The Waffen S.S. played a big role within WWII for the germans. The german army wouldn’t have gotten anywhere close to as far as they did. Hitler may have been the leader in this movement but the S.S. were the true evil in this appalling war. When Hitler was first put into the position of Chancellor he needed a strong following to help him on his path of destruction. When his plans of genocide started the Waffen S.S. became a german powerhouse and was a lead reason for many families left without
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1. Understand the factors that impact on an individual with sensory loss 1.1 Analyse how a range of factors can impact on individuals with sensory loss Impact on communication Sensory losses can affect on normal living in a variety of ways. These can be hidden disability which can ultimately result in social isolation and frustration due to not being able to communicate efficiently. In case of hearing loss‚ day-to-day activities such as hearing a doorbell‚ using the telephone‚ watching
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On December 6th 1917 two cargo ships traveling through Halifax harbour collided‚ creating the largest explosion until the detonation of the atomic bomb. The explosion killed many people and devastated Halifax‚ its harbour and the neighbouring towns of Richmond and Darmouth. The towns surrounding the harbour were thriving thanks to the war overseas and their populations grew drastically. Halifax quickly became a "boom" town by 1917‚ only three years after the war. Halifax’s population was about 50
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All around the world‚ people use music to express themselves‚ have fun‚ tell stories and tell of historical events. Likewise‚ the song The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald‚ was written by Gordon Lightfoot to not only tell the historical story of the night it sank‚ but also to show commemoration to those who lost their lives. According to Lightfoot‚ out of all his songs‚ this is the one he is most proud of‚ and for a good reason. (McCall‚ 2000) Through a unique combination of song characteristics such
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Hermann Goering who was a rival of Himmler for the position of the Third Reich’s top policeman. Not until the Night of Long Knives did Himmler actually gain control of the Gestapo as well and put it under his deputy‚ Heydrich’s control. Even so‚ the SS was often frustrated in its bid to grow in influence or power without constant struggles and conflicts with other rival organizations within the Nazi regime‚ particular the Party and the Wehrmacht. In fact‚ Hitler rather than centralizing power in a
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Gunzburg and pursuing in science and anthropology (The Young Mengele). As a child‚ Josef had a unique style of clothing wearing only hand-tailored and sporting white cotton dress gloves‚ which soon became his trademark that separated him from other SS doctors. In 1926‚ Josef Mengele was diagnosed with osteomyelitis. It is a disease that affects the kidney. This sickness affected him throughout his entire life. He had to resign from the SA due to it‚ and he also had to wait a few years before he could
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July 16th 1945 Aug 6th 1945 Aug 9th 1945 V1 & V2 Rockets Eva Braun Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill Rosie the Riveter Mackenzie King HOLOCAUST Anti-Semitism Nuremberg Race Laws Kristallnacht SS St. Louis Genocide Final Solution Gestapo Waffen SS Schutzstaffel (SS) Einsatzgruppen Ghetto Roma Concentration Camps Zyklon B Aryan Auschwitz Nuremberg Trials BATTLES & OPERATIONS: Blitzkrieg Phony War Dieppe Miracle at Dunkirk Battle of Britain Battle of the Atlantic
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The SS had a large amount of power and authority in the government. They were given places in the government to allow the people of Germany to see good in the actions of the SS officers. The authority in the government and to the people had an impact on what the people believed and who answered to whom. The SS was run by eight individuals over a large amount of years‚ with the most known being Heinrich Himmler. These individuals commanded the Nazi force and personally guarded Adolf Hitler. Up until
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Heinrich Himmler Heinrich Himmler was the Reich Leader of the SS and Gestapo of the Nazi Party from 1929 up until 1945. Himmler was essentially Adolf Hitler’s right hand man throughout World War II and was the second most powerful man in Nazi Germany. He was the man that was in charge of the Holocaust‚ and the man who over saw the mass killing of the Jews (Heinrich Himmler). Although Adolf Hitler is credited with the full responsibility of exterminating six-million Jews‚ it is a little known fact
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Rudolf Hoss joined the Waffen-SS in 1939‚ and the following year‚ 1 May 1940‚ he was appointed as a commandant of a prison camp in western Poland. The camp was built around old Austro-Hungarian army barracks which were situated near the town of Auschwitz‚ German name for Oświęcim. In 1941 the orders were given by the Fuhrer for the final solution of the Jewish problem. Final solution was the Germany’s plan to systematically exterminate the Jewish population in Europe through genocide. The SS were to implement
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