Neo-Nazism

Both articles of Browning and Goldhagen investigate the issues regards to the Police Battalion 101. It was a department of the German Order Police that amid the Nazi control of Poland assumed a major part in the execution of the Final Solution against the Jews and the suppression of the Polish citizens. Both authors primarily agree that the members of this unit were “ordinary” Germans, they were selected to commit to the genocide of the Jews and the killing of the Jews expressed their ethnic…

President John F. Kennedy spoke to the German people of West Berlin addressing the issues of Communism v.s. Democracy dividing the city. Kennedy’s purpose for writing this speech was to keep the loyalty of the West Berliners as well as give them hope and courage to continue fighting this battle. He speaks with an unwavering voice to evoke bravery, strength, and stoicism. He adopts this tone to appeal to his audience’s thoughts and feelings pertaining to their current situation. In his speech to…

Everyone has heard the spine-chilling experiences the Jewish faced in the Holocaust, but few understand the true atrocity of it unless they themselves experienced it. The true horror of how the inhumane Nazis decimated the Jews, forcing them into concentration camps and treating them as animals, comes to life in the story “The Shawl” by Cynthia Ozick. Through the use of symbolism and carefully orchestrated imagery, Ozick conveys the horror and despair the victims of the Holocaust encountered in…

Introduction Karl Marx was a German economist, historian, and sociologist. Marx got into trouble with the government when he criticized a new law that prevented peasants from gathering dead wood in the forest in an editorial he wrote. This was the start of his views, which were so radical and revolutionary that he had to leave Germany. His most comprehensive work was Das Kapital, translating to Capital in English it was published in three volumes and was completed by Engels after Marx died in…

“He's become some sort of all purpose symbol for them, hasn't he?” (252) Here we see the leaders of the fascist Regime 'Norsefire' referring to our hero V, They are realizing the full potential and ambiguity of the 'Guy Fawkes' Mask. It is what Post Structuralists would call a Free floating signifier – meaning it evades being tied to any particular meaning. At this point V is not just a person but an Idea, an Idea which could change their world. The creators of this Graphic Novel – Alan Moore…

Josef Mengele Who was Dr. Josef Mengele? Some call him the angel of death, evil, or maybe even a monster. He was infamous for his many gruesome experiments and tests It was proven that Mengele murdered up to 732 pairs of twins. In this essay you will be learning all about the man named Josef Mengele. Dr. Josef Mengele made many decisions during the “selecting” process. What was the reasoning behind these decisions, The selecting process occurs when the Jews were deported to concentration camps.…

Race Supremacy Allegories of Harry Potter In the article “The Influence of Nazi Germany on J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Series” Rowling states, “People like to think themselves superior and that if they can pride themselves in nothing else, they can pride themselves on perceived purity.” Within the many controversial topics brought forth within the books, race supremacy is a major factor that effects nearly every point of the series. By melding history and fiction, Rowling effectively correlates…

William Golding composed a fiction novel titled Lord of the Flies based on his personal experiences in World War II, his exposure to the beginning years of the Cold War, what he learned from years of teaching, and influences by works of other writers. The story portrays what his conception is of how people can be cruel and even barbaric without law and order, even at a youthful age. Golding was born and raised in England in the early 1900s to a mother who actively fought for women’s right to…

“It was many, many such stories-synagogues burned, Jews beaten with no reason, whole towns pushing out all Jews-each story worse than the other”(35). It were these rumors that Vladeck heard on the train when he first saw the Nazi flag flying over Czechoslovakia. Like many Jews he never imagined these things would happen to him. Soon they slowly began to take over his life. It was not until later he began to understand the gravity of his own persecution. Regrettably, for him, and many others it…

In The Book Thief , Mark Zusak use of syntax , his arrangement of words and phrases , is used in a creative and significant manner. The author uses varying sentence lengths and dramatic pauses in order to provide meaning to the passage. In passage above , Death gives the reader insight into Max Vandenburg's dream. Max recollets on his boxing match with the Fuhrer , Adolf Hitler, and how Hitler through just words convinces the entire nation of Germany to turn against Max. Hitler convinces the…