"Different Drummers: Jazz in the Culture of Nazi Germany" by Michael Kater There has only been one moment in history when jazz was synonymous with popular music in the country of its origin. During the years of‚ and immediately prior to World War II‚ a subgenre of jazz commonly referred to as swing was playing on all American radio stations and attracting throngs of young people to dancehalls for live shows. But it wasn’t only popular amongst Americans; historian Michael H. Kater‚ in his book
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(remember they still don’t get 50% of vote PR system) Long term memory of CON (free market great depression 1930s) failure of ’Land fit for heroes’ + appeasement Lab min popular in War coalition - Attlee‚ Cripps etc. Bad Con campaign - Churchill ’Gestapo’ slur Churchill only associated as good war leader Lab new approach - Reconstruction and state planning progressive ’Zeitgeist’
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The year is 1945: 6 million people have just been exterminated due to their religion. Countless more have been killed‚ injured‚ or emotionally wounded. This act cannot go on unnoticed‚ this crime cannot go on without justice. Together‚ four major world powers unify and take course against a genocide felt throughout the world. The four powers come forth with the idea to hold a series of trials. After careful thought‚ America‚ France‚ Russia‚ and England chose Nuremberg to hold the trials. With a location
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Kayla Shepherd Mrs.Ward English 8 18 November 2015 The Life of Irene Opdyke Is it ever ok to break the law to help friends? That is exactly what Irene Gut Opdyke did. During the Holocaust Irene helped save many Jewish families. Irene lived a courageous live‚ and today is known as a hero to many people around the world. Irene was born on May 5‚ 1922. She was just one of the five girls in her house (“Irene Opdyke”). She spent her teenage years living in Kozlowa Gora‚ a Polish area‚ only six kilometers
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main tasks were make sure no one could find or see anything dangering to the Nazi party and ensure that the views of the Nazi party were put across in the most persuasive manner possible. He had to work with the SS (Hitler’s personal army) and the Gestapo (the secret state police) to seek out those who might cause trouble for the party. The Reichstag fire was an arson attack at the German Parliament building that happened in early 1933. The suspected arsonist‚ Marinus van der Lubbe‚ happened to be
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Alphonse Mucha & Art Nouveau New York: Dateline 1939: Alphonse Mucha‚ the highly regarded Art Nouveau artist passed away today‚ July 14‚ 1939‚ shortly after being questioned by the Gestapo. Since the late Victorian period‚ Mucha’s art‚ in particular‚ his posters that hang in many homes and businesses‚ has enriched the world with its beauty. Mucha was born in 1860 in southern Moravia‚ which at the time was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His rural roots resulted in a deep folk art influence
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manufacture and sales of enamel kitchenware products and opened up his own enamel shop right outside of Krakow near the Jewish ghetto. There‚ he employed mostly Jewish workers‚ which saved them from being deported to labor camps. Though twice the Gestapo arrested him‚ he got released because of his many connections and with many bribes. Most importantly‚ he helped save an entire race of human beings. <br> <br><b>CHRONICLER AND MEDIA</b> <br>We know of Oskar Schindler through many different types of
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Lit. I April 25‚ 2014 Oskar Schindler Would you risk your life and life savings to save someone else‚ knowing that at any point in time you could be killed for your actions? Oskar Schindler‚ possibly the most famous “Righteous Gentile‚” was a German industrialist‚ spy‚ businessman‚ and former member of the Nazi Party who risked his life to save as many as 1‚100 Jews during the Holocaust. During World War II‚ Schindler rescued Jews from the deportation to the Plaszow death camp by putting them
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early 1943‚ when they were defeated in Stalingrad. This question is difficult to answer as you can’t be certain whether or not people really supported the regime‚ or just pretended to‚ in fear that if they didn’t then they would be reported to the Gestapo. This is also makes the support the Nazis had difficult to measure as civilians may have just been ‘reluctantly loyal’‚ and in fact didn’t actually support what the regime were doing. The word ‘support’ in relation to the question‚ means to me that
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Oskar Schindler‚ a unique and unlikely hero during the Holocaust‚ was able to save the lives of many innocent Jews by risking his own life. Oskar Schindler saved over 1‚200 lives over the course of World War II. Through out his life‚ Oskar had failed multiple times in the business world‚ but in 1939 he finally found success. Schindler saved the thousands of Jews by getting involved with the German Nazis and risking his life. Oskar Schindler was born on April 28‚ 1908 in Svitavy‚ Moravia into
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