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saving hundreds of Jews, who were the victims at the time, by employing them in his factory. This man heroically showed that even with so much horror in the world, there was still a little good. Oskar Schindler was born on April 28, 1908 in Svitavy, Moravia. He obtained Czech citizenship when his country of birth became part of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918. He lived with his mother, Louisa, his father, Hans, and his younger sister, Elfriede during the early period of his life. Hans worked…

Schindler, for example, may have seemed like a bad guy since he joined the Nazi Party in February 1939, but he used his occupation as an entrepreneur in his plan to save around 1,200 Jews from being sent to concentration camps. Born in Svitavy, Moravia on April 1908, Schindler began his wife by attending trade school and held a job at his father’s machinery business. In the meantime, Hitler was gaining more control over Germany along with the development of the Nazi Party. It was not until 1936…

In January 1933, some 522,000 Jews by religious definition lived in Germany. Over half of these individuals, approximately 304,000 Jews, emigrated during the first six years of the Nazi dictatorship, leaving only approximately 214,000 Jews in Germany proper (1937 borders) on the eve of World War II. In the years between 1933 and 1939, the Nazi regime had brought radical and daunting social, economic, and communal change to the German Jewish community. Six years of Nazi-sponsored legislation had…

In Bell’s explanation of the events between 1936 and 1939 there were four integral affairs that spoiled the prospects of peace in Europe: namely, the German reoccupation of the Rhineland, the Austrian Anschluss, the Czechoslovakian Crisis, and the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. These consecutive events ultimately culminated in the Invasion of Poland on the September 1st 1939, but were foreseen well in advance and were of no surprise to anyone when they transpired. The proliferation, from crisis to…

merely a chain of sad and unsuccessful contradictions to heart and mind’, might be hard to identify. In fact, the Russian hero’s dominant feature is his omni-pervasive indifference, later echoed by the same apathetic nihilism described by Alberto Moravia in his 1929’s masterpiece. Pechorin is certainly a sophisticated type of hero, whose character is not devoid of repulsive features or amoral behaviours, such as the abandonment of the young Bela out of mere boredom. However, his bright…

quite a bit of land and pay reparations to the other nations that participated in WWI. Adolf Hitler attempted to keep peace within Europe by tackling anti-German influence head on. In document 6 Hitler allows the troops to march into Bohemia and Moravia to combat the anti-German sentiment growing in those countries. Hitler’s intended audience for this address were German citizens, he wanted to inspire a sense of Nationalism within them and garner their support. These documents connect because…

Oswiecim, Poland January, 1945 My dearest wife Hilda, I am writing this letter in hopes that one day You will be able to read this letter and be able to live life knowing what happened to me and not have worry about me. Before I want you to know that don't stop believing in the world just because a small part of it is making the rest seem horrible. Always fight for what you believe in don't let others tell you you are wrong for what you support or believe. I want to make sure that while you…

Though Milan Kundera’s Joke drives its inspiration from the story of a girl who was arrested for stealing flowers from the cemetery, the novel is not a mere love story. It has deep political undertones and bears testimony to the author’s belief regarding the function of the novelist, which is to show people’s philosophy of the nature of men’s existence’. Kundera advocates his firm political belief, which is ‘to protest against the mutilation of works of art in the name of an ideological doctrine…

A nation long ago that had to Increase its defensive measures in order to survive remains standing victorious. This country which goes by its Hebrew name of Israel which means “God may prevail”, has continually been defending themselves against the imperialistic form of the Arab Palestinians. Israel at all times being surrounded by their adversary are constantly watching their back, figuratively speaking. This relentless tussle has been going on for thousands of years. It has been said to…

atrocious, or it can be wonderful. Schindler’s legacy was certainly positive. Oskar Schindler showed that one person involved in a bad association can be a beacon of light in a mass of darkness. Born to Franziska and Hans Schindler in Svitavy, Moravia, April 28, 1908, Oskar Schindler was German and a…