genocide‚ or mass destruction‚ of the Jews was the culmination of a decade of increasingly severe discriminatory measures. Under the rule of Adolf Hitler‚ the persecution and segregation of Jews was implemented in stages. After the Nazi party achieved power in Germany in 1933‚ its state-sponsored racism led to anti-Jewish legislation‚ economic boycotts‚ and the violence of the Kristallnacht ("Night of Broken Glass") pogroms‚ all of which aimed to systematically isolate Jews from society and drive them out
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(“How and Why Did the Holocaust Happen?”)‚ forcing Jews to wear yellow stars on all of their clothing so they could be easily identified‚ and stripped the Jews of all their basic human rights. On the Night of Broken Glass‚ the Nazis organized violent attacks on the Jews. This night was named the Night of Broken Glass because of all the glass from houses and shops that were littered all over the streets of Germany. Nazis and Nazi supporters used Jews as scapegoats for all their economic problems‚ not
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Kristallnacht? *Kristallnacht was German for "night of broken glass" and referred to all the broken glass caused by the breaking of windows in Jewish shops‚ presented as a “spontaneous public outburst”. The trigger of Kristallnacht A Polish Jew‚ Herschel Grynszpan shot Ernst Vom Rath. The assassination triggered Kristallnacht. *his parents were deported back to Poland‚ made him angry * In September 1936 he entered France illegally *7 November‚ Shot Vom Rath 5 times *"We understand the
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accepted collective responsibility for the atrocities committed by Hitler’s regime‚ but denied knowledge of the final solution until May 1945‚ after the German surrender. This differentiated Speer from the other Nazi elite‚ whom knew of the persecution against the Jews. Speer argued that when he joined the Nazi party in 1931‚ he did not research the aims of the party‚ of which anti Semitism had a crucial role in the policy making of the third Reich. He expressed guilt for his naiveté and‚ in this extract
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CHAPTER 15 The Latin West‚ 1200–1500 The period from 1200 to 1500 is better known as Europe’s [A] later Middle Ages. [B] Last Age. [C] Golden Age. [D] Renaissance. [E] Age of Reason. Western Europeans of the later Middle Ages referred to themselves as [A] Europeans. [B] Westerners. [C] “Old Worlders.” [D] Franks. [E] Latins. In the Latin West during the later Middle Ages approximately [A] nine out of ten people were rural. [B] five out of ten people were rural
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conflicts between the Jews and the Arabs who both claimed it to be the land of their ancestors. Over the last century‚ foreign powers have become involved in the conflict and therefore played a significant role in the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. These foreign powers include Britain‚ France and the United States of America and the role they played in the creation of Israel varied in significance and impact. French interest in Palestine became clear as early as 1903‚ when Jews began to return
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The Holocaust was a terrible moment in time where millions of Jews and other groups of people were massacred purely because of their beliefs. Under Adolf Hitler’s rule‚ Nazi Germany slaughtered a countless amount of Jews because he thought that they had committed crimes against them in the past. Two examples of young girls who endured the Holocaust were Anne Frank and Krystyna Chiger‚ who entered hiding because of the Nazi persecution. Both of these girls were forced to use similar yet diverse survival
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In 1517‚ one man unknowingly changed the whole of Christianity forever by nailing his 95 Theses to a door. This was the beginning of the much-needed Protestant Reformation that eventually resulted in hundreds of new sects of Christianity. This man accomplished this by simply standing up for what he believed in - the Bible. His name was Martin Luther‚ and his reforms improved the lives of European Christian’s by standing up to the corrupt Catholic church and promoting ideas that resulted in new freedoms
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has been a major source of communal tension amongst Arabs and Jews in the last century. Disagreements over whom the land rightfully belongs to have erupted in violence‚ resulting in the deaths of thousands of civilians and fighters. This fierce fighting has led to public outcry for the two factions to come to a peaceful solution that will once again bring stability to the region. Sandy Tolan‚ author of The Lemon Tree: An Arab‚ A Jew‚ and the Heart of the Middle East presents the conflict through
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During the first half of the 20th century‚ the Nazi party‚ led by Adolf Hitler‚ encouraged prejudice actions against Jewish people and other minorities such as gypsies‚ homosexuals‚ the mentally ill‚ or physically disabled. All people not of the "Aryan" race were slated for death. In the midst of one of the most horrific events of the 20th century‚ Oskar Schindler risked his life and fortune to save the lives of approximately 1‚200 Jewish people. Schindler was a brilliant businessman‚ who made
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