“The Nuremberg Trials were a series of 13 trials which were held in order to bring Nazi war criminals to justice. The trials took place in Nuremberg‚ Germany‚ between 1945 and 1949. The defendants included Nazi Party officials and high-ranking military officers along with German industrialists‚ lawyers and doctors‚ who were accused on charges of crimes against peace and crimes against humanity. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler committed suicide and was never brought to trial. Although the legal justifications
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Silent Night While reading “Night” by Elie Wiesel‚ I came across a lot of key ideas and themes that ran consistently through out the book. Three major ideas that I felt were important were Elie’s trial to keep faith in his God‚ the use of silence and night and finally‚ having to keep your mind at ease amongst all the inhumanity. Although these ideas are different‚ they play off of one another. Elie’s biggest struggle is to maintain his belief and fate in God’s hands. Elie’s battle with his
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I have a problem‚ but it isn’t a monumental problem. My problem isn’t a problem that cripples ninety percent of the population‚ yet it is a problem for me. My problem is finding amazing books about major parts in history that don’t make me want to take a flying leap off a bridge or fall asleep. Enter: The Book Thief‚ the best historical fiction book that I have ever read. It would be especially easy for me to ramble on for pages and pages on why The Book Thief is the best historical fiction book
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Casablanca Cinematography The film Casablanca directed by Michael Curtiz and released in 1943—at the height of World War II—is set in December 1941 in Casablanca‚ French Morocco. It is a time of escalating power of the Nazi party‚ which attempted to gain control of most parts of the world starting with Europe and Northern Africa. As a result of the ascending power of the Nazis and anti-German sentiments‚ many Europeans were desperate to flee their homes. Because Casablanca was not yet taken over
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When Hitler came to power in 1933‚ Germany had a well-developed communications infrastructure. Over 4‚700 daily and weekly newspapers were published annually in Germany‚ more newspapers than in any other industrialized nation‚ with a total circulation of 25 million. Although Berlin was the press capital‚ small town presses dominated newspaper circulation (81% of all German newspapers were locally-owned). Eight papers published in larger cities‚ however‚ had established international reputations.
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Victims of the Holocaust‚ such as Elie Wiesel‚ were not protected under the law; they were treated with brute force. Gestapo and SS officers would beat and even kill them; the sole reason for what they did was simply that they could. This act shows that they did not respect the rights of the Jewish people because they were treated with lack of regard to their safety and/or
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His studying was interrupted when his teacher‚ Moishe the Beadle‚ was deported from Sighet because he was foreign Jew. In a few months‚ Moishe returned‚ telling a horrifying tale: the Gestapo took charge of his train‚ led everyone into the woods‚ and systematically butchered them. Nobody believed Moishe and they thought that he’s going mad. Years pass by and in the spring of 1944‚ Germans occupied Hungary. They set up ghettos for the Jews
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T-4 Program In October 1939 the T-4 program began. The T-4 Program‚ also known as "euthanasia" was one of the disastrous part of the Holocaust. This is where Hitler started killing billions of people over night like the mentally disabled and the jews and others secretly if they were seen as worthless like that was a waste of time and food and didn’t fit the imagine of his perfect productive society. It all started with Hitler and the group he found who called themselves Nazis they were a stronger
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sense of fear and oppression. On the other hand‚ the Judges‚ the supposed “heroes” of this world are ruthless‚ unmerciful and unremorseful‚ convicting and killing with a lack of emotion that almost remind me of fascist police forces such as the Gestapo. Not only that‚ but these “heroes” are also as prone to corruption as the very citizens whom the serve. While many of these darker themes and ideals were likely considered inappropriate for ‘95‚ they are now extremely relevant and thought-provoking
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Two of the most important components of the POW program vigorously applied by the War Department in all the camps were the recreation and reeducation programs. The recreation program was intended to occupy the prisoners’ free time with constructive activities designed to overcome the monotony of confinement. The reeducation program attempted to break the grip of Nazi indoctrination by exposing the prisoners to democratic ethos. Reeducation was not without complications. For one thing‚ it could be
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