Gestapo

In AS book, her willpower was greatly emphasized by the writer/sister but at the same time the book also confessed that Sophie was a thinker, meaning that Sophie did think of the consequences of the actions made by her brother and his friends, whereas Hans would think about Germany’s future and the necessity of giving the German people an opportunity to have an opinion about Nazism but even so, Sophie was convinced that they had done the right thing and the legacy of the white rose would…

responded by saying, “I can guarantee if they stay, they will die.” Sendler still hears the cries of the young children when they parted with their parents in her dreams. Sendler had a jar filled with the childrens’ names who she saved. One night, the Gestapo arrived to Sendler’s home, and Sendler had to hide the lists. Fortunately, one of Sendler’s helpers, who was at her house at the time, hid the list in her clothing. When the Nazis found out about Irena’s activities, she was arrested,…

boycotts of Jewish businesses once the Nazis came into power and the Sturmabteilungen and Schutzstaffel had protection to intimidate(Nazi Terror Begins). After people became familiar with those two paramilitary groups, the Nazis formed the non-uniformed Gestapo to identify and arrest those that were unwilling to join the Nazis, “they arrested Socialists, Communists, trade union leaders, and others who had spoken out against the Nazi party.”(Nazi Terror Begins). After the Nazis created a web of…

Historians like Harold Marcuse argue that there is now a “new genre or commemorative art distinct from older forms” and he argues that memorials today contain multiple meanings. Marcuse actually argues that the memorials of Majdanek concentration camp and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising were created in order to show resistance. Marcuse further argues that memorials created right after the liberation of death camps in Nazi Germany hold ultimate significance as they were created to leave an…

Heinrich Himmler proved to be one of the most powerful men in Germany during World War II. He was an intelligent man who utilized his close relationship with Adolf Hitler to become a formidable leader. Many consider him Hitler’s right hand man. During his lifetime, he served in the military, held countless positions, and earned promotions within the German government numerous times. He often expressed radical views and identified with the infamous Nazi party. Disregarding Hitler, Himmler was…

out of the suspected individuals while also aiming to have the accused release all the names and information they had know. This devotion to get infomation out of the accused is also seen from external sources and seen as it says, “After months of Gestapo interrogations to obtain the names of his co-conspirators”http://www.raoulwallenberg.net/holocaust/articles-20/sophie-scholl-white-rose/. While much can be learnt about Nazi repression several important aspects of Nazi repression were not seen…

Herbert was a young boy who lived the town of Hamburg, Germany. He had one sister, Gretel, who had just graduated from high school, and is temporarily living with them. Sylvester’s mom tended the house while he was at school. His father was a German Gestapo. One day his father alerted the family that they were moving to Buchenwald, Germany. The entire family, including Sylvester’s father, was not happy about the sudden change. They were expected to move in three days. Sylvester was very upset…

1. The Schutzstaffel was a key parliamentary organisation under the rule of Adolf Hitler and Himmler in the Nazi party, Nazi Germany. The party formed in April 4, 1923. At the start, it was a small guard unit known as the Saal-Schutz made up of volunteers to safeguard party meetings in Munich. 2. Between 1925 and 1929 the SS leaders were Schreck, Joseph Berchtold, who changed the title of the office to Reichsfuher. I n time, Joseph Berchold became overly frustrated with the opposition party…

The novels Night and Maus are two very different genres of novels. Maus, is a graphic novel, so instead of being mainly just words, it has lots of pictures and words, in comic format telling a story. Night, can be labeled as an autobiography, memoir, or a personal narrative. So it is clearly seen that these two novels are different genres. Even though they are very different, they can still be compared. How will two novels of a different genre be compared? This will be the question answered…

rebellious attitudes. Winston’s acts of treason and defiance are analogous to the actions of the Kreisau Circle (a group of conservative German dissidents) during Nazi Germany totalitarian regime. The group’s members were seized and then executed by the Gestapo (paralleling the Thought Police raid in Part 3). Overall, both Metropolis and 1984 are cautionary films, which manifest Lang’s and Orwell’s respective prescience of the cataclysmic repercussions of an imbalanced society dictated by…