The Holocaust: The Genocide of the Jewish Race (1933-1945) "That is my major preoccupation memory‚ the kingdom of memory. I want to protect and enrich that kingdom‚ glorify that kingdom and serve it." (Wiesel‚ Elie). The Holocaust has synthesized uncountable horrors in the minds of those discriminated against as well as challenge the rest of the world to envision the torture‚ heartbreak‚ and ultimately death of its victims. In 1933‚ the Treaty of Versailles left Germany in shambles. It was
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” It is not the purpose of propaganda to create a series of alterations in sentiment…. Its chief function is to convince the masses‚ whose slowness of understanding needs to be given time in order that they may absorb information; and only constant repetition will finally succeed in imprinting an idea on the memory of the crowd.” Adolph Hitler Mein Kampf Ch 6 (1) The Holocaust was not just an event. It was a process that continued for over a decade and involved millions of people. The Holocaust
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• MUST INCLUDE WHEN‚ WHERE‚ WHO/WHAT AND SIGNIFICANCE • *These are arranged chronologically according to lecture notes TRIANGLE TRADE When: 18th century‚ period of Enlightenment Where: Atlantic Ocean‚ Britain‚ Africa and Americas Who/What: Triangle Trade was a system of slave trade in which ships took manufactured goods from Britain‚ brought them to Africa where they traded them for slaves‚ traveled to the Americas to trade the slaves for raw materials and took such materials back to Britain
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Hardly one month later‚ “Bishop Clemens August Graf von Galen of Muenster denounces the “euthanasia” killing program in a public sermon” (USHMM‚ The Holocaust and WWII: Timeline‚ point 24). Soon after‚ Einsatzgruppen shoot about 34‚000 Jews at Babi Yar‚ outside Kiev‚ Ukraine. Time of subsequent harrowing events passes‚ and in 1942‚ Germans begin the mass deportation of more than 65‚000 Jews from Lodz to the Chelmno killing center. That same year‚ Germans begin
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Historians consider Nazi Heinrich Himmler‚ born on the 7th October of 1900‚ ‘the black soul of the wretched regime‚ Hitler’s most ruthless and cynical henchman‚ not but the crazy planner of the extermination‚ portrait confirmed by himself‚ as he liked to say to be “an executioner without mercy”.’ Himmler was fourteen when the First World War began. He followed closely its events and convinced his parents to send him at the front as officer. Unfortunately‚ the war ended before he was given this opportunity
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Stalin’s leadership was the most significant reason for the Soviet victory over Germany in the 1941-1945 war? Assess the validity of this view (45 marks) The naivety of the Nazi conquering force and the sheer size of Russia and the recourses it had at its disposal played a far more significant role in determining the outcome of the war than the dictatorial leadership employed by Stalin. Stalin’s commitment to expand and modernise Russia’s industry prior to 1941‚ established the Soviet power
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The book Hitler‚ the Germans‚ and the Final Solution written by Ian Kershaw and published by Yale University Press in 2008. Ian Kershaw is a British historian whom is regarded as the best expert on Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. Professor Kershaw received a BA at University of Liverpool and Ph.D. in Merton College‚ Oxford. Professor Kershaw has written a variety of books from his oldest book - Hitler‚ 1889-1936: Hubris to his newest book To Hell and Back. Source G comes from Ian Kershaw book Hitler
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marring or having a relationship with any German People. In 1933 the SS had set up and operated a network of concentration camps to hold Jews and enemies of the Nazi. Hitler started killing the jews instead of “expelling them” After WWII broke out Einsatzgruppen (mobile death squads) killed entire Jewish communities during the Soviet invasion‚ while the existing concentration-camp network expanded to include camps (Auschwitz-Birkenau) in occupied Poland. Though the Nazis also imprisoned and killed Catholics
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Never To Forget- The meaning of the title "Never To Forget" is very significant to the story of the Holocaust. The title simply means to forget what we know would not be human. It is very important that we never forget the Five Million Jews that lost their homes‚ property‚ freedom‚ dignity‚ and finally‚ their lives. We must always remember what happened to the Jews. Every time someone thinks of saying or doing something to a fellow human being we must remember the Holocaust. We must never
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THE PERSECUTION OF JEWS IN EUROPE DURING THE 20TH CENTURY It is an indisputable fact that the Jewish people have been persecuted‚ oppressed and mistreated throughout the history of Judaism. But this persecution finally reached its peak during the 20th century when the Hitler’s dictatorship of Germany and Stalin’s rule over the Soviet Union caused the cruel and tragic deaths of millions of Jews. The main cause of this uncalled for persecution was the fanatic anti-Semitism that took Germany‚ Russia
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