The Night of Shimmering Glass Kristallnacht‚ “Night of Crystal‚” was a turning point between Germany and the rest of the world. On November 9th‚ 1938‚ an uprising against the Jewish residents of Germany and Austria occurred. This attack against the Jewish was referred to as a pogrom. Kristallnacht was the first marked nationwide action against religion. The Nazi regime and their wish to implement Nuremberg’s laws helped push-start the process of degrading Jews to an inferior level in life by giving
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Kristallnacht‚ a huge nationwide program in Germany and Austria‚ took place on November 9th 1938. Kristallnacht is translated to night of broken glass‚ which refers to the broken shop windows of Jewish stores. Kristallnacht was a part of the German Nazis attack towards the Jews. The attack was directed against Jewish businesses and synagogues. A synagogue was a Jewish assembly or congregation meets for religious worship and instruction. About 90 Jews were killed and hundreds were injured. Germany
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Causes and Consequences The Deepwater Horizon oil spill also referred to as the BP oil spill or the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been named largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. The spill occurred on 20 April‚ 2010 which lasted for 87 days and end on 15 July‚ 2010. The oil spill was caused by an explosion which resulted from high-pressure methane gas from the well that expanded into the drilling riser and was released onto the drilling rig‚ where it ignited
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(SLIDE 1) Kristallnacht was an attack on the German Jews done by the Nazis. Occurring on the 9th of November‚ 1938‚ roughly 200 synagogues got destroyed‚ over 8‚000 Jewish shops were looted and tens of thousands of Jewish people were put into concentration camps. (SLIDE 2) When Hitler came into power in 1933‚ he had a plan to expand Germany’s rule and to completely take out al of the Jews. Leading up to and even after Kristallnacht there were many new laws and government policies that controlled
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rule of Adolf Hitler‚ the persecution and segregation of Jews was implemented in stages. After the Nazi party achieved power in Germany in 1933‚ its state-sponsored racism led to anti-Jewish legislation‚ economic boycotts‚ and the violence of the Kristallnacht ("Night of Broken Glass") pogroms‚ all of which aimed to systematically isolate Jews from society and drive them out of the country. After the September 1939 German invasion of Poland (the beginning of World War II)‚ anti-Jewish policy escalated
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Sam Pashko History of the Holocaust Dr. Delaney In the introduction to Alan E. Steinweis’ book Kristallnacht 1938‚ he argues that the German citizens attacking Jewish synagogues‚ businesses‚ homes‚ properties and the Jewish people themselves on November 9th‚ 1938 is important to understand the perspective of German Society and it’s role in the prosecution of Jews perpetrated by the Nazis. It further suggests that the involvement of Germans in the attacks was far more wide spread than just a small
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Kristallnacht notes Kristallnacht is the German word for ‘the night of crystal’ which refers to the anti-Jewish pogrom which took place on November 9th and 10th 1938 throughout Germany and parts of Austria. Kristallnacht was instigated primarily by the Nazi Party officials‚ members of the SA (storm troopers) and the Hitler Youth. It gained its name from the shattered glass that lined the German streets that had come from Jewish shops and synagogues which had been destroyed in the violence. The
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Causes and Consequences of the Reformation There were several causes of the Reformation. Some of them were short-term causes and others were long-term causes. One of the long-term causes of the Reformation was that many people thought that the Church was not following the Bible. For example‚ many people were unhappy with the idea of indulgences. Indulgences were gifts that people gave to the Church so their sins would be forgiven. In 1517 Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of a church
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not in its causes but in its consequences.’ In today’s rising society‚ where we experience people willing to strive to their maximum potential by any means necessary‚ it becomes blatantly obvious to why we often overlook the implications we inflict on others. We are sometimes aware of our actions‚ acting in spite or in fear‚ and sometimes ignorant to the situation‚ unaware of the consequences we deliver. The question is however – where does the importance of conflict lie – in its causes? Or in its
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The causes and consequences of unemployment Unemployment causes There are three main causes of unemployment‚ the first is cyclical unemployment which is unemployment arising from a lack of aggregate demand. Demand for most products are likely to be low and unemployment may be high. Since not a lot of people are buying a product‚ firms do not need as much labour and will reduce it leading to unemployment. This in turn will lower disposable income and decrease demand for certain products‚ hence
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