Schutzstaffel

The Mein Kampf was once Germany’s “bible”, but now society disapproves of this book because of who the author was and the message that the author was sending. Adolf Hitler, Germany’s Fuhrer from 1933 to 1945, is the author of this despised novel. Some people might not know it, but before Hitler fought in World War I he was trying to become a professional painter because his lifelong passion was painting, but he was denied the possibility of getting into the art school in Vienna and that is when…

Many people believe that Adolf Hitler was the only cruel person during the Holocaust and didn’t care about the victims affected by it, but Dr. Josef Mengele makes this statement very untrue. He’s known for performing some extremely gruesome experiments on a large number of men, women, and even children. Mengele performed some experiments that are unspeakable and haunted some of the victims who survived them. Almost all “villains” have a reason as to why they like to see others in pain. Of course…

Many occurrences happened in the Holocaust, one being the formation of Hitler Youth, otherwise known as “Hitler-Jugend”. Hitler Youth is an organization in which male “Aryan” (blond-haired, blue eyed) German youths were expected to become a member of to serve the Nazi party. (Britannica School 1) The organization officially started in 1923 as Gruber’s Greater German Youth movement, was renamed the Hitler-Jugend in 1926, and became a big organization/influence in 1933. (H.E.A.R.T. 10-12) It…

Dr. Mengele's Time at Auschwitz “Three thousand twins were selected for Dr. Mengele’s medical experiments. Only 200 children were found when the camp was liberated” (“Josef Mengele”). The three thousand twins were subjected to many medical experiments. Josef Mengele performed unethical experiments during the Holocaust. Josef Mengele, a doctor at Auschwitz, performed many medical experiments and played a big role in the “selection” process . Mengele often selected prisoners for hard labor or…

Can you assimilate what the Nazis did to all the people in the concentration camps? The Holocaust was a huge event where the Nazi’s took Jews and put them in camps where they weren’t allowed to leave. The doctors put them through horrible experiments and when the Holocaust was over they wouldn't confess to what they had done. The doctors of the Holocaust carried out crazy experiments on the people in the camps most of the time resulting in death. There were a whole lot of experiments conducted…

Have you heard the story of Pearl Harbor? The Harbor that was bombed by the Japanese over 70 years ago?The 8 ships at the harbor were either sunk or damaged. Now people are exploring new ways to find information and explore the wrecks of the ships, like the SS Arizona. People are using ROVs, also known as Remotely Operated Vehicles, to explore the SS Arizona and other ships at Pearl Harbor. I definitely think that ROVs are critical for underwater research. In a different theory, people think…

After the German army invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, a new stage of the holocaust began. A new special action squad, or Einsatzgruppen, was formed. It was made up of Nazi SS units and police. They were also aided by residents of regions the Nazis had previously taken over. Einsatzgruppen (which means deployment groups in German) was a unit of the Nazi special forces. It was composed of members of the SS, the Sicherheitspolizei (Security Police), and the Ordnungspolizei (Order…

Hitler's Youth organizations trained children for battle during World War II. I chose this topic because I was intrigued by the idea that teens my age were used for Hitler’s war effort. Before researching I knew little about why teenagers and children were forced into this style of living, and ultimately I wanted to know more. Hitler Youth was set up to cleanse and strengthen the Aryan race. When enrolled into Hitler Youth boys prepared for the military, while girls prepared for motherhood. “…

In 1936, Oskar Schindler became a spy for the Nazi’s. He was soon arrested for treason under the Czech government, which lead to him being released under the Munich agreement. The Munich agreement is a settlement permitting the Nazi Germany's annexation of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was originated. Once bailed from jail, he decided to continue gathering information from his last mission as…

“Survival can be summed up in 3 words-never give up-that’s the heart of it really. Just keep trying” -Bear Grylls; Otto Frank was a survivor in the holocaust, he showed thi by being a leader, making the decisions, and he was a hard worker. Otto Frank was the decision maker in the annex, in this case… when everyone found out that Mr. Van Daan was stealing food from the kitchen everyone turned to Mr. Frank because he always knew what to do. Any time something needed to be done he always knew what…