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Genocide- “killing of race” Armenian and herero annihilation. Coined by Lempkin in 1944
Endosung der Judenfrage: Final solution to the Jewish problem, euphemism
Origins of anti-semitism * Religious: belief that Jews killed Christ and therefore are collectively guilty * Economic: Jews control the banks, hold “host nation” captive * Political: Jews are foreigners and not citizens * Racial: Mid 19th century, Jews are considered degenerate and inferior * Linguistic: Spoke a different language, Yiddish, aren’t assimilated and look differently * Other: perform ritual murders, eternally condemned to walk the earth and cannot be saved * Eternal Jew * “Objective”- supposed to expose a hidden truth * Creates a dichotomy between us and them. * Conspiracy theory * Nazi fear of race danger: Even though they are weaker and inferior, they are still strong enough to destroy them or worse, pass as Germans * View Jews as parasitical * Defined the Jews as people who come from Africa- “niggerized” * Jewish home life- uncivilized, filthy, neglected= flies are everywhere * Rats are cowardly, sneaky, cruel and travel in hordes of groups * Take part in shameful activities- only care about money, do business in the synagogue * Slaughtering animals is a part of their tradition- more natural. Jews have no love or respect for animals * At the end of the film, creates a sense of nationalism. Pictures of the pure Aryan race. Becomes their duty to keep their country thriving * Concentration Camps (KZ= Konzentrationslager) * Pale of Settlement: established territory for Russian Jews and included a little more than 4 million Jews in total. ( even though this territory only made 4% of Russia) Many of the Jews were discriminated against--- had to pay double the tax, forbidden to lease hand and couldn’t receive a higher

Golden years Essay

payments, this helped to stimulate the German economy. In 1924 a new currency was introduced, the rentenmark, this alongside Americas investment, led to monetary stability and an end to hyperinflation. This was important for Germany as it meant that the German citizens regained confidence to spend and invest in the German markets, the new currency and US backing led to an increase in foreign investment, leading to rapid growth in the German economy. The German government invested their new found wealth…

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Human Rights In The Book Night By Elie Wiesel

freedom from torture and degrading, and freedom from arbitrary and exile were all violated. The right to equality in Night was extremely violated. The Germans had zero respect for the Jews. In chapter 2 on page 33, a Hungarian lieutenant introduced himself by saying, “from this day forward you come under the authority of German soldiers” This shows the Germans had zero regard for how…

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What Is Mill's Harm Principle?

individual should only do good actions such as virtue and generosity since those actions will bring pleasure to people around him, and avoid disgraceful actions since those actions will harm many people. Taking a case as an example, there were two German men vandalized a metro train in Singapore (Agence France-Presse 2015). They actually harmed people who directly or indirectly were associated with it, such as making the government had to hire someone to clean it up and disrupting the passengers’…

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Third Reich's Battle To Conquer Britain

such agreement was requested. Operation sea lion was created. Operation Sea Lion (originally created by the German Army) was the plan for an amphibious German invasion of Britain during World War 2 (see appendix 2), and was to be carried out by August 10 1940. The operation was dependent on the Luftwaffe, as air supremacy over the Sothern cost of England would ensure that the German invasion force was safely transported to the English cost. The invasion was postponed indefinitely on September…

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer

the church, contradicting him “politely, but clearly on positive theological grounds” (Metaxas, 2010, p. 59). Bonhoeffer was characterized by his contemporaries as “a man who did not only learn and gather in the verba and scripta of some master, but one who thought independently and already knew what he wanted and wanted what he knew”, a reflection of his scientific approach (Metaxas, 2010, p. 59). Swiss born Karl Barth, was a neo-orthodox, ecumenical leader, who provided life-long mentorship to Bonhoeffer…

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Pearl Harbor Rhetorical Analysis

Walter Bedell Smith, secretary of the general staff in the War Department in Washington, D.C. "The Chief [General George Marshall] says for you to hop a plane and get up here right away... Tell your boss that formal orders will come through later" (59). That phone call meant that Ike would be an important person in the war. When Ike called Marshall in his Washington office, Marshall outlined the positions of the United States military and naval positions in the Pacific. He told Ike that the evidence…

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Joseph Joffre's Impact On The Western Front

want them embroiled in France’s conflict. Instead, he decided to send troops to “concentrate along the German border and mount attacks through the Ardennes and into Lorraine”: a two-pronged attack (Hickman). Reverence may have been one of Joffre’s strengths; however, Joffre was “not a man of enormous knowledge” (Stokesbury 31). Moreover, his ultimate blunder in his war plan was “thinking the Germans had far fewer troops than they were actually able to mobilize”. (Stokesbury 31). The success of the Allied…

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Essay on Term2 Whist Sg

Britain, France, Russia. 5. What was the purpose of propaganda during WWI? – To influence public opinion. 6. In the First World War, the central powers included – the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. 7. 8. The U.S. decision to enter WWI was influenced most directly by the Germans’ – use of unrestricted submarine warfare. 9. 10. What was Russia’s main strength in WWI? – Large numbers of soldiers. 11. 12. Which best describes what took place…

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Adolf Hitler: Before the War Essay

people. He felt that Jews were the cause of filth in Austria and Germany. He also came to believe that the Hapsburg Kings of Austria, his own country’s leaders, were not German enough (Altman, Linda Jacobs). That, among other reasons, was why in 1914, the beginning of World War One, Hitler joined the German army. Hitler joined the German army to avoid being drafted into the Austrian Army. Hitler liked the military, and he fought hard for Germany. He was injured twice in the war. His first injury was…

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Higher Education and United States Essay

it is fact that European academies have an excellent academic system, and we also find that Germany is offering free education to Americans and other international students without requiring “scholarships” (“German Colleges”). Perhaps the US education is perfect, and so, even better that German education? According to Paulo Freire, that is not the answer either. In Paulo Freire’s essay, he describes an important weakness in the American academic system. Freire refers to the “Banking Concept” as a symbolism…

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