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    Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union drastically changed the course of World War II from that point on. Since nothing was changing on the Western front, Hitler turned to the East. He decided the time had officially come to create living space for the German people. His attack on the Soviets came as a surprise to Stalin, but later contributed to Hitler’s downfall. Hitler also ordered the killing or imprisonment of Jews, Communists, and people who were suspected of anti-German activity. When…

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    For this reason, The Nazi Empire and Germany's victories in Europe, Nazi Empire created glowing images of a new European order based on “equal chances” for all nations and an integrated economic community. This was not Adolf Hitler conception of a European new order. Adolf Hitler saw that that Europe had conquered back Germany with full power and dominating everything. Only the Germans, he once said, “can really organize Europe.” The Nazi Empire stretched across continental Europe from the…

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    moment when there was no fighting back because all the Jewish man, woman, or child could see was the end of the road. This was how many Jewish people met their fate during the holocaust, passively accepting the imminent truth. When the men of the Einsatzgruppen were questioned after the war they had a dichotomous idea of the Jewish behavior facing imminent death, that either “stressed Jewish Passivity” or “the emphasis was clearly on the dignity of the victims.” In either case “there was no…

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    As a result of the mass murders committed by the Einsatzgruppen, millions of Jews lived in terror, fearing for their safety. According to Jewishvitrtuallibrary.com, the Einsatzgruppen’s main job began with gathering the Jews or “outcasts” into ghettos, and eliminating them in mass shootings or sending the…

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    would just kill anyone. He didn't he went for Jewish people,but mainly blonde hair and blue eyes. It was like his personal thing. The thing about it is there wasn't always killing centers/extermination camps. There was something called “Einsatzgruppen.” This was used…

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    Hitler Death Camp Essay

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    Hitler and the Nazis created concentration camps first (Shuter, Life and Death in the camps, 6). The Jews were told that they were going to be re-educated about Nazi beliefs and then be released (Shuter, Life and Death in the Camps, 6). Labor camps were created next to work the Jews to death (6). Finally, the death camps were created to end the Jewish population. Death camps made the Holocaust possible because these are where most of the Jews were killed. These were established to make the…

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    by Heydrich to somewhat direct ‘the final aim'. Heydrich was a very anti-semitic person, he was seen as one of the darkest Nazi officers at the time. He was put in charge of some of the key events in the Holocaust including the forming of the Einsatzgruppen and the act of Kristallnacht. His history and his title as ‘the man with the iron heart' would have made his role quite powerful, he was out to get back at the Jews and nothing was going to stop him. This source, "The Policy and Operations…

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    Irena Sendlerowa was a Polish nurse and social worker based in Warszawa . Throughout her life, she served in the Polish Underground State and worked in the Żegota, which was the codename for the Polska Rada Pomocy Żydom . ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? World War II broke out when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. This invasion led to Britain and France declared war on Germany in retaliation. Sided with Germany, the Soviet Union invaded and…

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    terror that was maintained by force. The National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP, known as the Nazi Party, controlled Germany from 1933 to 45. Millions were murdered in attacks by the Gestapo, the SA, and the SS, in mass killings of the Einsatzgruppen, in and around Nazi concentration, and later death camps. V. Rescuers, by hiding victims in attics or by helping them to escape to other countries, saved many who would have suffered. Rescuers are those who, at great…

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    Outline On The Holocaust

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    The Holocaust Part of World War II Selection on the ramp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, summer 1944 (Auschwitz Album) From the Auschwitz Album: • Hungarian Jews arriving at Auschwitz-II (Birkenau) in German-occupied Poland, May 1944. Most were "selected" to go straight to the gas chambers. Location: • Nazi Germany and German-occupied territories Date: • 1941–1945; according to a broader definition, 1933–1945. Target: • European Jews; broader definitions include the Roma, disabled, ethnic Poles,…

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