How the Holocaust Could Have Been Prevented Essay

war I decided to do research on is World War 2. This World War was very important period in the 20th century because new technology, weapons, women’s rights, and programs to explore outer space were all developed because of the war. Many historians have different opinions of when WW2 started because right after WW1 the battles continued on between nations. The years between the first and second World Wars were a time of instability because throughout the world there was a Great Depression that…

more than a number. To him, a person is a living human being, and this man did whatever it took to save as many Jewish lives as he could. His name is Oskar Schindler. Oskar Schindler, born in 1908, was a German, member of the Nazi Party, and industrialist who saved 1,200 Jewish lives during the Holocaust.…

using maximum power to prevail. Thus the victory as a proper outcome to be expected of the use of American arms was intractable for the duration of the cold war, for in very good part, for the reason of the sensible fear of the escalation to nuclear holocaust. So, the only kind of conflict that the United States dared to wage in the nuclear era was limited war. After all, in a nuclear age, would it not be dangerous in the extreme, even perilously irresponsible, to attempt to compel our enemy to…

the Jewish faith. An estimated 6 million Jewish people died as a result of “the Final Solution.” Of, these 6 million individuals, 1.5 million were children. Though the loss of so many innocent children weighs down upon human history, the total could have been higher if not for the work of countless people who risked their lives…

fury at the injustice and intolerance that had led to Anne Frank's death, but her realness and the very existence of the book survived gave me hope, too. After reading it was the first time I really understood the power of words an selfless acts could have on lives: Anne Frank's words lived on, and they had the power to change lives,but one person stood out the most in her diary that was Hermine “Miep” Gies. We owe the existence of the book to Miep Gies, a tremendously courageous and just…

relatively short time on Earth, the question of whether human nature is naturally good or evil has been a seemingly unanswerable one. It would be simple to posit that the principle flaw of humanity lies in our Jekyll and Hyde nature, our capability to display both our goodness or evil at any time, but this is not true. The greatest flaw of humanity is its propensity for evil, violent and amoral behavior that has been ubiquitous in human society with acts of “good” interspersed only at points…

‘Arab-Israeli conflict in the period 1896-2002 was dominated by the great powers for entirely selfish and cynical reasons.’ To what extent is this a fair assessment of their involvement in the Middle East during these years? The Arab-Israeli conflict is often contemplated as one of the most important global issues over the past centuries.the is conflict is often described as the fight for Arab nationalism through the state of Palestine and a claim for the jews, through Zionism the right to…

imagine if our nation was never born or turned away from racial discrimination. America would not be where we are today if it wasn’t for these men and many other great Americans like them. Why could I safely assume that you knew who these men were? Why is it that if you are over the age of seven and have had any form of education that you did know who these men were? The fact of the matter is that as we are educated in school we are all ‘forced’ to take a history class at one point or another.…

Suffering and its connection with Evil in our world. Thesis: how has humanities understanding of suffering changed over the centuries? I will be exploring how our understandings of evil affects was our knowledge of suffering. My sources will include apostolic letters, academic journals from various university professors. I will also be including biblical references as a point of reference between these two topics. Lastly, I will offer my own insights on this important topic. When someone goes…