WWII and the Holocaust were two key events of the 20th century. Each had their own causes and historical factors leading up to their development. While the two events occurred close to each other each developed independently and neither was cause for the other. Anti-Jewish prejudice has a long history and was present in Germany long before WWII. The German people elected the Nazi party and it was its rise to power that lead to WWII. The Nazi party had many other strange policies that‚ while not as
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The Holocaust: - Began in 1933 when Adolf Hitler came to power - Holocaust- from Greek term ‘holokausten’ meaning “sacrifice by fire” - Nazi- Nationalsozialistishe Deutsche Arbeiterpartei- National Socialist German Worker’s Party. - Refers to the Nazis planned persecution and slaughter of Jewish people. – genocide - Nazi Germans also persecuted Gypsies‚ Jehovah’s Witnesses‚ homosexuals and those with disabilities. –“The Final Solution” - Estimated around 11 million people killed during Holocaust-
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A Multidimensional Approach to Analyzing the Holocaust: The Rationale of the German Perpetrators Erica Lighter Vanier College 14 December‚ 2011 A Multidimensional Approach to Analyzing the Holocaust: The Rationale of the German Perpetrators This paper examines why the various people involved in implementing the policies of the Nazi regime in Germany – such as the scientists‚ doctors‚ prison guards‚ soldiers‚ and police – went along with the Nazi policies
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Many people to assume that once the Holocaust had ended‚ and survivors began to rebuild their lives‚ that their pain would disappear. Right? Wrong. The Holocaust was an appalling crime committed by the Nazis in Germany from 1933 to May of 1945. It was the mass execution of six million Jews by the Nazis and their supporters. The concentration camps set up by the Nazis‚ to house the many Jewish prisoners‚ were liberated in 1994 and 1945. Many of the prisoners were alive‚ but emaciated and disease
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Can you believe that there are some people who don’t think the Holocaust was genocide Well‚ the UN thinks exactly that. The Holocaust was the mass killing of around 11‚000‚000 people‚ making it one of the largest genocides. Some say that because the Nazis didn’t kill all of their targets‚ it wasn’t genocide. However there are reasons that the Holocaust was an act of genocide‚ such as the fact that you don’t have to kill an entire group to commit genocide‚ the third stage of genocide‚ dehumanization
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The Holocaust museum was very beautiful. It had many artifacts on life in general of the Jewish‚ but toward the end of the museum it focused more on the Holocaust. I found the museum as a whole interesting‚ but since I went in wanting to learn more about the Holocaust‚ this was the most interesting part to me. I didn’t realize how quickly things escalated when Hitler became chancellor of Germany. I learned that in the Spring of 1993‚ Nazis had taken over radio broadcasts and the Jewish people were
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in the 1940s‚ a horrendous event occurred‚ the Holocaust. But even though the Holocaust ended many years ago‚ the destructive spirit still hangs in the air. It’s an event that ended the lives of millions‚ and left many more scarred. Unfortunately‚ bullying exists today and has many parallels to the Holocaust. Bullying is an act of using superior strength to intimidate others. The Holocaust itself embodies many themes of bullying. Both the Holocaust and bullying begins when people target certain
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The word ‘holocaust‚’ comes from the Greek words ‘holos’ (whole) and ‘kaustos’ (burned)‚ and was used to describe a Jewish sacrificial offering that was burned on an altar. Unfortunately‚ after 1945‚ the word took on a more gruesome meaning: the massacre of 6 million Jews by the German Nazis in our second World War. There were many heroes during the Holocaust‚ but the one that stood out the most was my hero‚ Irena Sendler. Irena Sendler played a crucial role in securing the safety of many Jewish
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How was 1992 and 1933 similar in histor? Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible was a lot like The Holocaust. Although the two events have many differences‚ the similarities are what is most important in today’s history. In 1692‚ The Salem Witch Trials occurred. People were in a state of hysteria and began to blame people for witchcraft and conjuring the devil. Many of the towns people were falsely accused and twenty people were executed(Miller‚1124). Several people that were accused of witchcraft
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How Has the Holocaust Been Represented in Film? ‘The Holocaust’ was the massacre of nearly six million Jews in parts of Europe controlled by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party leading up to and during World War II. When the Nazi party first came to power in 1933 they began building on the anti-Semitist feelings in Germany; introducing new legislations that gradually removed the Jews from society such as the Nuremberg Laws which prohibited marriage or extramarital sexual intercourse between Jews and
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