Gestapo

“Life for people in Germany was better under Nazi rule between 1933 and 1939” – Nick Robbertse Totalitarianism • The definition of a totalitarian state: Totalitarianism is a political system in which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life wherever possible. • This means that the individual was completely under the power of those in authority. One of the most important way of maintaining power and control was to set up a…

All of Hitler’s opponents were then arrested and sent to labour camps. A secret police force was set up called Gestapo and they were given major power. All major institutions were then forced under Nazi control including the media, the boy scouts, education departments and the police. This process of coordination was called the Gleichschaltung. Following this was the Night of Long Knives in June 1934 where all of Hitler’s rivals were killed including Ernst Rohm. Shortly after Hindenburg dies and…

The book Night, by Elie Wiesel is a short inspirational story that provides a look into the authors experience in Nazi concentration camps during the second world war. It is a difficult subject to think and talk about, but nevertheless it is extremely important to remember and deal with for its is an important part of history. The book Night was written very well in my opinion and also in the opinions of others, and its also good if you want an account of the Holocaust for first time studying…

Swing Kids is an American musical drama that was released March 5th, 1993. This Hollywood Pictures film was written by Jonathan Marc Feldman and directed by Thomas Carter, with stars such as Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, and Frank Whaley. Swing Kids was produced by Mark Gordon and John Bard Manulis, and it was distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. This movie runs for approximately 112 minutes and it’s music is by James Horner, it’s soundtrack includes mostly swing music with…

encouraged, others were not. Popular authors like Albert Einstein and Karl Marx were a few of the many authors banned. Nazi officials would go into libraries and rip books off the shelf, only to burn them in a fire on the streets. The police, know as the gestapo, would also arrest people who tried to rebel against them. Most of these people were Jews, and they would be locked up for many…

“There exists no luck, everything is as it should be. We meet the people we are fated to meet. We experience what we are fated to experience in our life.” - George Brady. George Brady was born on February 9, 1928 to Karel and Marketa Brady in Czechoslovakia. They lived in a yellow house on the main square of the town Nove Mesto na Morave alongside 3500 others. The Brady family was known at the time for their family business of making skis, which was located under were they were living.…

Obedience can be defined as a form of social influence whereby the individual acts in a response to an order which is usually from an authority figure. It may well be that without such an instruction the individual may not have acted in this way. It can be seen as a necessary aspect of a society that individuals are obedient and show a respect for the rule of law and order. Obedience can help maintain a certain level of social cohesion, however if it is misdirected and individuals are…

quickly invade. Tasha poisons Rysio and herself. Meanwhile, Vladek and Anja hide out in a bunker. Anja and Vladek sneak away and finally seek refugee. They make the decision to be smuggled out to Hungary. As a result, they are captured by the German gestapo, and taken to Auschwitz. After this, the story becomes striking. Art Spiegelman is a comic advocate who is known for his collection of graphic novel stories titled “Maus”. Art Spiegelman is a winner of Pulitzer Prize Special Citations…

current situation in his country, but Helmuth keeps quiet for a short while before he gets involved in illegal act outs. During this rebellious time, he pulls in two of his friends to help him. “‘This kind of law must be broken. And besides, the Gestapo will never catch us,” says Helmuth ‘We’ll make sure they don’t. They might find the leaflets, but they won’t know who did it. And they’ll never suspect kids.’ (Bartoletti 126-127). Helmuth does not even consider how much trouble they could get…

Al-Anfal Campaign was the Kurdish population which was the only victim(s) of this genocide. The perpetrator of the Holocaust was mainly a man by the name of Adolf Hitler. There are two more perpetrators of the Holocaust and they were the Nazis, and SS/Gestapo. The perpetrators of the Al-Anfal Campaign was Saddam Hussein’s cousin and his name was Ali Hassan…