Heinrich Muller head of Gestapo Heinrich Muller was an interesting man‚ even though we do not know much about his work with Gestapo. Gestapo is the German secret police. Gehemie Statspolize is a German word that means secret state police‚ which is where we got the word Gestapo (Smelser 59). Although we do not know much about him or what happened to him after the war‚ Heinrich Muller was an unusual and mean person. Heinrich Muller’s childhood was like most kids‚ but some things were unusual
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At the mere age of twenty-one‚ Sophie Scholl was executed by the People’s Court in Germany on February 22‚ 1943 for her involvement in The White Rose‚ an organization that was secretly writing leaflets calling for an end of the war and the rejection of all activities committed by the Nazis. Before the beginning of the Second World War and during the war‚ the Nazi Propaganda Ministry took control of all forms of communication in Germany. Newspapers‚ books‚ magazines‚ public meetings and rallies‚
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movement‚ they could not constitute any immediate danger to the regime.” Question of clarification (Something that you don’t understand in the text.) I was curious who the SS and Gestapo were as Arendt describes them early on in the text as a jealously guarded monopoly. I decided to research into what those were. The Gestapo is short for Geheime Staatspolizei‚ which means “secret state police” and they were obviously a type of police organization. Now the SS they began as Hitlers paramilitary bodyguard
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Heinrich Himmler Essay Have you ever wondered whose idea it was to exterminate all the Jews‚ or who started the concentration camps? Heinrich Himmler‚ Hitler’s right-hand man‚ was the main architect of the Holocaust‚ using elements of mysticism and a fanatical belief in the racist Nazi ideology to justify the murder of millions of victims. In his entire lifetime‚ Himmler coordinated the killing of approximately six million Jews‚ between 200‚000 and 500‚000 Italians‚ and millions of Soviet prisoners
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Heinrich Himmler: Hitlers Right Hand Man Rebeka Ndreu History Mr.Oliveira Friday‚ 5 April‚ 2013 Heinrich Himmler: Hitlers Right Hand Man Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945) was the Reich Leader (Reichsführer) of the dreaded SS of the Nazi party from 1929 until 1945. Himmler presided over a vast ideological and bureaucratic empire that defined him for many -- both inside and outside the Third Reich -- as the second most powerful man in Germany during World War II
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The Reichstag fire The Reichstag fire took place on February 27th 1933. The Reichstag building was where Germany’s parliament sat. On the night of February 27th Hitler and Goebbels were having dinner at Goebbel’s Berlin home. Just after 21.00‚ Goebbels received a phone call from Dr. Hansfstaengl that the Reichstag building was on fire. Goebbels later claimed that he felt the news was so fanciful that he did not inform Hitler even though he was in the same house. It was only when he received another
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After one and half years in hiding‚ my family and I have been found by the Gestapo. We were found yesterday at around noon. Right now we are at the cattle station waiting for the next cattle to take us to a concentration camp. The cattle car just arrived and I am very scared. There is around 500 people here and just two cattle cars. The cattle cars are very small and they stink. The Gestapo have thrown everyone in the cattle cars and I have lost my parents and my sister. The cattle car is very
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A Cog in a Greater Machine Once an individual speaks or tells a story‚ that story cannot untold. Once seen it cannot be unseen. If someone tells a story‚ someone else will hear it‚ and that person will tell that story to some else. In Susan Griffin’s Our Secret‚ the theme that is recurring is that we are just a cog in the greater machine of society. In Our Secret Susan Griffin discovers the various characters’ fears and secrets and she gives certain knowledge into these "secrets". Through
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Everywhere you go there will be police to help keep everything in line. In Germany it’s the same way. Their police are called the Orpo troops or Ordnungspolizei‚ also known as the green police. Their name comes from what they wear‚ green uniforms so green is in their name. They were mostly known during the Holocaust when Hitler was in power around January of 1933. He used them to take over the country and wipe out the Jews. Even though Hitler wanted to kill the Jews. But the Jews did have there own
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The Gestapo The Gestapo (a.k.a.Geheime Staats Polizei) was the Nazi’s secret police force. The motive of the Gestapo was to track down those who were considered a threat to Nazi Germany. People who were considered a “threat” to Germany were people such as: Jehovah witnesses‚ Jews‚ and anyone who challenged the leadership of the Nazi party in Germany. Nazi Gestapo was established on April 26th‚ 1933. The Gestapo were trained to hunt people down‚ torture them‚ and get the truth. The Gestapo were ruthless
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