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History Essay To what extent is Bernstein’s documentary film reliable? Sidney Bernstein’s film, German Concentration Camps Factual Survey is reliable to a moderate extent in portraying the treatment of inmates, attitudes of German civilians and actions of the allied soldiers. The film tries to depict as accurately as possible the horrors that occurred in the Nazi concentration camps during the liberation through the lenses of British, US and Soviet camera soldiers. The documentary uses a…

I read the book “Finding Rebecca,” written by Eoin Dempsey. This book is a story about lost and forbidden love during the Holocaust. A Nazi soldier is torn from his Jewish lover by the Nazi occupation. Although this book is fictional it will give a reader the sense of what it was like for the terrorized Jews and also the German soldiers who did not agree with Hitler. The book is written in the point of view of Christopher, a German soldier. We hear his thoughts and feelings throughout the…

Although there is speculation that the Germans involved in World War II, willing participated in the mass murder of innocent victims, the reality is quite different. People are generally good and telling someone to kill another does not automatically make them want to do it. “Ordinary men” killed innocent people during the Jewish genocide because the Nazi’s forced them or because they avoided it all together. In Christopher R. Brownings historic publication, he explained the mindset of the…

In a school, people are always competing for power. They gain it through clothing, friendships, and most importantly, intimidation. The question here is, what does this have to do with anything? Really, these are the ingredients to all forms of leadership. The idea is that a decorated war hero, would be liked much more in a political stance than a random civilian. Politics is very often also about who the political leader knows. However, neither of these themes are seen in politics more than the…

An executive order I learned in Lesson 2, was Executive Order 9066. The Executive Order 9066 was issued during world war 2 on February 19, 1942. This sent not only Japanese-Americans, but German, and Italian-Americans as well into internment camps. This occurred ten weeks after the Japanese bombed pearl harbor. How did this executive order effect American citizens? Well for starters we ripped Japanese-AMERICAN citizens from their homes and their families, and through them in internment camps. We…

Based on the descriptions by Caesar and Poseidonius, the Gauls share a few characteristics with the Scythians. Caesar describes the Gauls as warlike and also states that they have a fondness for wine and occasionally “offer, or vow to offer, human sacrifices” (141). Poseidonius describes a custom of the Gauls in which they “hang the heads of their enemies from the necks of their horses” and upon returning home nail the heads to their homes (247). All of these features match Herodotus’…

Roald Dahl and I are different in many obvious ways, but when it comes to personality, I have many similarities to the well-known children's author. Some of our obvious differences are that he's male, and I'm female, he's a well-known author, and I'm a student, and he's dead and I'm not. However, there are similarities and differences that are not so evident, such as curiosity, practicality, and family connections. The first main difference between us is our sense of adventure. Dahl went…

the German armed force, yet to safeguard officers from progressing war, for example, World War II (Gelb 10). The Germans were going on their journey to accomplish one goal, to defeat France and humble Britain (Hallion 1). Due to German dictator, Adolf Hitler’s extraordinary military triumph, the British Expeditionary Force which was sent to help stop the…

While reading chapter eleven I decided to write my interrogation on section seven, The Mongols. I really enjoyed this section and found that Ibn Al-Athir, the author, had many assumptions, interests, and ideals. He wasn’t afraid to state his opinion and had strong feelings on the Mongols. I found it very interesting to read his first-hand account and see how people of that day viewed the Mongols. As I was reading I came across many of Al-Athir’s assumptions. His biggest assumption, in my…

There are many different types of literature that can explain the society's perspective on the topic of acceptance and tolerance. Two pieces of literature that reflect the decision on society are, The Testing and The Outsiders. Both novels have viewpoints that can influences the society to believe in one side of the story when there is always at least two sides to a story. Throughout the beginning of the first book, The Testing, the smallest, poorest colony, Five Lakes, has always been known as…