Czechoslovakia

It was not-so-well predicted, but World War I was a massive turnpoint for the worldly powers in the early 1900s. With an estimated 38 million deaths, the blame had to be put on someone’s blood-covered hands, and who better to blame than the country that inexorably lost the war? Yes, the number one country, Germany, had fallen after World War I, both financially and in their world standings. Even with the destruction of their country and economy, Germany was still burdened with the Treaty of…

prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”(Hay,91) Large numbers of East Germans fled to West Germany by way of Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. The border with West Berlin remained closed to East Germans until November 1989, when mass demonstrations throughout East Germany forced the government to allow citizens to travel freely. On November 9, 1989 the border…

One might argue the Second World War was the greatest and most horrific war in the history of this world and a major impact to modern everyday life. It was the most international and fatal war in history with many detrimental causes to many countries. Thus, proving how crucial it is to know about specific historical events in history and to apply past mistakes to future decisions. Leon Trotsky says, “You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.” This quote signifies the…

Hot, cramped, fatigued, dehydrated, and with no sitting room, the Jews began to go mad for days of travel. Upon arrival at the border of Czechoslovakia, they realize that what is happening to them is beyond relocation, but something worse. The train car doors are sealed shut so that no one is able to escape. When the train eventually stops, they reach Auschwitz. Although to them, they have no…

As a consequence, Wilsoniamism could be interpreted and employed by different people for different purposes. For instance, before Second World War, Nazi used it as a tool to control and occupy territories of Czechoslovakia and Austria. At the end of twenty first century, separatists in Yugoslavia used it to gain support from the west. In the year of 2014, Crimea held a referendum on whether leaving Ukraine and joining Russia. All these examples can be seen as different…

Music Used as Resistance and Defiance During the Holocaust, there was a sense of hopelessness; although there was one thing that brought people together equally as well as it was used to split people apart. This was music. Music was used as a sort of cultural time capsule. It allowed the prisoners of the Third Reich to feel a sense of hope and cultural reconnection, but music was a double edged sword. It could also be used by the Germans to promote their genocidal ways to a wider group of…

responded with disbelief and incredulity. Jan karski heard keening cries of men and women and thought he smelled burning flesh. Soon he witnessed the arrival of several thousand starving and frightened Jews who had been brought to the camp from Czechoslovakia. He watched as their bags were taken away from them. Then he saw Jews being beaten and stabbed. He like many did not agree with the holocaust, he had a strong belief for freedom of religion. He received a master's degree in Law and…

“In Germany they came for the communists, and I didn’t speak up… They came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up… Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up.” Reverend Martin Niemoller wrote these impactful words in 1946 addressing group responsibility for the Nazi’s actions during their regime. Perhaps inspired by the same words Saul Friedländer would come address similar topics in his historical narrative Nazi Germany and the Jews Volume I: The Years of Persecution,…

The Armenian Genocide and the Jewish Holocaust were two of the biggest tragedies of the 20th century. These genocides just over a decade apart resulted in millions of people losing their lives and millions being displaced. Throughout history one of the biggest questions has always been how could have this happened. In 1909, after the rise of the Young Turks, Armenians were celebrating that they would finally be equal to the Turkish citizens in the Ottoman Empire; however, the rise of the Young…

On December 29, 1940, the thirty-second President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, delivered a speech via radio entitled "The Great Arsenal of Democracy." The announcement was made a year before the Attack on Pearl Harbor, at a time when Germany had occupied much of Europe and threatened Britain. This speech 's purpose was to promise of the United States ' indirect support of the countries fighting for democracy and freedom in the Second World War, like Britain, against the Nazis…