Beginning in October 1939‚ Adolf Hitler secretly approved an experimental program which by intent and in practice sterilized and removed “undesirable” citizens from the German population. These “undesirables” were German‚ Jewish‚ or Gypsy patients who were in most cases handicapped or deemed incurable. It is estimated that the Nazi regime was responsible for over 400‚000 sterilizations and over 70‚000 deaths from euthanasia from 1933-1945. Despite the fact that many of the “undesirables” were part
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Adolf Hitler (Germany) Arguably the most famous dictator of all‚ Hitler took power in Germany in 1933 (despite having been born Austrian) and ruled until his suicide in 1945‚ having in the meantime started and lost World War 2. Deeply racist‚ he imprisoned millions of "enemies" in camps before executing them‚ stamped down on "degenerate" art and literature and tried to reshape both Germany and Europe to conform to an Aryan ideal. Vladimir Ilich Lenin (Soviet Union) Leader and founder of the
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Business Customs Business Customs in Germany Germany is a European country about the size of Montana with a population of about 81 million people (“‚”). Germany has come into its’ own as an economy of force in recent history. In fact‚ today the economy of Germany is the fourth largest in the world (Export). A strong presence of American troops and the creation of the European Union have made Germany a preferred expansion location for many American corporations. Due to its location‚ population
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How far was Britain a democracy by 1918? At the beginning of the time period‚ 1850‚ Britain was not democratic. There was not a lot of choice concerning the political parties‚ there were only two parties: The Liberals and the Conservatives. Woman did not have any right to vote and were considered second class citizens. In England and Wales only one million and five men could vote and some men could vote twice. The distribution of seats did not take into account the migration of Britain. The House
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Another reason that the flu had such a severe impact on the U.S. military is because of the way that the military was structured and arranged during World War I. In her article‚ “The U.S. military and the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919”‚ Carol Byerly gives information about the organization of the military into camps. Byerly uses the example of Camp Devens in Massachusetts to show how seriously the epidemic affected military camps. According to Byerly‚ the flu spread over the course of only ten
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How important was Stresemann to Germany between 1923 to 1929? Introduction Stresemann‚ first aider of Germany all-round played a major part to Germany’s recovery after world war one was therefore very important to Germanys recovery. After the Kaiser fled Germany he left the new found government the Weimar republic to pick up the pieces of the ruined Germany and get the blame for the war loss the German people referred to this as being ‘stabbed in the back’
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government tried its best to influence citizens to take part in the war effort. This caused social‚ political‚ and economic impacts on the United States. During the war‚ opinions were‚ for the most part‚ positive. Or were they? Due to the Sedition Act of 1918 in document 3‚ anyone who spoke out in a negative manner‚ represented the United States in any way but favorable‚ or showed any sort of support for enemies of the United States could be fined up to ten thousand dollars and/or sentenced to imprisonment
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Peacemaking 1918-1919 and the League of Nations Key issue: how did the treaty of Versailles establish peace? a) The Paris peace conference The war against Germany ended with an armistice on 11th November 1918. The war had been a disaster for Europe. Millions of soldiers on both sides had been injured. Large areas of France and Belgium had been destroyed. Even the victorious powers were almost bankrupt from the cost of waging war for four years. The leaders of the victorious countries met in
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Revolution. Why does Germany unify so late as a country? “Sonderweg” – special path (german) basically states that Germany deviated from other states‚ keeping the aristocracy dominant. This is thought to be deterministic‚ as the sole cause for their rise to power. Why would something like this lead toward Nazism? Why did the Germans unify so late? Germany in the 1500’s is Swiss cheese; there are thousands of divisions throughout the country. All of the states around Germany are practically established
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SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1939 AND TREATIES‚ INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES‚ AND PROCLAMATIONS COMPILED‚ EDITED‚ INDEXED‚ AND PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF LAW UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE VOLUME 53 PART 1 INTERNAL REVENUE CODE APPROVED FEBRUARY 10‚ 1939 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1939 PREFACE The Internal Revenue Code‚ approved February 10‚ 1939‚ and published in this volume as Public Act No. 1 of the
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