Single-party state

The antagonist of the novel is no doubt Hitler and the Nazi party, as they take away the things Liesel pushes for like learning to read, and her family and friends. In the book the Book Thief, there is arguable perspective on which the protagonist of the novel is. In…

But for the Hindus and Buddhists in many countries and mostly India, the swastika symbol was an important symbol for more than a thousand years. The swastika symbol was not really famous or well-known, until Hitler used it as the symbol for the Nazi party. People said that when Hitler used the swastika as the symbol of the Nazi, the meaning of it changed, from a good meaning into a bad meaning. Why would Hitler use the swastika as the…

Alexey Brodovitch spent over 20 years using original combinations of images and typography for Harper's Bazaar, a popular and innovative fashion magazine. He modernized the look of the magazine in regards to the graphics and brought photography to the forefront. While Brodovitch was most famous for what he did for Harper's Bazaar, I will examine why he should be regarded as one of the most influential figures in the world of graphic design and photography beyond this magazine. In order to…

Jewish grandparents, not somebody that is just Jewish. The National Socialist party was brutal, they tortured and murdered millions of people and brought turmoil and suffering to all of Europe. The Nazis should be held accountable for their actions.They violated the Geneva Convention, committed mass genocide against Jews and others minorities and tortured and killed millions in concentration camps and death camps. The Nazi party violated the Geneva Convention, this term is a set of laws or…

reactionary art movement to the poverty stricken Germany in the wake of a crushing defeat in WWI. Its stylistic techniques as well as subject matter embodied the tone of the German masses in the post war era. Soviet Montage was also stylized by the current state of the Soviet Union that created it, it was popularly used as a form of propaganda and the political messages of the time are hard to miss. While German Expressionism and Soviet Montage have various characteristics to distinguish…

Hitler rose to power, in Germany, in 1933 at the age of forty-five. Hitler wanted Germany to follow the teachings and rules of Nazis. Every aspect of life in Germany was effected by Nazi rule. By the end of 1933 Hitler managed to make Germany a single party dictatorship. There were levels of power within the Nazi rule everyone was expected to respect and listen to their superiors. From 1933 to 1945 the Nazi regime was a dark, unrelenting force forged in the fires of hatred and discrimination…

Hitler: A Great Leader but Terrible Person Hitler’s known as one of the most terrible people in history, but he got those terrible things done by being a great and convincing leader. Hitler’s ability to gather a large following allowed him to do the terrible things he did. Hitler desired to be an artist until his mind got corrupted with terrible ideas and thoughts. Hitler wasn’t born the man he became, so there were events that forged him into the man he was. Hitler’s childhood consisted of…

Abuse, maltreatment and persecution are all synonyms of oppression which happened between the Nazis and Jews, during World War II. In Sylvia Plath’s poem, “Daddy,” she introduces the notion of oppression by comparing her father to the Nazis and herself to the Jews, with the use of multiple literary devices. In “Daddy,” Plath uses allusion, imagery and metaphor with a mix of hyperbole to develop the theme of oppression. In the poem “Daddy,” Sylvia Plath uses allusion to express her father’s…

fortune for governments that people do not think,’ and his policies were based on the premise that most individuals are conformists who do not think for themselves” (“The Nazis in Power”, para. 3). Hitler used this philosophy in establishing the Nazi Party. He was able to influence individuals through propaganda and fear. Hitler used people's desperation of conformity to plant ideas of a superior race and genocide in their minds. He forced them to believe that individuals with blonde hair and…

If my high school and college textbooks had been written this way, I would have been a more eager student of history. The Lion and the Lamb is an anomaly in the genre of historical fiction in that every character is real, many times their words are their own, and events (between 1942-1966) are recounted chronologically. Essentially, Charles Causey's narrative infuses the human x-factor of emotion and moral dilemma into what could otherwise be a dry recollection of facts. Having read The Hiding…