What was a Day in the Life of a Prisoner Like? The Holocaust‚ the systematic‚ bureaucratic‚ state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators‚ depicts a series of tragic events. One may ask how was each prisoner treated upon arrival? The horrors that come to mind are endless‚ and the pain each prisoner must have gone through is undeniably brutal. Men‚ women and children of ages that varied were taken away from their homes‚ stripped
Premium Nazi Germany The Holocaust Germany
World War II and the Cold War The world was left unhappy after World War I and another war broke out‚ World War II. This was followed by yet another war‚ the Cold War. The aggression of European and Asian dictators led to war. These dictators were totalitarian dictators. Totalitarianism is a political system in which the government exercises complete control over its citizens’ lives. One of the most infamous dictators of all time‚ Adolf Hitler‚ was the despot of Germany. Hitler created Nazism
Premium Cold War World War II Soviet Union
War on Drugs in the U.S The term “War on Drugs” was first used by U.S president Richard Nixon. The term is used to describe a campaign of prohibition‚ foreign military aid and military intervention undertaken by the United States government‚ with the help of other countries‚ and the aim to reduce the illegal drug trade. The war on drugs began in 1914 but became more popular four decades ago‚ on July 17‚ 1971. This war was declared by President Nixon who said “Drug abuse was public enemy
Free Illegal drug trade Drug Drug cartel
The Barbarity of War Holocaust Document Study Memorandum by the Gauleiter of Styria (Austria) regarding the solution of the “Gypsy Question”‚ submitted 1939‚ Berlin 1. Fill in the following organizer based on this document. Solution to the Gypsy Problem What the author thinks of the solution Reasons for this position given by the author A solution for the gypsies is to strip away all their culture and make them like the germans. The author thinks that it would be best to destroy all
Premium Germany Nazi concentration camps Nazi Germany
Should Prisoners lose their Constitutional Rights while in Prison As the number of prisoners increase within the prison systems today‚ a question has risen on should prisoners lose their constitutional rights while in prison. Constitutional rights are the rights that are granted to the citizens by the government. These rights can’t be taken away legally. The way a prisoner is treated is not based on their behaviors or what crime they’ve committed‚ but is left up to the administrators
Premium Law United States Constitution Supreme Court of the United States
Total War Total war was introduced to Britain in May 1915 and was to last until the end of the war in November 1918. Total War put the whole country on a compulsory war footing with the government controlling it. When war was declared in August 1914‚ a certain naivety enveloped the whole country. Many did believe that the war would be over by Christmas 1914 - hence the rush by young men to volunteer before the ’fun’ ended. This whole belief that the war would be a short and sharp affair with Germany
Premium Laws of war World War II World War I
simultaneously caught up in two civil wars during the 1860s. Even while contributing to the Union forces battling the Confederacy‚ Minnesota was also fighting an intense conflict between white settlers and the Dakota people. Newly ratified as a state‚ Minnesota’s local government made treaties with Native American tribes offering to buy their land. As the civil war progressed with Minnesota sending hundreds of men to battle‚ tension with the Dakota tribes increased. The Dakota War of 1862 played a large part
Premium Mississippi River Sioux Abraham Lincoln
Today’s Drug laws seem to do more harm than good. The so-called drug war hasn’t seemed to be as effective as it was intended to be. Its original intent lies in its name‚ to attack the drug problem in America. Nixon started the war on drugs in the late sixties to stop drug abuse at the source‚ the distributors. Another intention for the war on drugs was to show individuals taking part in this illegal activity that their participation would cause serious consequences. The government has taken drastic
Premium Illegal drug trade Drug addiction Drug
In being one of the most famous attorneys of the twentieth century‚ Clarence Darrow clearly expresses his feelings about prison in his Address to the Prisoners in the Cook County Jail. In the speech‚ he says that he does not believethat people are in jail because the deserve to be. Clearly stating his reason for having such a negative aspect towards jail‚ he feels people are put in jail because of the circumstances beyond their control. The world today is starving. The hunger for money has now
Premium Prison Sociology Criminal justice
WAS THE KOREAN WAR AN EPISODE OF THE COLD WAR? The Korean war that was fought between the Northerners and Southerners of Korean with the support of the USSR and the United states of America; in the name of United Nations was one of the major events of the cold which increased the tension and contributed so much to the development of the cold war. The involvement of the super powers triggered the extent to which the Korean War can be referred to as one of the episodes of the cold war. In addition
Premium World War II Cold War Korean War