Ernst vom Rath

According to the German government, Kristallnacht, or crystal night, came about because of an event that occurred in Paris on November 7, 1938. This event being the assassination of Ernst vom Rath, a German diplomat, by a young Polish Jew named Herschel Grynszpan. Herschel’s reasons for murdering Ernst vom Rath were that his parents had been among the thousands of Polish Jews forced out of Germany who were not allowed into Poland and that he wanted to bring worldwide attention to the terrible treatment of European Jews with his actions. His plan did not work out as he had hoped, however. His assassination of Ernst vom Rath actually worsened the treatment of Jews in Germany as it gave the German government an excuse to orchestrate Kristallnacht without having to take blame for it since the government could say that citizens actually caused Kristallnacht on their own out of outrage at the murder.…

Curtis Sittenfeld was only seven years old when the Holocaust first began to leave its destructive mark on history. Now a father, grandfather, accomplished businessman and war veteran, Sittenfeld accounts his harrowing past on how he became a Holocaust survivor. On November 9th, 1938, violence broke out across the Jewish population. This came after Herschel Grynszpan, a Jewish student studying in France, was informed his parents were detained and tortured by German officials. Seething with…

Film is a unique artform in which meaning can be derived from not only the content, but also the form in which it is presented. It is often the case in which the plot, characters, and themes of a film work in harmony with formal elements such as the mis-en-scene or cinematography in order to create a piece with a greater sense of meaning which typically may not be obvious to a viewer who is not analyzing them in conjunction. One film that excellently portrays the relation between content and…

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The Curious Little Bone Hunter Ernst Stromer was a determined man. He visited the Bahariya Oasis to look for mammal fossils with his pal Richard Markgraf, but he found some other intriguing fossils that captivated him for the rest of his life. Between 1940 and 1944, Stromer identified the bones of Aegyptosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, and the largest known carnivorous dinosaur, Spinosaurus. He also found 42 other types of dinosaurs, fish, crocodiles, and turtles. Ernst Stromer discoveries were…

“It’s okay,” Joe said. “I can't imagine not smelling cow shit every morning anyway. It’s soothing.” We started laughing until we were both standing there looking at the other, crying. It was the first time Joe and I had spoken that deeply about being an Albert— what it meant and what it felt like. We crumbled at the same time and sat by the wheelbarrow and wiped at our tears and sweat, the liquids hard to tell apart. I ran my palms over the dry grass in the field like it was water, inviting and…

In “Morning in the Burned House,” Margaret Atwood suggests that when recalling the past there is a tendency for a person to desire dwelling in the past instead of living in the present, therefore there must be a destructive force in order to reinforce reality and continue progress. The author of the poem carefully chose the title as it reveals a lot about the entire meaning of the poem. Atwood used words such as morning, burned, and house in the title. Morning might be a connotation of a new…

‘Sailing to Byzantium’ is first published in 1928 as part of Yeast’s collection and it contains four stanzas. The poem ‘sailing to Byzantium’ is mainly about different between art and ordinary life. In the poem poet transform himself into work of art and he explores his thought and musing on how immortality art and the human spirit may converge. The poem ‘Sailing to Byzantium’in particular is its rich symbolism. Symbols are essentially words which are not merely connotative but also suggestive,…

First of all, everyday new technological advancement, great innovation and advanced technology appear that could change our life. As the time goes, many of those have changed a lot of things in different sectors such as: economy, health, business, education and social life. One of the most affected innovations is car. Cars have affected our social life in many ways so it made our tasks easier, faster and more comfortable. It helped us to communicate and corporate with each other easily. Before…

their country. The death of Ernst Rohm in Germany, which leads to Hitler’s rise in power can be related to the assassination of Julius Caesar because of their ambition and the jealousy of others around them. The power men acquire may lead them to accomplish great things or it can lead to their undoing.…