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    Quentin Tarantino’s controversial film, Inglourious Basterds, concentrates on a Jewish revenge fantasy through his perspective of a counterfactual history of events of World War II. The film focuses on hypothetical situation in which Jews were able to inflict righteous payback on their oppressors through powerful schemes, threats, and crude violence. Adolf Hitler and other high-ranked members of the Nazi party were gathered at the premiere of a propaganda film in the city of Paris. They were…

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    reassurance that was provided to them by an American soldier they still continued to pursue their plan by attaining justice with their own hands. All the glimpse of hope they had were all gone by the wind. They were able to vent out all their hatred and grudge when they were given the opportunity to hold a soldier as their hostage. Their time has come and at least for once the tables have turned around for them to able to vent out…

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    In Debora Dash Moore’s article “GI Jews-How World War Changed Generations”, it discusses the experience of the World War era, from when civilians are called into the military, and when they go through training. It also discusses the struggles that they had to go through with arms. It also highlights of the desperations of Jewish brothers who serves in the arm forces during the world war era. Moore expands on the Jewish encounter with the American military, and the kind of struggles that they…

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    The deliberate mass killings of Jews, stemmed specifically from the Anti-Semitism in Europe. Shortly after Hitler’s Nazi Party won the election of 1932, he was in control of all Germany. In order for his country to rise to power, he believed the Jews must be executed. He persuaded his followers through ideas passed upon him, that Jews were responsible for the economic hardships and defeat of the country in 1918; he saw the Jews as an inferior race. Being the dictator of the nation, it was simple…

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    Austria-Hungary, somehow managed to take control over Germany by becoming the Chancellor, and then began the planning and execution of the taking of the entire European region. Adolf Hitler was a terrible man who was the ultimate reason as to why millions of Jews were resettled and why millions upon millions were killed. Although he was a terrible man, he was extremely intelligent. It did not matter what obstacles Adolf Hitler ran into, he would figure out a way to get around the obstacles, and…

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    were most central to the Holocaust were Hitler’s persecution of the Jews, ignorance and indifference from the German people, and the Industrial Revolution. We should learn from the Holocaust not to blindly follow authority, to search for knowledge to help others, and to not use new technologies to support genocide. These were the most central causes and lessons to be taken from the Holocaust. Hitler’s arbitrary persecution of the Jews is clearly the largest factor in why the Holocaust occurred.…

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    individual can make a huge difference in a specific society. Without the help of Schindler hundreds or even thousands of more Jews would have been added to the over 6 million that were murdered, during the time of the Holocaust. Compared to other concentration camps, the creation of his factory and camp allowed some Jews to live with some sanity as well as little to no cruelty. He gave Jews work when there was nowhere else they could go, other than to go get abused by other Nazi officers. The…

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    In World War II, Germans killed millions of Jews, gypsies, Slavs, and others who were either mentally or physically disabled (Rice 11). This is how Hitler wanted to get rid of the people who are not pure blood (Rice 11). The German participated in many aspects of the Holocaust (The German). The Holocaust took place in most of Europe where the Nazis took over (Grant 28). In 1941, the Nazis invade the Soviet Union and killed 100,000 Jews, roma(gypsies), and Communist (Blhom 4). The German…

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    Nazi regime and their allies brutally killed close to six millions innocent Jews (more than two thirds of Jewish population in Europe at that time). With Adolf Hitler’s appointment as a chancellor of Germany, life of Jews changed very significantly. Starting in Germany, and later through majority of German-controlled lands, Jews were forced into ghettos and then killed in the gas chambers, in many places throughout Europe Jews were gathered together, they were forced to dig a pit and were…

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    The work that the prisoners performed differed by gender, age, or whatever else. Some jobs were done within the camp, but most of the Jews worked in factories outside. One of the most disturbing jobs to be performed was the disposing and processing of bodies going through the crematorium. If you were to stop, or slow down your work for any reason, you were beaten viciously by the S.S. officers. When the work day was over, you were to march back to your designated area. Sometimes the officers…

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