell
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The Nazi Occupation of Holland On May 14‚ 1940 Holland surrendered to German Forces‚ and Dr. Arthur Seyss-Inquart was appointed Reichkommissar‚ the highest governing authority. He watched over a German administration that included many Austrian-born Nazis. These Nazis‚ in turn supervised the Dutch civil- service. This configuration proved fateful for the Jews of the Netherlands. During 1940‚ the German occupation officials forbid Jews from the civil-service and required Jews to register the
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