The Invasion of Poland (1939): • Germany had lost land to Poland under the Treaty of Versailles. • Many German-speaking people lived in areas that were now part of Poland. • Germany viewed Poles as subhuman and wanted their land for lebensraum. • The Nazi-Soviet Pact ensured Russia would not stop Germany’s invasion of Poland. • Hitler thought Britain and France would not keep their promise to defend Poland. • On 1 September 1939 Hitler ordered the German army to invaded Poland. • Britain
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How can the different ways of knowing help us to distinguish between something that is true and something that is believed to be true? By using different ways of knowing‚ we can distinguish between something that is true and something that is believed to be true. In order to express these distinctions‚ personal experiences‚ their implications‚ and their counterclaims are needed to be stated. For something to be “true” it must be public‚ eternal‚ and independent. If the “truth” does not follow these
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time. When questioned of his association he denied it and later claimed it was to escape arrest after Germany took control in 1938. “In 1935‚ Stangl was accepted into the Kriminalpolizei as detective in the Austrian town of Wels. After Austria’s Anschluss Stangl was assigned to the Schutzpolizei (which was taken over by the Gestapo) in Linz‚ where he was posted to the Jewish Bureau (German language: Judenreferat). Stangl joined the SS in May 1938.[5] He would ultimately reach the rank of SS-Hauptsturmführer
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The musical and film of the Sound of Music is set in Austria in the late 1930s with Europe on the brink of the Second World War. In historical context Austria has been portrayed by some historians at the first victim on Hitler’s expansionism of the Third Reich as part of its plan to conquer Europe and remedy for the injustices in the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. This treaty ‚ amongst other things‚ assigned guilt to Germany for starting the First World War and ‚ under duress compelled it to pay
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Russian Revolution Czar Nicholas and wife Alexandra Unprepared for Czar-hood Peasant Life in Russia Apartments were about 12 sq. ft. Basically living in 1700’s conditions Bloody Sunday: January 22‚ 1905 Protest from the people Czar’s men killed 300 men Forces Czar to make changes Rasputin “Mad Monk” Thought he was sleeping with the Czarina and so people disliked him Helped Czarevich who was a Hemophiliac Blood doesn’t easily clot Trusted by Nicholas and Alexandra implicitly
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Treaty of Versailles Essay One of the most important documents ever‚ The Treaty of Versailles was proposed to be a peace settlement between the victorious Allies and the defeated Germans at the outcome of World War I. The document was a major disaster and did not serve any of the purposes it was drawn for. The harsh provisions of the treaty along with its unfair orders to Germany led to the worlds most horrific leader come to power and also set the platform for another war. The treaty became a
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Italy and Germany used propaganda and nationalism to gain support from their citizens. Mussolini believed in a fascist government which is right-wing government‚focused on what’s best for the nation as a whole not the individual‚ and ruled by an individual. In his speech‚ Doctrine of Fascism‚ Mussolini explains Fascism as‚ Against individualism‚ the Fascist conception is for the State; and it is for the individual in so far as he coincides with the State‚ which is the conscience and universal will
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International Relations in an Age of Uncertainty 1919-1933 Cambridge International History Page 41-48 Mrs. Katie Aufenanger Boca Raton High School Revolutions & New Governments Political effects of WWI were devastating › Tsarist regime (Nicholas II and the Romanovs) in Russia was overthrown by the Bolshevik Revolution (1917) › Kaiser Wilhelm II was forced to abdicate (1918) Revolution seemed a genuine threat in every European capital. Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) Became President
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am königlichen Kaiserin – Augusta - Gymnasium in Charlottenburg sein Abitur - studierte von 1882 bis 1886 an der Ruprecht – Karls – Universität Heidelberg‚ von 1883 bis 1884 zwei Semester Jura an der Humboldt – Universität zu Berlin - im Anschluss ein Vorbereitungssemester an der Georg – August – Universität Göttingen in den Fächern Jura‚ Nationalökonomie‚ Philosophie und Geschichte - 1889 promovierte Weber in Berlin in Jura ( magna cum laude ); der Promotionstitel lautete: Die Entwicklung
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Enabling Act 1933 amendment to the constitution passed by 2/3 majority (SPD refused to support it.) It suspended the Reichstag and allowed the government to rule by decree for the next four years. It was the final deathblow to the Weimar Democracy. T-4 Program directed at those who had “life unworthy of living”. 1939-1941 roughly 200‚000 mentally and physically handicapped were taken from treatment centers. Most of the killing used sealed “shower rooms” or “gas vans” that pumped in carbon monoxide
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