commanded that Auschwitz-Birkenau would be able to hold 100‚000 prisoners. In 1941‚ Himmler briefed Commandant Hoss about the Final Solution‚ which was the Nazi plan to annihilate the Jews‚ Poles‚ gypsies‚ and others from Europe. “Lieutenant General Reinhard Heydrich formalised the Final Solution in a speech at the Wannsee conference.”(www.guardian.com) Rudolph Hoss was the first commandant of Auschwitz. “He identified the Silesian town of Oswiecim in Poland as a possible site for Auschwitz‚ the concentration
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think of colonialism as practice and imperialism as the idea driving the practice.” (Singh). Colonialism refers more specifically to the exercise of “economic‚ political and ideological exploitation of a development gap between [two countries].” (Reinhard 1). As Charles Renyolds puts it‚ “A colonial relationship is established in which indigenous peoples coexist somewhat uneasily with incomers...” which differs from imperialism in the sense that it requires colonization of a foreign territory whereas
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Before Nazi Germany’s peak of influence in Europe‚ Grupenfuhrer Heydrich‚ an SS soldier‚ addressed the police force of Germany to perform the first act against German Jews in the World War II era‚ Kristallnacht. In his order issued to all Police officers‚ Heydrich wrote‚ “a) Only such measures may be taken which do not jeopardize German life or property (for instance‚ burning of synagogues only if there is no danger
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war and never actually knew what to do with the Jews and he had Himmler in charge. The decision was supposed to be set in mid- December 1941but‚ Pearl Harbor delayed the meeting. It was rest in January in 1942. It was called the Wansee Conference. Heydrich (Nazi official) was the only leader there present. He helped lead the attack on the Jews. It was decided that all the Jews would be killed and that no one was to survive. Genocide. Hitler was ready to kill a whole mass of people for nothing. The
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crops‚" wrote Reinhard in his book The Nasca Lines: A New Perspective on their Origin and Meanings. The region in which the lines are located in Peru receive little rain‚ approximately twenty minutes per year. Johan Reinhard explains that‚ if followed‚ the lines lead to where rituals to plead to the gods for rain might have taken place. “Look at the large ecological system‚ what’s around Nasca‚ where were the Nasca people located…water was clearly an important factor” (Johan Reinhard‚ National
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History Final Review Sheet Places/Events • July 1‚ 1916 – Battle of the Somme o British launched offensive against Somme River o Also known as the Somme Offensive‚ took place during the First World War between 1 July and 14 November 1916 in the Somme department of France‚ on both banks of the river of the same name. The battle consisted of an offensive by the British and French armies against the German Army‚ which‚ since invading France in August 1914‚ had occupied large areas of that country
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turned and discovered that all the artillerymen were leaving their post and went down the stairs. Nelberg was immobile watching the deployment of the enemy army in the valley and didn’t even turned. "Sir‚ the artillerymen have deserted the cannons." Reinhard said getting close to the colonel. "Lieutenant I’m old‚ but not deaf yet." Nelberg replied without stopping from watching the valley. His attention was centered in one of the twenty-four-pounders which was the only cannon not deployed. Its crew
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away in the middle of a conversation. "You are new here‚ don’t pretend to understand the situation better than us." He finally said. "Sir‚ sending scouts would provide us with useful information and we could have the opportunity to harass them." Reinhard stated. "Enough gentlemen." Nelberg said. "I have a lot of things to prepare before tomorrow and this discussion is quite useless. Return with your men and prepare them for the attack."
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‘The Final Solution evolved because of the chaotic nature of the Nazi regime in the years 1939-42.’ How far do you agree with this opinion? The Final Solution is the most controversial topic of German History as its origination is not clean cut‚ whilst it would be simple to place emphasis on Hitler and his World View for the destruction of all Jewry there are other factors such as WW2 which must be taken into consideration in analysis of the Final Solution. Other factors include the polarised view
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These men were to spearhead the wartime genocide. But they were younger. Heydrich (born 1904) headed a staff of whom in 1939 two thirds of those in leadership positions were aged 36 or under (Mark Roseman‚ op.cit.‚ p17) Mark Mazower: “Hitlers Empire: Nazi rule in Occupied Europe‚” 2008) reviewed in SATH Resources Review‚ No. 41‚ September 2009) charts the radiating waves of policy pulsing from Himmler to Heydrich and to loyal satraps such as Odibo Globocnic. In addition when exploring the
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