Jeroboam II

The term “holocaust” originates from the Greek word “holókauston.” The term translates to ‘sacrifice by fire’. However, the term in the twentieth century refers to the systematic killing of six million Jews during World War Two. During the war, the Nazi Party was forced to come up with a solution to the ‘Jewish Question’(a debate pertaining to the status and treatment of Jews in society). Hitler first commented on September 16, 1919, “Ultimate goal must definitely be the removal of the Jews…

By 1917, Russia was effectively out of World War II. With Russia in the war, Germany was forced to split their army to fight a two front war. Because of Russia’s Revolution, they dropped out of World War II, allowing Germany to fight a single front war. America joined to prevent the scales from tipping in Germany’s favor. The Zimmerman Note was from Germany to Mexico. In this…

1. Chapter 11 title, “World War II: The Betrayal of Promises”, suggests that the chapter has something to do with World War II. During the 1940’s, Mexicans were listed as white, unless they looked Indian or another race. Around 370,000-500,000 Mexicans American males, fought in World War II and were accounted as one-fifth of the casualties. Although, Mexicans helped the U.S fought the war, it did not stop the U.S from discriminating against Mexicans. Because the men were off to war, this made…

Similarly, according to Soviet Major General Valentin Larionov, at the end of World War II, between the American and Soviet soldiers “no one thought then about any aggravations of the situation; everyone thought that the peace had come” there were only “embraces without any ulterior motives, truly friendly embraces” (Larionov). Both countries…

My author Kurt Vonnegut is an American novelist. Vonnegut gained popularity in the 1960s when publishing his best-known work, Slaughterhouse-Five. He made a big difference in American literature by writing his novels with the characters looking for a meaning while also giving it a meaningless, out of this world type of feel. He is known for his profound humor; always mocking present-day 's society (Marvin 1). Vonnegut usually focuses on warfare and the human quantity for both the foolishness and…

The Holocaust and the Cambodian Genocide both represent attempts of genocide, or the targeted extermination of an entire race or people. In the weeks and months following the end of World War II, Soviet and Allied liberators slowly uncovered the unspeakable atrocities and systemized murder that characterized the Nazis’ Final Solution plan for ridding Europe of its Jewish population once and for all. On October 24, 1945 the United Nations was established in an effort to promote diplomatic talks…

African-American not only faced injustices in everyday society but also in the military. During the commencement of World War I, a large portion of the African-American community saw the war as a chance to demonstrate their patriotism and to take their place as equal citizen in the United States (Williams OL). Over a million African-Americans responded to the draft calls they received and an estimate of 370,000 were inducted into the army to fight during World War I, the war that would make the…

12. The Sturmabteilung, also known as the Brownshirts, was the organization Adolf Hitler created to protect the Nazi Party from potential dangers at assemblies, but later began to disrupt rival parties’ meetings and to intimidate voters, Nazi opponents, and Jews in the streets. They were known as the Brownshirts because from the founding in 1921, the organization utilized brown shirts as their uniforms, as they were easily obtainable. The founding itself was controversial, as the Treaty of…

Societies must have a powerful leader or government in order to succeed. In so many places there are examples where you can see a society with order like in the book Lord of the Flies and World War 1. As you know societies always end up falling apart and collapsing. The difference between a great society and a weak one is that one has a powerful government and the other doesn’t, therefore the one with the powerful government lasts longer. For example looking at World War 1 the United State…

He is sitting in the dark corner of an overcrowded wooden stable barrack designed originally for horses. Yesterday he was Elie, a fifteen year old boy from Sighet Transylvania, today he is an eighteen year old boy, A-7713. Within a few short hours, Elie Wiesel’s life is transformed as he and his family are affected by the Holocaust. They were first transported to a small ghetto in their hometown and later a larger ghetto. Following is the transportation to Birkenau, Buna, Auschwitz, Gleiwitz,…