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The Holocaust Jews like many other minority groups, have a time in their history, where they were left out. During the WWII era, an infamous event took place took place against Jewish people that shocked the world. This event is known as the Holocaust. My stepdad’s family like many other families during that time, lived in fear of being sent to concentration camps or being killed off by the Nazi administration. My stepdad told me how his family attempted to flee from Germany and their…

The Nature of Nazism Studying the history of the Nazi regime requires the understanding of the nature of the Nazi’s themselves. With help from assigned readings, class discussion, and various movies about Nazi’s, these can bring a person to a conclusion on what the Nazi nature is. On some occasions, Hitler, and his followers have been known to make deals with other countries, groups, and religious leaders. The deals that the Nazi’s made were to ensure the other nations and groups felt safe…

The Holocaust- Victim, Perpetrator and Bystander Research Essay During the Holocaust, many daily dilemmas surfaced that evoked various reactions from groups and individuals in society. In response to these dilemmas, these groups and individuals made choices that defined them as either perpetrators, collaborators, bystanders, victims, or rescuers. These groups include the Church in Aryan territories, and the Hitler Youth. Both of these groups have placed themselves in various points along this…

While writing his 16th century political treatise The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli emphasized the relative importance of being feared over loved as a prince. Machiavelli’s argument is based off of the idea that “it is more compassionate to impose harsh punishments on a few than out of excessive compassion, to allow disorder to spread” (536). To support his argument, Machiavelli cites several historical incidents of were being feared over loved benefited or saved a ruler’s position or his nation.…

Peace for Our Time 1. When Chamberlain said this, he meant there was no short answer he could give about England and Germany. It would require an in depth discussion. 2. Primarily, I believe Chamberlain found nationalism was the biggest difference among all European nations. 3. I think Chamberlain was being overly optimistic. He failed to see what kind of man Adolf Hitler was, and what actions he would take to achieve his goals. British Parliamentary Debate on Munich Agreement 4. I think…

* Phony War * Period between 1939- 1940 * there was very little combat as both sides built up their armies and arsenals * Axis * Alliance between Germany, Italy and later Japan * The 'Blitz' * in September of 1940, bombings of London and other major cities occurred in what the British called `the Blitz` * Italian Campaign, 1943 * in July 1943, Canadian, British, and American forces launched an assault on the Italian island of Sicily * by…