Heinrich Himmler

link smoking to lung cancer, miscarriage, and child defects. Smoking was banned in public areas such as restaurants, coffee shops, buses, and trains. The term “passive smoking” ("Passivrauchen"), or second hand smoking, was coined in Germany. Heinrich Himmler restricted police personnel and SS officers from smoking while in duty. Cigarette rations were also limited in the Wehrmacht. Medical lectures were organized to teach the public about the hazards of tobacco. Pregnant women under the age of…

Auschwitz is the main camp that caused the Holocaust and Birkenau was one of the side camps that was a part of the Holocaust. In both camps, prisoners were treated very poorly and had to work for their survival. They had to work for their survival. Whatever choices they made was for their survival. They tried their best to survive as long as they can. In Auschwitz, prisoners lived in old barracks. Meanwhile, in Birkenau, prisoners lived in two different kinds of barracks. They lived in either…

Camp. This dreadful period of time lasted for about 5 years. After arriving at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, no one knew if they were going to make it out alive. Auschwitz was established by the Nazi’s in april of 1940. ( Alder, Nagorski 10) Heinrich Himmler, who was the leading member of the Nazi’s, gave the order to establish Auschwitz. ( Alder, Nagorski 10) 2 months later the first inmates arrived and Rudolf Hoss took place. ( Alder, Nagorski 10) Rudolf Hoss was the Commandant of…

enough to Hitler for long enough to kill him with a bomb or a revolver. Himmler and the Gestapo were increasingly suspicious of plots against Hitler, and specifically suspected the officers of the General Staff. All these attempts therefore failed, sometimes by a matter of minutes. In January & February 1944 when first Moltke and then Canaris were arrested, the Gestapo was closing in on the conspirators. By the end of 1943 Himmler knew that most Germans no longer believed that war could be won…

• Winston Churchill’s memoir “the gathering storm”- “Hitler had conjured up the fearful idol of an all-devouring moloch of which he was the priest and incarnation” • Heinrich Himmler a mass murderer convinced he was a great king reincarnated • Source of this story was Adolf Hitler himself- In ww1, 28 September 1918. Near marcoin, France. Hennery Tandy becomes Britain’s highest derecrety private of the war. During the battle a lone German enters his sights, Private Tandy sees him as a desperate…

Swing as an Attitude Towards Life Arising in the mid-1930s and originating in the United States, the newest style of jazz, swing, brought forth a renewed interest in jazz across the world, even in Nazi Germany. As the world began to recover from economic depression, swing, and swing-influenced music came to represent the latest trend in popular music. Despite discrimination against jazz music and jazz culture in the Third Reich, swing found an enthusiastic and dance-hungry audience. For a…

On March 21, 1933 Dachau was just another town under Nazi Rule, it suddenly became much more in just 24 hours. As soon as Adolf Hitler had been appointed Reich Chancellor, he wasted no time and a few weeks later he established a camp in Dachau, named after the town itself. Dachau soon became a model for all Nazi concentration camps in Germany. The camp was primarily for political prisoners, but throughout its 12 years of existence it withheld many other people. The exact number of deaths that…

By 1944, Nazi Germany’s path to victory was no longer certain. The country had suffered heavy bombing and numerous military setbacks, including the Allied landing at Normandy. With the Allies growing ever closer to Berlin, and to victory, Nazi officials were beginning to see that defeat was on the cards. To voice such opinions however, would be treason. In spite of this, the German Resistance was forming- a small pocket of military personnel and officials with intent to eliminate the Führer and…

The Nuremberg Trials first took place November 20, 1945 on Nazi’s very own stomping grounds in the city of Nuremberg, Germany. The Nuremberg Trials was to prosecute all Nazi war criminals in the hands of the four biggest powerful allies the United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France. The Nuremberg Trials was the first trial in history to ever be held for war crimes. Since this trial was first of it’s kind it was difficult to give a defendant a death sentence or certain time in prison…

Towards the end of 1943, Leaders of the Allies began to think about the fate of the Nazi leaders after the war was over. Leaders were torn between trials for Nazi leaders or just going straight to execution. By 1945, Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union came to the decision that they would hold trials for the major criminals. The charges were categorized into four different categories: common conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Common…