Aryan

What type of society existed regarding gender? The type of society that existed regarding gender was that of Patriarchal. Who established the social classes in India? What were the social classes and who was included in each? What are jati? The Aryans established the social classes in India. As such the social classes and who was included are Brahmins (priests), Kshatriyas (warriors and aristocrats), vaishyas (peasants and merchants), and shudras (serfs). Brahmins in particular endorsed this…

As quoted from a famed German proverb, “Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is”. Although not one single event can be attributed as the sole cause of the Holocaust, the underlying theme of fear can be seen spreading across Europe in the early twentieth century. Apprehension for the future of Europe was heightened by the instability of central politics, a weak economy, and reparations from a disastrous world war. Through the unfortunate occurrence of events after this global atrocity, fear became…

On the surface Kali appears to be a goddess of many contradictions. She is both loving and terrifying; a creator and a destroyer; a mother and a warrior (Cadwell 1998, p. 196). It is only upon further inspection does one realise that Kali’s power is in fact drawn from the union of these opposites. A singular portrayal of the goddess will in no way representative of who Kali truly is. She must always be properly contextualised to truly understand her power and functionality as a goddess…

“How many humans will die here [The Holocaust] in the coming months?” (Ackerman 48) As World War I erupted, European powers balances had shifted, along with Germany instigating the territorial take over of the major European powers of both France and Russia. Hence Germany’s supreme involvement in the War, it had been agreed that Germany was the leading cause of World War I. (Simkin 2) In 1919, World War I had ceased with the resolution of The Treaty of Versailles, though, the Treaty had punished…

“untermensch” or sub-human individuals, included the mentally handicapped, Homosexuals, Gypsies, Slavs, and Russians. The Nazis attempted to exterminate these groups due to the belief that they did not conform to Nazism’s ideal human specimen, the Aryan. Hitler defined an Aryan as a White male with Blond hair and Blue eyes. All others below this standard were supposedly inferior. Yehuda Bauer provides several interesting features…

children to be spared from the gas chambers were the twins since Mengele's work was based on them.He performed terrible medical experiments on the twins such as live autopsies and chloroform injections to change the twins brown eyes to a “superior” aryan…

people of lesser races were inferior and should be exterminated. He did this through various means, like prison, execution, and most of all, labor camps. The goal of his Nazi party was to get rid of lower class citizens and people without a strong Aryan - people of Indo-European…

Germany was referred to ‘racial hygiene’ and Germans discussed what it meant to be German, or what it meant to be a part of other ethnic groups, leading to the idea of a superior race. This ideology of racial science advanced a theory that complemented Aryan ideology that asserted racial superiority. In order to support this idea of a superior race and further explain where the idea came from they frequently used scientific knowledge and scientific theories to help defend their arguments;…

or vandalized. Essentially, the Jewish community had nothing left. Both the police and fire department were on the scene, but they were instructed to just watch as the buildings were raided, unless something was wrong with the property of an Aryan. The Aryans were the people who Hitler painted to be the “master race.” The businesses that were destroyed were lined up along the streets, and each store had a window in the front, displaying some of the most prized and popular products the store had…

The belief that one person is superior to another person just because they have certain physical features does not mean that one person has a supreme ranking in society. In the past, Nazis, such as Hitler, believed that the Aryan race (blonde hair and blue eyes) was set to rule the world just because lighter skin tones were viewed as superior. The truth is that there is no evidence to back up this claim. People that have this mentality, such as Hitler and other Nazis, are responsible for the…