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    limiting any other existing resistance during the Night of The Long Knives. On June 30‚ 1934 Hitler carried out a purge that took the lives of a number of nonconforming Nazi leaders and other political opponents. Heinrich Himmler‚ Reich Leader of the Schutzstaffel (SS)‚ was assigned the responsibility of executing the Purge and upon completion‚ took the lives of over 85 top SA leaders and political opponents‚ including Nazi party members. Shortly after the purge the Reich cabinet issued a law legalizing

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    German people. * As in many cases‚ indoctrination (converting people to different ideals using education and propaganda) did not work‚ so Hitler had to used force and terror using the Nazi’s security and military organizations‚ such as the SS (Schutzstaffel)‚ the SD (Sicherheitsdienst‚ security service) and the Gestapo. * In 1936‚ all of these organizations were brought under the control of Heinrich Himmler‚ who also organized the Night of the Long Knives. * The SS was formed in 1925 as a

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    The success of Germany’s military in the first two years of World War Two can be attributed to Adolf Hitler’s political stratagems and the overwhelming superiority of German army. Hitler’s ingenious manipulation of the German people and the European powers allowed him to not only build an army‚ but this highly motivated Werhmact was able to use their modern weapons and tactics to concentrate their forces on only one target at a time. There are several reoccurring themes throughout the first two years

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    Heinrich Himmler

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    December 11‚ 2006 Instead of reading all the things he says in parenthesis‚ I could actually listen to one of his "Heinrich Himmler." Encyclopedia of World Biography. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (September 12‚ 2014). "Heinrich Himmler: speech to Schutzstaffel Group Leaders (1943)." World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO‚ 2014. Web. 11 Sept. 2014. Heather Pringle. Heinrich Himmler: The Nazi Leader ’s Master Plan. Published by world war II magazine‚ Published Online July 27‚ 2007. "Heinrich Himmler." World

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    Term 3 History Research Paper Discuss the impacts of Hitler’s political‚ social and economical control of Germany in the Third Reich. (1500 words) Hitler rose to power after President Hindenburg’s demise yielded him presidency in addition to the Chancellor role he already held. This made him the Fuhrer (Supreme Leader) with complete control of Germany. He took numerous political‚ social and economical measures to ensure his popularity amongst his people so as to prevent rebellion. He already

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    Adolf Hitler was one of the 20th century’s most powerful dictators. He was responsible for World War II and the death of millions. Hitler saw a nation in despair and used this as an opportunity to gain political power. He saw a nation of unemployed and hungry citizens and promised them economic prosperity in return for absolute power. Someone once said "The Nazis rose to power on the empty stomachs of the German people". <br> <br>Hitler was born in Austria-Hungary in 1889. His father‚ Alois Hitler

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    One of the key proponents of Nazi ideology was a promise to birth a new Germany. This promise of national rebirth resonated strongly in the early 1930s‚ when the Weimar Republic was shaken to the core by economic and political crisis. At the centre of the Nazi vision stood the ‘national community’‚ depicted as the polar opposite to the conflict- ridden Weimar society. In a speech witnessed by the nation in January 1932‚ one year before his appointment as German chancellor‚ Adolf Hitler concluded

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    Neutrality of the Vatican

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    HIST Neutrality of the Vatican During the second World War‚ the Vatican was not always acknowledged for being neutral and committing itself from the beginning to a policy of ciliation that pronounced church diplomacy. Neutrality to the Vatican meant that they would remain apart from two powers‚ and to preserve an environment where the church can successfully conduct freely and open. The policy of Pope Pius XII seen by historians‚ is consistent with an abiding tradition of Vatican diplomacy

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    When it comes to analyzing how the Night of Long Knives would’ve affected Hitler’s rise to power I feel that it is important to first address where Hitler political was at before the night of long knives took place and what was accomplished after the night of long knives. Before the night of long knives‚ Germany was governed by the Weimar republic from 1919 to 1933 and the president at that time was Paul von Hindenburg. In the Weimar Republic‚ the left sides were the Communists (KPD) and the Social

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    1. What happened? The holocaust was the systematic extermination of over six million Jews‚ along with many black‚ gypsy‚ homosexual‚ and disabled people. It is considered one of the largest cases of genocide from modern history. Even though it started as simple discrimination‚ before long it had escalated to full blown organized murder. From 1933 all the way through 1945‚ anyone that Hitler deemed as ‘undesirable’ was annihilated. In 1933‚ there were roughly nine million Jews in Europe‚ with the

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