The Wave‚ a novel by Todd Strasser (published in 1981) is based off of The Third Wave experiment by Ron James‚ which was inspired by Nazism. The setting of the novel takes place in Gordan High School 1969. Four main characters of the wave include: Ben Ross (“an outstanding young teacher”)‚ Laurie Saunders (“a pretty girl with short brown hair and an almost perpetual smile”)‚ David Collins (“ a tall‚ good looking boy who was the running back on the football team”)‚ and Robert Billings (“ a heavy
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Initially‚ I was against the education and rehabilitation‚ but I realized it was pointless to fight in the camp‚ for conversion to Nazism was my only ticket out (Moeller 70). The momentarily conversion into a Nazi and into adapting all the Nazi ideology‚ intensified my hatred towards both Hitler and Röhm. Therefore‚ the news of the death of Röhm seems amusing to most communists‚ especially
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major idea of the films prefigured the rise of Hitler and the changes in during the Nazi era. According to Thomas Elsaesser‚ a professor who studies historical films and arts‚ he defines that "the Weimar films are reflecting the social upheaval‚ and Nazism; in Eisner‚ the demonstrable relation between German Romanticism." Anton Kaes (director of the film studies program at the University of California‚ Berkeley ) said that "Weimar films replayed the horrors and fears of the war: mass death‚ psychosis
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Bibliography: Pearce‚ Robert. Fascism and Nazism (Access to History). Hodder Arnold H&S‚ 1997. Boxer‚ Andrew. Hitler ’s Domestic Policy. Collins Educational‚ 1997. Sassoon‚ Donald. Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism. HarperPress‚ 2008. Bosworth‚ Richard. Mussolini ’s Italy: Life Under the Dictatorship
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How Did The Nazis Become So Popular? Hitler was a brilliant speaker‚ a good organiser and politician. He was a driven‚ unstable man‚ who believed that he had been called by God to become dictator of Germany and rule the world. This kept him going when other people might have given up. His self-belief persuaded people to believe in him. However‚ I do not think it was solely the brilliance of Hitler’s leadership which brought the Nazis to Power. There are many other reasons why this happened.
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young Nazis in training for the army. These young boys are constantly subjected to propaganda comparing Jews to rats and explaining how the fascism of the Nazis is the only correct way. The Swing Kids see previous members of their group convert to Nazism. They believe that this will never happen to them and that they will never be pulled apart. However‚ these wishes do not happen. When two of the friends are caught stealing a radio‚ one of the friends is told that he either needs to join the HJ
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Nazism Ideology in 1933 In their rise to power‚ Hitler and the Nazis came up with wide ranging but loose collection of ideas which‚ might be described as an ideology. During this period of time Hitler made many speeches and gave occasional interviews to journalistic‚ these gave an insight of Hitler’s thinking. While he was in prison‚ Hitler wrote Mein Kamf‚ his most complete statement of his ideas and aims for Germany. During the year 1933 delivered many speeches which were the key elements in
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European History 1112‚ (WEB) Second Exam‚ Spring 2017 10 points Dr. Drakatos Name: James Oiler I. Answer the following 2 questions in essay form (5 points each) 1. Discuss Herzl’s argument for the need to form a Jewish State. Theodor Herzl was born in Budapest‚ Hungary on May 2nd‚ 1860‚ and was one of the world’s most prominent Jewish activists. Herzl’s position on anti-Semitism was that it was a social issue‚ and if Jewish people organized counter efforts to anti-Semitism‚ then Jews would be
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Alexis Arocha Orient Building: Room 136 Time: 4pm- 5:50pm Professor Casey Hitler and the Holocaust In the year of 1933‚ Adolf Hitler took power and the holocaust occurred. The vigorous dictator had a set of ideas and goals that took place across Europe. Hitler’s ideologies consisted of Germany and Austria having superiority over the Jewish population‚ whom were accused for all the issues Germany faced. Hitler “believed that only by waging a war of conquest against Russia could the German nation
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Certainly terror and violence can be said to have played an integral part in bringing about the Nazi’s consolidation of power‚ as violence was such an important part of Nazism and was never far from the surface. However there were also other factors such as legality‚ tactical alliances and the successful use of propaganda which in effect contributed a vast amount to the Nazi’s consolidation of power‚ the Nazis deployed propaganda effectively as a means of deceiving the political nation of their real
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