SCHINDLER’S LIST 1993 A Film by Steven Spielberg “Whoever saves one life‚ saves the world entire.” - Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5; Babylonian Talmud Oskar Schindler Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler CAST: MAIN • Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler‚ a German Nazi businessman who saves the lives of over 1‚100 Jews by employing them in his factory. • Ben Kingsley as Itzhak Stern‚ Schindler’s accountant and business partner. • Ralph Fiennes as Amon Göth
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The Holocaust also known as Shoah’‚ was the mass murder or genocide of approximately six million Jews during World War II‚ a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi Germany‚ led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party‚ throughout the German Reich and German-occupied territories. Of the nine million Jews who had resided in Europe before the Holocaust‚ approximately two-thirds were killed. Over one million Jewish children were killed in the Holocaust‚ as were approximately two million Jewish
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UNIT 2 – SECTION A Weimar Germany‚ 1919-1929 Key Issue One: How far do the early problems of the Weimar Republic suggest that it was doomed from the start? The origins of the Weimar Republic; the armistice; the effects of the Treaty of Versailles Political problems: the constitution and its consequences for government; political instability Challenges to Weimar‚ 1919-1923: the Spartacists; attempted takeovers by the right-wing: the Freikorps; Kapp Putsch; Munich Putsch
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The Influence of the Nuremberg Trials on International Law The Nuremberg Trials were a critical point in the history of international law because it established the fact that humanity has the need of an international shield to shelter and protect. This event was responsible for contributing in the ongoing process of developing rules that are binding between states and nations also known as international laws. The judgment of the trials may be one of the most important events in the history of
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The Swastika The swastika (from Sanskrit svástika) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles‚ in either right-facing (卐) form or its mirrored left-facing (卍) form. Archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates from the Neolithic period and was first found in the Indus Valley Civilization of the Indian Subcontinent. It occurs today in the modern day culture of India‚ sometimes as a geometrical motif and sometimes as a religious symbol; it remains widely used in Eastern
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The Nazi Consolidation of power 1933-34 The Appointment of Hitler as Chancellor The background to the election of 1933 The Enabling Law The elimination of opponents and the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship The Blood Purges‚ 1934. Nazi ideology and the policy of Gleichschaltung Hitler: his personality and his appeal to the German people. The contribution of other leading Nazis. Establishing a Dictatorship: The Stabilization of Nazi Power German Government On the
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INTRODUCTION Hitler‚ Adolf (1889-1945)‚ German political and military leader and one of the 20th century’s most powerful dictators. Hitler converted Germany into a fully militarized society and launched World War II in 1939 (see Federal Republic of Germany). He made anti-Semitism a keystone of his propaganda and policies and built the Nazi Party (see National Socialism) into a mass movement. He hoped to conquer the entire world‚ and for a time dominated most of Europe and much of North Africa. He
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Political Ideology and Other Factors Leading to the Holocaust & WWII Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….2 Political Ideology………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………3 Government Economies Fascism……………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………5 Socially Economical Origin Nazism……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………6 Economically Socially Foreign Influences and the Military Time Line of Key Events Leading to the Holocaust………………………………………………
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Unit 3 Test Study Notes The Rise of Fascism * Italy: Benito Mussolini (Il Duce‚ the leader) first totalitarian dictatorship * 1919 started fascism movement; fascism: revolt against democratic values‚ including equality and individual freedom; to believe in state above all else & complete totalitarianism * Following WWI Italians punished allies Germany; Great Depression very negative * Benito Mussolini founded Italian Fascist Party‚ prime minister 1922; promptly turned Italy dictatorship
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Adolf Hitler (German: [ˈadɔlf ˈhɪtlɐ] ( listen); 20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP)‚ commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator of Nazi Germany (as Führer und Reichskanzler) from 1934 to 1945. Hitler is commonly associated with the rise of fascism in Europe‚ World War II‚ and the Holocaust
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