the political and police arms of the state to wage a campaign of genocide in order to purify Aryan peoples. Utilizing the Nuremburg Laws‚ the Nazi Party targeted not only their political enemies but also their Jewish populations. Headed by the Schutzstaffel (SS)‚ Sturmabteilung (SA)‚ and the Gestapo‚ the Nazi Party attacked Jewish interests by excluding them from certain businesses‚ education‚ and civil service as well as eventual outright extermination. As for socially undesirable groups‚ “Nazis
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Oscar Schindler was a very brave man. He saved the lives of approximately 1‚200 Jews. This all occurred during World War II. His care for human life could’ve gotten him killed but that never did stop him. Oskar was a sentimentalist and an ordinary person like you and I. The simplicity of doing good was something he loved to do. He was full of love and flaws like everybody else. He even in the worst of circumstances still found a way to do good and doing the extraordinary that no one could easily
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He had established his own German military and dubbed them Schutzstaffel (ss). The SS was Hitler’s protection force during Hitler’s mass meeting because “many of these meetings were violent and ugly‚ during the Naizs early quest for power” (The SS 1). To be apart of the SS‚ there were criterias that had to be met. Applicants
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illegally *7 November‚ Shot Vom Rath 5 times *"We understand the challenge‚ and we accept it"‚ Joachim von Ribbentrop who was alongside Hitler at Vom Rath’s funeral- Wikipedia. *SA- Storm Troopers‚ intimidated voters to vote Nazi etc. *SS- (Schutzstaffel‚ German for "Protective Squadron") Propaganda "Propaganda tries to force a doctrine on the whole people... Propaganda works on the general public from the standpoint of an idea and makes them ripe for the victory of this idea." Adolf Hitler
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Fascism in Germany and Italy Many similarities exist between German fascism‚ or Nazism‚ and Italian fascism. For example‚ both fascist movements were brought into power after facing very similar problems. One of the major problems that both countries encountered was a post-war economy teeming with instability. Germany’s fragile economy was undermined by widespread unemployment‚ hyperinflation‚ and burdensome reparation payments‚ while Italy’s economy was just as delicate. In addition‚ the Great
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"Once I really am in power‚ my first and foremost task will be the annihilation of the Jews." Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was born on April 20‚ 1889 in Braunau‚ Austria‚ a small town across the Inn River from Germany. Soon after Hitler ’s birth‚ his father‚ Alois Hitler‚ moved the family to Linz‚ Austria. Hitler attended school in Linz and at first was a good student‚ but in high school he was a very poor student. Hitler ’s academic abilities angered his father because his father hoped that
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Jews occurred under his control (Key). During World War II (WWII)‚ the Jews‚ homosexuals‚ and undesirable people were fenced into concentration camps (Key). In these camps‚ they were treated horribly and many were killed by the German police‚ Schutzstaffel (SS). The Germans were influenced by Hitler’s beliefs and they believed that the Jews were the main cause for Germany’s failures (Key). The outcome of World War II justified that Hitler contributed to the Holocaust during WWI‚ through the actions
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strong negative bias towards the Jews. The Einsatzgruppen was a German killing squad organized by Reinhard Heydrich. They consisted of several thousand men‚ divided into units of 800 to 1200. They were mainly composed by Schutzstaffel (SS‚) and personal police. The Schutzstaffel was established by Hitler to serve as his personal guard at
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Although we cannot compare the horrors of the Nazi Concentration camps to the American "Relocation Centers"‚ there are many similarities. Both of the groups of victims were of the minorities‚ and these cultures were somewhat of an enemy to the leader of their country. These groups (the Japanese in America nearly two thirds of which were American citizens‚ and the Jews‚ Gypsies‚ the Poles‚ Slovaks‚ Communists and other enemies of the state in Germany and Poland‚ many of which had served the very countries
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On September 1‚ 1939‚ Poland was invaded by Germany. The Nazi leader of Germany‚ Adolf Hitler‚ tried to make the claim that this was a strictly defensive move on their part‚ even though all along his main goal for invading Poland was to gain more Lebensraum‚ or “living space” for the people of Germany. Hitler had a plan to colonize the territory and to enslave and eliminate those citizens that he considered to be inferior‚ specifically the Jews‚ to make room for his “racially superior” German citizens
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