Nazi Party

The ‘Stab in the Back’- or Die Dolchstoßlegende- was a notion that was attributed to Germany’s defeat in World War 1. This notion, also regarded as a myth and legend, implied that Germany did not truly lose World War 1, but rather it was betrayed by domestic enemies. The notion focused in on the civilians within Germany’s own borders and was popular among Germany’s right- wing nationalists in Weimar Germany immediately after the First World War. These right- wing Germans thought of these…

of Oskar Schlinder, a businessman of Germany who employed more than 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust in efforts to keep the Nazi party from taking them to concentration camps, than they have heard about a Japanese diplomat named Chiune Sugihara, who broke his country’s laws in order to let more than 6000 Jews avoid territories in Japan that had been occupied by the Nazi party. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Holocaust survivors and their descendants remember this forgotten soul and…

Japan was in constant conflict with China, which was shown in their attacks of Manchuria in the early 1930’s for its materials, and, not even a decade later, the ruthless Nanking Massacre. Italy was headed by Benito Mussolini who headed the fascist party and said his aim was to fix his country’s economic problems. The Allied Powers banded together to stop the Axis Powers, and opposed them as the powerful alliance began its reign of…

of past events and humankind’s accomplishments and times of ignominy. Without history, significant events would not be remembered. One event was the Holocaust, a genocide primarily targeting Jews and later on Slavs, Romans, and the disabled. The Nazi Party and their leader, Adolf Hitler, were responsible for this massacre, which caused around eleven million deaths. The Holocaust should be taught to 8th graders because it connects with many different curricula, it is important to know history so…

likewise, there are events which are repeated, even though the event could be catastrophic in proportions, such as the scientific “experiments” conducted by the Nazi Germany’s Holocaust and The United States’ experiments after 1940. Though the countries are different, both Nazi Germany and The United States conducted inhuman…

victims of persecution and murdered by the Nazis and why? January 30, 1933: President Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Germany. This date in History was the start to one of the most tragic events the human civilization has ever experienced. This was the start of the Holocaust. Adolf Hitler grew up in Austria and later moved to germany and fought in World War 1. After the war Hitler joined the National Socialist German workers party known as the Nazis. Hitler quickly went up the…

films without requiring much effort, however it wasn’t the case back in the day. In 1935, Leni Riefenstahl produced Triumph of the Will, a documentary which got universal recognition and appreciation. Triumph of the Will revolves around the 1934 Nazi party in Nuremberg and portrays all the important events and speeches that took place there. Riefenstahl recognized the powerful vision of Hitler for the new, ideal Germany that will soon rise, and upon so, she imposed her artistic vision upon real…

Hitler believed that there were four main ideas that would create a supreme Germany and for it to be seen as a great nation again. He believed that he needed to expand Germany to grow his following. He wanted complete power to redeem WW1 and get revenge on the people that discriminated against Germany. It did not help that Germany had to abide by the Treaty of Versailles laws. The Treaty laws were mostly aimed at Germany and how they could pay for WW1. Hitler also believed that Jews contaminated…

The Holocaust How Josef Mengele did impact the holocaust? Josef Mengele was a German Schutzstaffel and a physician. Who was also nicknamed the angel of death, the white angel, or Todesengel. The camp Mengele worked at was Auschwitz. He was ranked SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer which was Captain. He was born on March 16, 1911 in Gunzburg, Bavaria, Germany. His parents are Karl and Walburga Mengele. Mengele was born the eldest of all of his siblings. His siblings are Karl Jr. Mengele and Alois Mengele. He…

Moscow Declaration which stated that the Axis power were to take responsibility for the war. In 1943 US Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson got the four nations together in London to discuss the war crimes committed during the Second World War by Nazi Germany. That is when the leader began discussing a punishment for their crimes. During the Yalta Conference in 1943, Joseph Stalin suggested that they execute…