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Obviously they were affected by the struggles of war, take the actual book thief for example; Liesel Meminger was not ignorant to the fact that it was the fuhrer who was behind the absence of her father and quite possibly her mother as well for being communists, she always thought of her dead brother, she was well aware that her papa could be sent to war at any second, and she would never forget how the nation’s…

The twentieth century is plagued by the terrors of war, but none was as terrible as World War II. The most recognizably terrible dictator of the time, and instigator of the war, was Adolf Hitler. The war, however, would probably not have occurred had he never taken power. The conditions for his rise to power was a perfect storm of poor leadership, nationalism, and the aftermath of the first world war. Germany was so weak in the aftermath, that the power vacuum that was created, as well as the…

What was the short-term significance of The Night of the Long Knives? The Night of the Long Knives was significant because it marked a turning point in the Third Reich; as the first publicised official government purge, it signalled the types of activities for which they would later be primarily known. Its name was coined by Hitler, alluding to a popular German song about revenge, which captured the direction in which he wanted to push his particular version of events as part of Nazi…

A.J.P. Taylor, a British historian who grew up during the time of the Word Wars, argues in his book, The Origins of the Second World War, that the outbreak of World War II was not the result of an international plan developed by Hitler. In his preface he explains how most historians focus on Hitler’s invasion of Poland in September 1939 as the origin of the war. However, Taylor argues that although Hitler wished to make Germany the strongest power in Europe, he did not want or plan a world war…

Since ancient times Europe has been arguably both the most advanced and most dangerous continent on the planet Earth. The constant conflict, struggle for survival, and the race for a better livelihood has shaped its inhabitants for thousands of years. Fast forward to the 20th century and things are no different. The year is 1914 and Europe is engaged in a great continental war. Among many valorous men, a young German named Erwin Rommel fights in northern Italy and France, enduring the hardships…

For example, if one does not maintain loyalty to her employer, she may be terminated. Or a Nazi soldier may not have spoken against the führer out of fear of execution. These, however, exemplify a false loyalty in the sense that the follower feels s/he has little choice in the matter. Both morality and loyalty also have huge impacts on politics. In America, we have individuals who will…

Ride the Lightning: The brilliance and brutality of the Blitzkrieg Immediately after Hitler became the German Leader, he worked at a furious pace to reach the objectives he specified in Mein Kampf. First he rebuked the terms of the Versailles Treaty and then worked to Remilitarize the German war machine. Hitler had the foresight to surround himself with other like-minded individuals that helped him quickly realize his goals. Bound by the restraints of the Versailles Treaty, The German…

“you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future’’. No matter what everything is connected from the music you listen to , too the day Hitler invaded poland. What you do now will change history. The deadliest war in human history with millions of casualties and even more civilians killed, all caused by one man, Adolf Hitler. Hitler got his hatred for the jews during WW1 on the western…

Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels were the perpetrators of very high-strung propaganda statements. The slander that they came up with contained material that was very militant towards their main target, the Jewish community. They referred to the Jewish people as posers, and that they served no purpose in society. “Germany was fed up with its many Jews who sat like maggots in meat as professors, lawyers, artists, doctors, and not least as industrialists and salesmen.” The Jews were portrayed as…

weren't curios he may have became a brain dead and brainwashed Nazi like his sister. Another theme would most definitely be kindness. While Bruno's sister and father have lost all compassion for the jews and blindly follow the muttonhead that is there fuhrer Bruno's kind attitude stands out. Every day he brings shmuel food and usually plays a game with him, this shows the true kindness within, within us all. Once the mother pieces together what her husband has been doing she goes on an outrage,…