rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany‚ gay men and‚ to a lesser extent‚ lesbians‚ were two of the numerous groups targeted by the Nazis‚ and ultimately became some of the millions victimized by the Holocaust. Since the development of the Gestapo in 1933‚ gay organizations were banned‚ any books about homosexuality (or sexuality in general) were burned‚ and homosexuals within the Nazi Party itself were murdered. In late February 1933‚ the Nazi Party launched its purge through bans of homosexual
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The Third Reich started in 1933 and ended in 1945 (Adolf). When this regime started it was known to be very dangerous. Everyone thought it was going to last more than 1‚000 years. But the regime only lasted about 13 years. Reich is the German word empire (Adolf). They called it an empire because they thought it was the most powerful government in the world. It could also mean kingdom. Also because they’re are a lot of people in the government that support it. Hitler was an Austro-German political
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Nazism effected freedoms in the 20th century‚ the Catholic Church responded to these violations of freedom through foreign aid‚ encyclicals‚ and concordats. The Catholic Church defines freedom in catechism 1723 as the power‚ rooted in reason and will‚ to act or not to act‚ to do this or that‚ and so to perform deliberate actions on one’s own responsibility. By free will one shapes one’s own life. Human freedom is a force for growth and maturity in truth and goodness; it attains its perfection when
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Valkyrie Valkyrie is about the July 20 attempted assassination plot by a group of German officers against Hitler‚ after people started to realize he was insane. It’s based on the unbelievable true story of Col. Claus Von Stauffenberg and July 20th assassination plot targeting Hitler. This so-called thriller reenacts the operation to eliminate one of the most evil tyrants the world has ever known. What drew me to this film over others on the list was I actually had this one at my house that
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leaving age was raised‚ new schools were built. Between 1922 and 1939‚ the number of secondary schools increased by 120%. All the policies Hitler enacted on the German people were of a totalitarian government. The secret police force‚ called the Gestapo‚ enforced everything. One
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The Pianist Directed by Roman Polanski Principal Actors: Adrien Brody‚ Thomas Kretschmann‚ Frank Finlay‚ Maureen Lipman Run-time: Two hours and twenty-nine minutes 1 Thousands of the stories about the German Nazi’s war atrocities during World War II have followed their Jewish victims into their make shift mass graves to be silenced
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1933-1939. After the Nazis came to power the legal profession in Germany was purged of non-Nazis and new Nazi People Courts were established. The state police force was placed under the control of Heinrich Himmler (leader of the SS) and the SS and the Gestapo were used to hunt down opponents of the Nazi regime. These measures resulted in the Nazis gaining complete control the policing‚ legal and judicial system in Germany. The Nazis made fundamental changes to the education system. History was re-written
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similar tactics so that their victims were sure to stand out from everyone else‚ and so that they could be targeted. According to the memoir‚ Night‚ at the beginning of the Holocaust‚ Wiesel and other Jews in his community were told by the German gestapo to wear yellow stars on their clothing. At first‚ most people did not see this as much of an issue‚ as exemplified by Wiesel’s father‚ who said‚ “The yellow star? So what? It’s not lethal…” (11). However‚ it was later discovered that the easily identifiable
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James Cleveland “Jesse Owens”(September 12‚1913-March 31‚1980) was an american track and field athlete and four-time olympic gold medalist. Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as “perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history. His achievement of setting three world records and tying another in less than an hour at the 1935 Big Ten track meet has been called “the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport and has never been equaled
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Compare and contrast Anne’s relationship with her mother to that with her father. Anne and her father are very‚ very close and she told him everything. She wasn’t as close to her mother as she was with Pim. Anne’s mother treated her like a child. Anne didn’t like being treated that way and Anne was horrible towards her mom. Father was super kind‚ really nice‚ listened to Anneke and she did whatever she was told by him. Mother on the other hand was kind‚ but treated Anneke like a baby and she wasn’t
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