Nazism

Manipulative, heartless, powerful, selfish, dishonest, ruthless, yet intelligent, creative, strong, brave, and tough. One of the deadliest dictator to whom have ever lived. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, now known as Joseph Stalin. Joseph Stalin was born on December 18, 1878 in Gori, Georgia. Joseph Stalin was a former General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. He was well known as the leader of the Soviet Union, which was allied with the United States to crush Hitler…

After the World War I and all the economic sanctions that accompanied it, Germany needed a new leader and a new government. Adolf Hitler was elected chancellor of Germany in 1933. He had plans to change Germany, and among those plans was the extermination of Jews in Europe. Hitler instituted a long propaganda campaign which turned the public to the side of the Nazis and against the Jews, as well as a German secret police, the Gestapo, which helped him rule with fear; Both of these led to a…

52. Slim’s final anxiety was the state of morale within the 14 Army. Slim states, “There was no doubt that the disasters in Arakan, following an unbroken record of defeat, had brought morale in large sections of the army to a dangerously low ebb.” Slim knew that if his forces had any chance at all to defeat the Japanese and retake Burma, morale must improve quickly throughout the ranks. In determining where to start in this most difficult task, he began with himself. 53. Slim discusses how he…

Are monsters created or born? In 1889, Klara Hitler gave birth to a son, whom she named Adolf. While Klara was described as a loving and kindly woman, Adolf’s father, Alois Hitler, was known for drunkenly beating his wife and on occasions, his children. Adolf wanted to become an artist, but his father did not approve and made him study to become some sort of civil servant. After Alois died, Adolf neglected his studies, much to his mother’s dismay. She wished for him to find some sort of career,…

Have you ever found out that someone you love isn’t who you thought they were? In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, Bruno did. This book is set in Nazi germany in the eyes of a 9 year old boy. He moved from Berlin to right across the Auschwitz extermination camp because of his father's job. His father was a high commander for HItler and the Nazi propaganda. He wore nice suits and high ranking clothes. Bruno thought he was a very nice soldier. Not all loved ones are who you think they…

“Life for people in Germany was better under Nazi rule between 1933 and 1939” – Nick Robbertse Totalitarianism • The definition of a totalitarian state: Totalitarianism is a political system in which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life wherever possible. • This means that the individual was completely under the power of those in authority. One of the most important way of maintaining power and control was to set up a…

Author/Speaker How does the author or speaker (narrator) let us know that he/she is credible and trustworthy? Does the author come across as knowledgeable? How do you know this? Does the speaker’s reputation convey a certain authority? Explain. In the first chapter of Slaughterhouse-Five, the narrator speaks in first person. He claims he was there and asserts that the events told in the story are true. In the first paragraph he affirms this by saying, “One guy I knew really was shot in…

Primary source number four complements a secondary source number one in the way that both make points regarding the way the American State Department and handled the genocide of the Jews. During the spring of 1944, the Allies receive more explicit information about the mass killings carried out by gas in Auschwitz-Birkenau. On some days as many as 10,000 people were killed in the gas chambers. In desperation, the Jewish organizations made various proposals to stop the process of destruction and…

Two emotions that are found in the novel The Wave by Todd Strasser are fear and satisfaction. Ben Ross decided to help his students understand how the Nazis could follow Hitler so blindly. Through the experiment, him and his students learned that it was fear. Learning that fear was the cause, it was bound that it would show up sooner or later. The first example of fear was when an anonymous student wrote to Laurie Saunders a letter titled Welcome to the Wave - or Else. The student wrote: “This…

Choices People’s choices of action or inaction changes the outcome of situations. During the Holocaust, the Nazi’s mass murder of Jews, ordinary European citizens shaped history by standing up to the Nazis or witnessing the injustices from a distance. Their decisions were greatly influenced by their understanding of the universe of obligation, which sociologist Helen Fein defined as ¨Toward whom obligations are owed, to whom rules apply, and whose injuries call for [amends]” (“We and They” 56).…