Chancellor of Germany

The similarities between Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler are extremely striking. They both fought in World War I, Mussolini for Italy and Hitler for Germany, and for a brief time the countries were on the same side, until Italy abandoned Germany and joined the Allied side. After World War I, Mussolini created the Fascist party, which gained support from nationalists, business owners, and manufactures. The Fascists were opposed to both democracy and communism, believing the government should…

the first world war was still being heavily felt in Germany in 1924. The war had caused Germany a whole heap of problems that they were struggling to solve and deal with. They had pay reparations to France and Britain which they didn’t have the money for due to the fact they did not find a way to pay for the war. Whereas for example Britain raised taxes. They had to pay the reparations as part of the Treaty of Versailles which said that Germany was at fault for the war and therefore had to pay…

Another family infrastructure that dominated traditional China was the concubinage system (Engel, 1984). It is not uncommon to have men acquiring multiple wives in ancient China during the dynasty era. Yeh-Shen, was born into a family with two mother figures and one father figure (Yeh-Shen). This coincides with the traditional family structures that the society at the time adopted. The women in the house all considered the children’s mothers regardless of whether the wife is the child’s…

by altering their moral values. Cruelness became more accepted by the people of Germany because Adolf Hitler pushed his interpretation of justice on his citizens. The proof of the situation can be seen in some of the acts that took place during WWII with the Germans killing over six million Jews during the Holocaust. That could not have been done under the same justice that we hold in the modern era. Citizens of Germany were indoctrinated towards a different interpretation of justice, but it was…

In the article “The Battle for Divorce in Italy and Opposition from the Catholic World (1861-1974)”, Daniela Saresella argues that following World War II, the “processes of secularization” (Saresella, 411) that were altering the western world, took hold in Italy and set the stage for the 1974 referendum on divorce. The referendum was an integral moment as it marked the first division of the Catholic world and allowed Catholic citizens the understanding that they were not required to vote in…

Benjamin Brown of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, outlines the rise of religious radicalism with in Galicia during the first years of the nineteenth century. In his article The Two Faces of Religious Radicalism, Orthodoxy and Holy Sinning in 19th Century Hasidism in Hungry and Galicia, Brown asserts that the strengthening of Hasidism and the Orthodoxy movements stemmed from the need to protect Jewish tradition in the face of acculturation. He states that Hasidism was a conservative…

Asset Management, Labor Marker Reform, and lastly the Humanitarian Crisis.” (Walker). Greece has even tried to get Germany to pay them back for the Nazi Occupation of Greece back in World War II. “It is the first time Greece has officially calculated what Germany allegedly owes it for Nazi atrocities and looting during the 1940s.” The grand total of 279 billion euros was denied by Germany due to the conflict already being ‘legally closed.’ A surprising and relatively recent try by Greece is from…

The concept of old war evolved alongside the creation of the state system, originated from the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Even though the development of modern state grew slowly at first, Westphalia has been a turning point in laying the foundation for a Europe of territorial states. The delineation of boundaries helped the dichotomy of internal/external, being the root of classical definition of old war. 1.1 Clausewitz theory Carl von Clausewitz , influenced by the campaigns of Frederick…

Civil Disobedience –Martin Luther King. Jr & Mahands Karamchand Gandhi Eddie Li Tianjin Foreign Languages School Introduction For hundreds of years since the prevail of human civilizations, no matter in eastern or western countries, citizens were and are always trying to pursue a more democratic society. Since then, regional conflicts and battles had been raised in European and North America in the past two centuries, millions of people got injured or dead during the war time. However, civil…

During William the Conqueror’s childhood, his father, Duke of Normandy, had gone on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and died, leaving William to become his successor. As he became the new Duke of Normandy, he faced trouble with the other Dukes who wanted to be in power. This resulted in William gaining complete power over Normandy after fighting with the other dukes. William the Conqueror exploited people for their loyalty, which resulted in the Bayeux Tapestry only exemplifying his positive…